# The fun of being a beginner You know the moments I speak of. When you first embark on a quest, pick up a hobby, start a new relationship, etc. The honeymoon phase is a local euphoric peak. While the attempt for mastery is satisfying to no end, so is beginning anew. Recently I've begun taking MMA classes and recommitted to practicing guitar. A mentor of mine said: "A man should have and be playing 3 [[Infinite games|infinite games]] at all times that he is constantly leveling in: a trade or profession, a physical game (an active sport, weight lifting/general fitness doesn't count), and an artistic game (drawing, music, building)." I have found extreme wisdom in this idea, and so I've rekindled guitar and added in MMA for my artistic and physical infinites to pair with my professional infinite. My grandfather as well used to say, in quoting Freud: "The goal in life is to love, to work, to play, and to create." He would then add in his own fifth element: "to be of genuine significance to another person." These ideas have stuck with me for many years, and by combining them with my life philosophy of the [[7 Core Disciplines]], I've found an extremely meaningful existence filled with the most wondrous bits of life. Consequently, it leaves me little time to participate in the more insidious past times, another massive plus. So here's to you, beginner. Begin when it adds in one of the 3 infinite games, helps you hit one of the Freudian goals, enables you to be of genuine significance to another, or rounds out your disciplines. Otherwise, mastery is probably the smarter move, even if beginning again sounds fun. The grass may be greener on the other side, but once you hop over, where you came from becomes the other side.