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Getting started with chemistry: where do I begin?

wild-alder-16

Budget is limited, so I'd rather learn from your mistakes than make them myself.

I tried the usual recommendations and none of them stuck.

amber-fern-771 more

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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mossy-beech-24

amber-fern-77 wrote:

That's fair.

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

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amber-hazel-75

Same experience here.

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still-fern-9612 more

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

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wild-hazel-265 more

Good question, following.

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wry-willow-39

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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slow-reed-713 more

wild-hazel-26 wrote:

Good question, following.

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

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hollow-moth-78

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

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rustling-fern-401 more

The cheap option was fine for years.

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wry-birch-25

rustling-fern-40 wrote:

The cheap option was fine for years.

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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late-rowan-15 more

Good question, following.

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still-birch-201 more

late-rowan-1 wrote:

Good question, following.

Small correction, but the point stands.

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quiet-willow-54

Same experience here.

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dusky-clover-791 more

The cheap option was fine for years.

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rustling-beech-15

This deserves its own thread.

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wry-thistle-3

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

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mossy-sedge-54

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

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wry-wren-44 more

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

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late-reed-812 more

wry-wren-4 wrote:

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

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dusky-hazel-371 more

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

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wild-sedge-13

Second this.

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misty-reed-65

wry-wren-4 wrote:

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

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rustling-fern-81

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

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dusky-finch-181 more

The cheap option was fine for years.

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silver-birch-48

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

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woven-sedge-67

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

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still-heron-98

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

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