• It’s always more expensive than I thought
• It’s always more physically demanding than I thought
• There’s never a local hobby/support group for it

… Sums up pretty much every hobby I have tried/am trying

1st to 2nd grade so this was what my parents relayed to me after I grew up a bit more

Apparently I was so aggressively autistic (and relatively smart) that I not only did close to perfect on all my exams, I once did the calligraphy/writing homework so well that my teacher had to talk to my parents to know if I cheated by having them do my homework for me… FYI: my handwriting now is as bad as a doctor’s