Things We Want to Do Next

What's the next talent you'd like to acquire, the next skill you'd like to master? Did you always want to learn how to sail, or golf like a pro? Do you want to learn to bake like a French pastry chef? We put the question to iVillagers: "What's the next thing you want to learn how to do?" The responses we got were amazing and inspiring — as one iVillager put it, "There are so many things I want to do, I think I'll need a few lifetimes to fulfill them all."

I would like to speak fluent Arabic… or at least be able to make conversation!

The next things I'd like to learn are how to (properly) cook Indonesian and Chinese cuisines.

At the moment, I'm working on developing my portrait photography skills by training and working in a portrait studio part-time. I've been doing nature photography for decades, and now I'm branching out into "people photography."

I would like to learn to really dance. I can wiggle my booty to rock (no skill required — LOL), but I would love to learn salsa or ballroom dancing. That would be awesome!

I'd love to learn to paint. Now that I work for an artist, I have a different way of looking at each canvas.

I would like to gain the CompTIA A+ certification. I fiddle with computers a lot, and I've even built two myself. But it would be nice to have that piece of paper that says I can do it, and I would probably learn a lot more along the way.

The goal that I am currently working on is finding a community of people who support one another on individual spiritual paths.

I'd love to learn to rock climb.

I want to learn how to grow an herb or vegetable garden. Or at least "grow" a green thumb, so my plants will survive my overwatering them!

I want to relearn math. I got myself some of those little-kid flashcards and have been working on memorizing the times tables. I'm doing pretty well… All the old noggin needs is a push!

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