Welcome to another blog hop, the last for a fortnight, as I’m having some time off blogging next week to enjoy family time at our caravan with our son and his 3 children. Unfortunately there won’t be any time for writing, and so I’ll see you all again at the Open Book Blog Hop on June 5th.
Today’s topic is:
What skill do you wish you had, either as a hobby or a career builder?
I’m quite musical, but failed early on to master an instrument. I would have loved a career in music and to be able to play the piano to concert pianist level. I’d also like to be able to improvise long guitar solos like my son can do, just for a hobby. Unfortunately the ability to master an instrument skipped a generation. Mum could play any song on the piano, and son Marc can do this on the guitar, but lil’ ol’ me has a love of music but cannot express it. I can’t even sing any more, but thankfully on the positive side I can listen and appreciate.
Never mind, I’ve had a different career and hey, there’s many people worse off than I am.
Another skill I’d like to have had is a mathematical mind. I am number illiterate and was always bottom of the class at Maths. I’m in awe of people who can decipher algebra, fractions, calculus, sines and cosines for example. I can do the four basics (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), but am terrible at mental arithmetic and can barely add up two numbers in my head. However, it hasn’t stopped me enjoying my job as a medical secretary, because I picked a career that focuses on something I’m better at… words.
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Stevie Turner 
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Thanks for the re-blog, Michael.
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Sistah! I was always sorry I gave up piano lessons. Enjoy your family break. 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Debby. x
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I had a long career in the music business and can’t play my way out of a wet paper bag. I tell people I can play thirty seconds of “sounds like” anything. As a demo guy that’s way past the 12 second attention span. In fact, I had so much fun playing with synthesizers I learned how to fake real music on them so when everyone was gone I could crank up the space farts and cruise the cosmos. These days you could say I play like I write – whatever the hell I want as long as I’m learning something. And what the heck, I didn’t get rich but I had a lot of fun, met a lot of fascinating people and learned a lot about a world of things along the way. That’s what we do. Add up how we lived our life in spite of it not being pretty sometimes. My daughter has a magnet on her fridge – Life Doesn’t Have to be Perfect to be Wonderful. Have fun at the Island!
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Thanks Phil. That’s a great philosophy.
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When I tried to learn guitar, the person teaching me told me that I was holding it left handed. There are a great many left-handed guitarists but I’m not one of them.
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Lol. Sounds as though things didn’t go too well?
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I tried to learn how to type on an old-fashioned typewriter, but my little fingers are to short
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A computer keyboard is easier – as you don’t have to press so hard on the keys.
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How frustrating not to be able to express yourself musically. I am not a numbers person either – but that doesn’t bother me. I am words – my hubby is numbers.
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Same here. I used to help our sons with their English homework, and my husband helped them with Maths.
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Ooh, yes! A better handle on math would be useful. @samanthabwriter from
Balancing Act
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Indeed. I’m useless with numbers.
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Maybe not a skill, but I have always wished I could swim. Because I drowned (and was resuscitated) when I was just 5 years old, I have never had the courage to learn since.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oh, yes, that would put anybody off! I can swim, but never learned to dive, as somebody pushed me headfirst into the water aged 11 when I was just about to roll forward into a practise dive.
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Hi Stevie, I have managed to try many of the things I’ve wanted too such as baking, cooking, and now art. I have never wanted to learn to play an instrument enough to make time for it. I suppose we can’t do everything in life.
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Indeed. There just isn’t time, although I may branch out into the art world after I retire.
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I too always wished I could play the piano. I also wished I could type. As a writer that would have helped.
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I did a touch typing course about 30 years ago, which helped me a lot.
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