By the time people have reached the age of retirement, they have amassed quite a lot of skills. You probably don’t even realize just how many skills you actually have. It is just my opinion that even by the time a person hits their mid forties, they know quite a bit that the younger generation does not – the over forty fives know what it takes to learn the skills that they have.
Once people get beyond the age of being classified as young, they realize that learning some skills takes effort, takes determination and trial and error. They also realize that it takes time, no matter how badly you want to be able to have those skills. Older people understand that there is no magic bullet and no shortcuts but they also understand that with perseverance, most skills are not aloof but completely possible to obtain.
It is the same as learning to play the piano – it requires a skill set that needs to be worked on and refined over time. It is not something that you can instantly learn how to do. You will need patience and perseverance. Learning to play the piano is not one of these rare skills that is only attainable for the gifted, it is attainable for anyone who wants to learn how to play.
I am here to tell you that even though I am a very experienced piano teacher and high school music teacher, I was not born this way. I had 14 years of formal music education (which includes university) and it was not always easy. There were many times that were frustrating and or dissapointing and when I broke my wrist, I thought for a moment of quitting altogether.
This is not to say that you need to spend fouteen years to learn to play the piano. My grandmother had 4 years of piano lessons as a child and that was enough to give her all the skills she needed to play the piano and to play all the music she wanted to play.
As a person who has life experience, you understand better what it takes to start something and to see it through. You know what is needed to gain a set of skills. If you really want to, you can learn to play the piano, even in retirement or older.