I've always wished that I was a great singer. A person with a great voice has always been super attractive to me.
I could come up with a long list but... I am enjoying the experience of who and what I am as is. Any other skill not earned will change and corrupt the experience. So I am as I am despite the vast room for improvement. You guys starting to sound like the religious that pray for favors. Nah thanks... but you guys dream on instead of applying effort to learn a skill. I know I am sounding like an Asshole but I am at a stage in my life where Reality as is rules and Fantasy is discarded. And yes I was born with a number of skills I elected not to pursuit them to the end.
Same here. I can't sing. I studied in college theatre arts and did community theatre but never could do musicals. I might have pursued acting if I could sing.
singer as well. It kinda annoying since pretty much anything I want I can learn except this. You either can sing or you cant. All the practice and lessons on earth are only going to make you slightly better.
I wish I had better concentration skills.
I wish I had the creativity to write stories. I write well. I can write clearly and descriptively, but I don’t have stories in me.
Perhaps you do have stories in you A few book suggestions: 1. Techniques of the Selling Writer, by Dwight V. Swain; 2. How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method, by Randy Ingermanson; 3. Storytelling Secrets for Successful Speeches, by Mark Davis; 4. Write Great Fiction - Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint, by Nancy Kress; 5. Story Trump's Structure, by Steven James. A few other suggestions: 6. Check out WritersDigest.com and TheMoth.org 7. Visit your local bookstore and public library. 8. Find a local Meetup.com or workshop, where you can listen, learn, participate, and eventually share. I hope this helps.
I wish I had better drawing skills
Have you tried an art class or workshop?
@GoodMan I have essential tremor and can't hold pencils anymore
@LadyAlyxandrea My apologies! Perhaps there are advancements in place or on the way that will help.
@GoodMan they have recently come out with some fancy robotics gloves that help with tremors substantially but they are far out of my economic status (why is help for people so expensive? Most people with these problems are on fixed income!)
I wish I was more skilled in photography. That would help me in my business, haha! I enjoy photographs, especially landscapes and also people showing emotion, but I lack the patience to set everything up right, take photos instead of enjoying the moments, and then to go through the photos to edit out the bad ones, post them somewhere, etc. I just like the finished product.
I wish I had carpentry skills. I would build myself a lot of things.
I mess around with it. I tell anyone who wants to learn: make a cutting board. About half the tools you will need for the hobby need to be purchased for that and about 30% of the basic skills.
A simple edge-to-edge cutting board if you can make that you will know if this is a hobby you want.
Oh... If I could dance... and sing.... and play guitar..... and play drums... Oh stinky ratts, you said one, didn't you??
Multi lingual and juggling
These are two skills I have never been able to acquire. My dad picks up languages relatively easily - even in his 70s, but I don’t seem to have the knack. As for juggling, I’ve tried, but I am a natural born klutz!
I wish I had the singing voice of María Callas
I don't know who that is (Maria Callas), but she must be awesome...
Superspeed, telekinesis, teleportation.
Great choices!
I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar so I could accompany myself.
Accompany yourself singing?
I want to be able to hold my hands together behind my back and bring them over my head to the front. I knew a kid who could do that.
Ones of my nieces can do that, but she is either double or triple jointed and still growing...lol
@GoodMan Cool.
I've always had the same wish as you. I would love to have a great singing voice. I love to sing, but alas, I try to only do it in private. I don't want to frighten anyone!!
One of my colleagues sings all of the time (seemingly). He doesn't have a good singing voice (imo), but I admire his confidence..lol