Life lessons exist in pretty much everything. The same principles govern all!
Kasparov has actually written a book titled "how life imitates chess".
And another chess player, Josh Waitzkin is saying exactly what you do. He started playing chess when he was 6 and he observes how he could relate the chess problems to his life and vice versa -how he 'd figure out solutions for chess puzzles by making observations around him. Then later on he took martial arts and he was able to learn very quickly and become Tai Chi Push Hands world champion thanks to what he had learned by playing chess. And when he would play chess again, he found himself thinking in tai chi terms. He also has written a book, titled "the art of learning".
There is no "better" way. You can only do what you love and apply what you learn through it to everything else.
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