Similar story for me as well... Early 40's, hated shaving even the one time a week I was doing it. Started out by just switching to brush/soap to decrrase the trash I was creating and found it really fun. Watched some videos and stumbled onto this site and lurked for awhile then gave it a try and have had a blast! Now I look forward to shaving 3 times a week and use it as a 'Chill' routine before bed. I have been collecting some scuttles, mugs, brushes and random gear and recently starting to do light restoration.

This is a Hobby that makes a previously dull task a blast and gives avenues to go as deep or wide as you could possibly want.

Definitely do it... You won't regret it and the feeling you get from your first successfuk shave (.. even with some errors..) is similar to the first time you stuck the landing after jumping out of a swing when you were a kid!