You get 1 year to dedicate yourself to learning something new...

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

Handball

[8manpick]

I would really love to dedicate myself to learning all forms of slide guitar (especially pedal steel )

This. Or piano.

[TheHamburglar]

I'm torn between fishing and carpentry. I want to lean towards fishing, but I think a year would be overkill. I think carpentry might be a better use of the full year. On the other hand, it will be awhile before I'd have the ability to have a full shop to do carpentry right, but I can always find a place for a couple of boats and fishing equipment. 

[slobber]

Sex. I know, some of you will choose to make fun of me and try to convince everyone on here how great you are in the sack. I can type your response for you: "I am already great at sex. I don't need to work on it for a year. The lady's love me. Dobber must suck at sex. Sucks to be him. Sucks to be dobber's wife."

Now, I'll ask you to be serious. Are you really great at sex? Don't you think you could improve just a little bit? Wouldn't it be great to work on it full time for 1 year?

Thank you for your consideration.

[pissclams]

ok.  now its a weird thread.

[slobber]

Sex. I know, some of you will choose to make fun of me and try to convince everyone on here how great you are in the sack. I can type your response for you: "I am already great at sex. I don't need to work on it for a year. The lady's love me. Dobber must suck at sex. Sucks to be him. Sucks to be dobber's wife."

Now, I'll ask you to be serious. Are you really great at sex? Don't you think you could improve just a little bit? Wouldn't it be great to work on it full time for 1 year?

Thank you for your consideration.

Or piano. I could go either way.

[420seriouscat69]

guitar

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

i could go for a year of mastering sex

 

[420seriouscat69]

i could go for a year of mastering sex

 

I always finish. Not much else I need to learn. No thanks.

[Rams]

Sex. I know, some of you will choose to make fun of me and try to convince everyone on here how great you are in the sack. I can type your response for you: "I am already great at sex. I don't need to work on it for a year. The lady's love me. Dobber must suck at sex. Sucks to be him. Sucks to be dobber's wife."

Now, I'll ask you to be serious. Are you really great at sex? Don't you think you could improve just a little bit? Wouldn't it be great to work on it full time for 1 year?

Thank you for your consideration.

toys.

you're welcome.

[Stevesie60]

Drums.

[Emo EMAW]

Drums.

Like drums while sex or drums as a separate thing to learn?

[SkinnyBenny]

Additionally, I think it would be cool to apprentice in a recording studio and get super good at sound engineering type stuff.

[Mrs. Gooch]

Is this supposed to be something that it is actually possible to get good at in only 1 year? Or just in your fantasy land mind you would be good after 1 year of practicing it? Or just something that you want to practice for 1 year regardless or whether you are really great at it by the end of the year?

Like, some of these things people are saying I don't think you would be really awesome at it after only 1 year of practice.

[Super PurpleCat]

...what do you teach yourself?  Imagine you don't have to work, no distractions and access to any materials you need.  What 1 subject/craft do you teach yourself and why?

I have been thinking about this a lot lately and I think I would like to learn how to play the piano, but then again it would be really useful to learn how to carpenter things really well (not like that farmers market garbage, I mean good stuff).

Spanish.  For business and personal reasons.  One, I work with many Spanish speakers, and two, there's a Puerto Rican club with lots of hot women near where I live.   

[puniraptor]

credit card churning

[Stupid Fitz]

Can my one thing be a bunch of things?  I mean, it would be nice to be a general handyman. Like, spend my year learning from a guy. Broken sink, got it, install a plug, no problem, build a small fence/gate, you betcha. If I tried any of these things right now there would be wet, burnt, bloody fingers all over the place. Sure, I just pay people to do these things now, but it would be nice to not have to.

[Dugout DickStone]

karate

[Rage Against the McKee]

Is this supposed to be something that it is actually possible to get good at in only 1 year? Or just in your fantasy land mind you would be good after 1 year of practicing it? Or just something that you want to practice for 1 year regardless or whether you are really great at it by the end of the year?

Like, some of these things people are saying I don't think you would be really awesome at it after only 1 year of practice.

The idea is that you would work on it for 40 hours per week or so, rather than work your full time job. I think 1 year is plenty of time to get good at just about everything mentioned in that scenario.

[sys]

dry stone masonry.  or maybe cattle ranchery, or sheep husbandry, or sailing.

[Mrs. Gooch]

Is this supposed to be something that it is actually possible to get good at in only 1 year? Or just in your fantasy land mind you would be good after 1 year of practicing it? Or just something that you want to practice for 1 year regardless or whether you are really great at it by the end of the year?

Like, some of these things people are saying I don't think you would be really awesome at it after only 1 year of practice.

The idea is that you would work on it for 40 hours per week or so, rather than work your full time job. I think 1 year is plenty of time to get good at just about everything mentioned in that scenario.

What 1 subject/craft do you teach yourself and why?

But you are teaching yourself, right? Haven't you seen that part in karate kid where Daniel is trying to teach himself karate? Do you think he would have been good after 1 year at the rate he was going?

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

mrs. gooch is being a real boner about everyone's dreams.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Is this supposed to be something that it is actually possible to get good at in only 1 year? Or just in your fantasy land mind you would be good after 1 year of practicing it? Or just something that you want to practice for 1 year regardless or whether you are really great at it by the end of the year?

Like, some of these things people are saying I don't think you would be really awesome at it after only 1 year of practice.

The idea is that you would work on it for 40 hours per week or so, rather than work your full time job. I think 1 year is plenty of time to get good at just about everything mentioned in that scenario.

What 1 subject/craft do you teach yourself and why?

But you are teaching yourself, right? Haven't you seen that part in karate kid where Daniel is trying to teach himself karate? Do you think he would have been good after 1 year at the rate he was going?

You are dedicating yourself. That doesn't mean that you are just teaching yourself and shutting out all outside help in learning your craft. That would just be dumb.

[Emo EMAW]

mrs. gooch is being a real boner about everyone's dreams.

Inherent dream killer gene of a married woman.

[Mrs. Gooch]

mrs. gooch is being a real boner about everyone's dreams.

 
I'm just trying to establish the ground rules so I can pick what I would learn. All these factors will affect my decision.