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Getting started with chemistry: where do I begin?

wry-sparrow-45

Not looking for the perfect answer, just what you'd do.

Happy to share what worked for me if anyone's interested.

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mossy-heron-91

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

woven-thistle-69

Second this.

misty-sedge-936 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

misty-reed-432 more

This deserves its own thread.

bright-hazel-991 more

misty-reed-43 wrote:

This deserves its own thread.

Have you tried asking in the local group too?

silver-sedge-61

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

woven-otter-86

misty-sedge-93 wrote:

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

This deserves its own thread.

silver-lichen-541 more

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

copper-moth-63

silver-lichen-54 wrote:

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

wild-finch-87

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

bright-beech-95

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

still-pine-306 more

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

dusky-rowan-14 more

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

wild-clover-91

This deserves its own thread.

hollow-sparrow-542 more

This deserves its own thread.

gentle-heron-411 more

hollow-sparrow-54 wrote:

This deserves its own thread.

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

dusky-sparrow-71

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

tidal-birch-61

Second this.

dusky-beech-352 more

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

dusky-beech-641 more

dusky-beech-35 wrote:

Whatever you pick, pick it soon.

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

wry-beech-25

dusky-beech-64 wrote:

dusky-beech-35 wrote:

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

dusky-heron-88

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

wry-hazel-831 more

Same experience here.

pale-pine-22

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

woven-wren-67

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

wry-wren-89

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

woven-finch-48

This deserves its own thread.

slow-finch-44

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.