List #6: Things I Want to Learn
- A second language
- How to propagate plants from cuttings
- How to make Kombucha
- How to sew well. I did a couple of semesters of sewing at school but would like to sew well enough to fix and alter my own clothes.
- How to fix a puncture on my bike.
- About the book of Job. I just finished a read-through (not my first) and I still have a lot of questions. I’d love to do a deep dive.
- Our local birds and their calls.
- How to remember people’s names
- How to make puff pastry
- How to blow dry my hair
What kinds of things would you like to learn?
9 Comments
Kyria @ Travel Spot
I would love to be fluent in a second language. I know enough to get by in a couple but not enough to talk about speciatly items, like what the average velocity of an African swallow is. In fact, when I traveled around South America, it made me realize I did not even know the names of some of the simple things that you might learn when you were little, like names of countries (in Spanish)!
Melissa
I learnt a little bit of French for travel and could ask for things in French, the problem was when the chef came out of the kitchen to have a conversation. I had to explain I only had a little bit of French.
Elisabeth
I wish I could play the piano beautifully. Alas, I don’t wish it enough to put in the time and effort required.
I read Job a few months ago and it was fascinating. I’d never read it as slowly as I did this time (following the reading program in The Bible Recap) and – yeah, lots of questions!
Melissa
I played the organ and piano when I was younger. In Australia you can do musical performance as a subject in year 12 so I did it in the electornic organ and as part of that had to do a performance on a second instrument. I loved playing when I was younger, I actually found the practice very relaxing, I think probably to do with the drawing together of intellectual, emotional, physical aspects that music has. I haven’t played for ages thoguh. When we moved to our apartment we had to give up our piano.
J
I’d like to be fluent in a second language, or even know enough to be able to get around, but like Elisabeth said, not enough to do the work. I guess I just want to magically be bi-lingual in English and French.
Melissa
Oh yes, to be magically bi-lingual would be wonderful. After wrinting this list I’ve restarted my online french course.
San
I’d love to learn how to sew well. I know my way around a sewing machine, but I am not efficient and there’s so much prep work usually.
Melissa
Yes, I’m the same. I can use a sewing machine, but I’d like to be better at it.
Tobia | craftaliciousme
Love the list.
I also want to learn how to make Kombucha. I have the starter set on my wishlist for probably 5 years and no one is gifting it to me. Why?!
I would love to speak Spanish and be able to read books in spanish. Not sure i will ever manage that though.