Skills you wish you had but have never been able to learn.

Tnu1138 · 2012-01-12 20:06:26

This felt like an interesting topic to bring up. Are there any skills you wish you had but found yourself unable to learn? For me at the moment I really wish I knew how to tie a knot.

lee4hmz · 2012-01-12 21:04:52

Playing piano is probably the biggest. I grew up listening to lots of of synth-pop (it was the 1980s), and I always wanted to learn how to play keyboards, but I've never taken a formal class or anything.

Tachyon · 2012-01-12 21:24:59

I took piano lessons for years and I never got all that good. I think I lacked focus.

Also writing poetry and fiction, and programming. I intend to learn, though.

The most embarrassing one is maths. Not that I don't know any of it, but I keep making daft mistakes.

Manly McMacho · 2012-01-12 21:57:51

Do flying, shapeshifting and mindreading count as skills?

Imipolex G · 2012-01-12 22:12:04

Piano is a major one for me as well.

Also, being able to draw well.

Tachyon · 2012-01-12 22:16:06

I've mostly given up on being able to draw well. I don't have the patience for it.

Manly McMacho · 2012-01-12 22:16:08

Being able to write terrible intentionally poorly written smut (or conversely, well-written yet mind-breaking and equally terrible smut) without either laughing throughout the ordeal or losing interest half-way through.

Also, being able to draw well, for similar reasons.

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Justice4243 · 2012-01-12 23:37:02

Drawing well would be nice, I know that would just take practice and time.

I need to learn how to sew. Just so I can repair stuff.

Wood working and metalworking are two skills I'm quite a bit rusty on.

Same with music...

I would like to learn how to play the guitar at some point.

Ace Rimmer · 2012-01-13 08:02:29

I wish I could use computer programming

Skills you wish you had but have never been able to learn.

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