I stopped doing it. I mean I was way ahead of the class most of the time and skipped a grade once or twice. I was teaching myself the basics of trigonometry in 5th grade and when I took trigonometry in highschool I did solve an a supposedly unsolvable proof, but even though I knew it could be solved and what the answer was I failed to work out the proof after the teacher said if I nailed it I'd get published. This sounded awesome until after hours of hours I couldn't complete the proof despite the answer working out on the graph.
But I don't want to brag about it, because I'm not super gifted. But I mean in the past I've had a knack for understanding mathematics. What I'm wondering here, is there any value in me actually continuing to learn mathematics?
Does it bring any special benefit to the brain?
What are the cognitive benefits and possible drawbacks of pursuing it?
I've come to find, that I rarely apply it 'irl' is this just because of my lack of imagination or is it really just not that valuable for someone outside a professional that requires it?
Thanks ahead of time guys :).