Some abilities take years to master, but others can be picked up in just a few hours and still prove useful for the rest of your life.
So, Reddit user Michaelis999 asked people to share which ones made the biggest difference for them, and the answers range from practical know-how, like basic household repairs, to social abilities such as active listening.
It’s better to have a skill and not need it than to need it and not have it.
#41
Playing the ukulele.
Grab one online, and get one of those little clippy tuning thingys for cheap and my personal recommendation grab some felt picks too. They won't catch on the strings as much as plastic picks or your nails.
In 30 mins, you'll know at least 3 chords. A couple of hours practise and the 'island strum' becomes second nature.
Once you know C, G, F and Am (the hardest one is G, but still not hard), there are loads of songs you can play. Learn E7, and then you can play the classic 'Somewhere over the Rainbow'. I'm still struggling with the straight E chord though, but thats universally know as a bigger to learn
I tried to learn guitar years ago, but the metal strings were too painful (Uke strings are plastic). I can't sing, learned a tiny bit of keyboard when I was in school - Enough to play 'Mary had a little lamb' with one hand and not much more - point is, I'm generally not a very musical person, but within a week of trying to learn for an hour or so per day, I could bumble through 'I'm yours - Jason Mraz' and 'Riptide - Vance Joy'.
Grab one online, and get one of those little clippy tuning thingys for cheap and my personal recommendation grab some felt picks too. They won't catch on the strings as much as plastic picks or your nails.
In 30 mins, you'll know at least 3 chords. A couple of hours practise and the 'island strum' becomes second nature.
Once you know C, G, F and Am (the hardest one is G, but still not hard), there are loads of songs you can play. Learn E7, and then you can play the classic 'Somewhere over the Rainbow'. I'm still struggling with the straight E chord though, but thats universally know as a bigger to learn
I tried to learn guitar years ago, but the metal strings were too painful (Uke strings are plastic). I can't sing, learned a tiny bit of keyboard when I was in school - Enough to play 'Mary had a little lamb' with one hand and not much more - point is, I'm generally not a very musical person, but within a week of trying to learn for an hour or so per day, I could bumble through 'I'm yours - Jason Mraz' and 'Riptide - Vance Joy'.
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#43
Welding. Not a certified awesome welder, but 10 hours of instruction and practice would make you good enough to weld most things.
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#44
Changing your own brakes. Will save you a ton of money and you can make a ton of money on the side.
Once you get good at it, with the correct tools, you can do em in 15-30 minutes.
Learn rotors while you’re at it and make even more.
Once you get good at it, with the correct tools, you can do em in 15-30 minutes.
Learn rotors while you’re at it and make even more.
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#45
Juggling. Not really important in life but absolutely fun to do whenever you have a bunch of similar objects laying around.
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#46
Learning to read Korean.
The caveat is that you need to understand Korean in order for it to be useful.
The caveat is that you need to understand Korean in order for it to be useful.
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