What skills have you learnt from scratch as an adult?

[Lifebloodhky]

I've realised that I don't really have many skills that I learnt as a child so I've decided to start trying to acquire some as an adult.

My initial goals are to learn a foreign language and learn how to play the guitar.

Anyone learnt any skills from scratch as an adult and if so, what are they?

To draft patterns and to sew.
To play the piano, but I already played other instruments.

Crochet. YouTube is the way forward!

Horse-riding (at 34) and knitting (three weeks ago).

Cake decorating

My ex left for the OW and I realised that he had dominated my life, sapped my confidence and was a gaslighting, emotionally abusive twat. I went on a bit of a bender of taking up old hobbies that I hadn't done since childhood, plus fulfilling ambitions to learn new things. As a result of which I learned crochet, rock climbing and jewellery making for the first time and restarted cake decorating, baking breads and growing my own food. I also moved to Vienna for work for a while and learned some German and then married and Italian and gave started learning Italian. Still on my list to learn are bee keeping, cheese making and getting chickens. I would love to try my hand at spinning too.

Playing a musical instrument, Excel (although that's a work in progress!), copper pipe installation. REALLY want to learn to crochet and/or knit and god knows I've tried. Various people have tried to help me learn but I'm just so Ham fisted and I end up with big knots!! Not even a dish cloth!

Started a degree at 46. Learned to dance (street ) at 42. I always said I had two left feet but now in my late 40's I look quite passable.

Believe it or not - how to cook!

Never did it at school, never did it at home 🤷🏼‍♀️

Awesome @Brenna24 !

Similarly, post OW divorce, I took up tango dancing and painting and went back to drawing... all helped me get in touch with my sensual self....

Ballet 😁 have always wanted to and finally started about 6 weeks ago

Obvious one, but how to take care of babies- never had any contact with little kids until I was 30 and had my own.

How to operate a till.

Knitting and crochet
Cake decorating to professional level
Ballet (not to professional level!)
Portuguese to a decent level although now very rusty through lack of use for ten years
How to wallpaper a room

My husband has learned DIY and has renovated a bathroom by himself from replacing the loo etc to tiling. And car maintenance although he doesn’t really do it these days from lack of time, but for a few years he did all the work on both of our cars himself. He has saved us lots of money over the years.

Oh and tap dancing!

Sewing - which I'm ok at and crochet which I love and can now make amazing highly patterned throws. It makes me so happy.

Cycling and swimming are the main ones

Loads of others though but mostly things many adults learn (skiing, knitting, car/house maintenance, sewing)

Plumbing and (unrelated) swimming

Cooking
Baking
Crochet
Knitting
Wallpapering
Cleaning
Interior design to some extent
Putting up shelves..

To see through liars within minutes.

Well done to you too @BraveGoldie. That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

Crochet

Investing

How to rope and sheet a flatbed trailer. The trucker's hitch is an incredibly useful knot, especially if you want a tight washing line.

To be able to hula hoop!

Riding a bike at 32 to keep up with my 4 year old!

In 10 minutes!

Touch typing
Map reading