30 Skills You Can Learn In 5 Hours That Will Change Your Life Forever
When we think of learning, we think of hours upon hours of dedication, time, effort to truly learn something. It’s often said that it takes about 10,000 hours to learn something. Well, that’s only if you are looking to master that skillset or process. If you’re looking to learn new skills and concepts, it actually takes you anywhere from 5 to 20 hours to learn. Here is a list of 30 skills you can learn within 5 hours!
- Riding a bicycle — Once you learn it, it sticks with you for a long time, maybe not he balancing part.
- Baking a Cake — #everythingiscake
- Learning to do the perfect squat!
The first attempt you will arch your back and hurt yourself, but once you get it, it’s easier to build your glutes. It’s somehow a tedious process but it takes only a few quick tutorials or sessions from a trainer to get this exercise right.
4. How to Kiss. 😘
5. Wim Hoff Method.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
6. Basic Tango or Salsa — There are a ton of great Youtube videos out there to help you learn the Tango or Salsa online. You might need a partner — but you can take a shot at it alone as they explain easy steps to do whenever.
7. A Tik Tok Dance.
8. Cooking a New Recipe.
SO.MUCH.FOOD.
Isn’t it incredible the amount of food recipes we can access without buying those cookbooks — make something new and unique and post those pictures on Instagram! You have to celebrate your small wins 😀
9. Driving a Car.
Technically all you need to know is the brake and the pedal to drive a car — it’s the basics. The reason it may take you so long to learn is your confidence and fear when it comes to driving. BREATHE — when you drive. You will make mistakes, possibly crash too but it’s all part of your learning!
10. Forgiveness.
Sometimes it feels impossible to let go and forgive someone. It’s an important sign of maturity, to be able to forgive someone for actions or circumstances. Take a few deep breathes, and understand the situation to truly move on (not always possible, but sometimes needed!).
11. Love Languages.
Ahhhhh, love, it’s so beautiful and nice and feels incredible. So easy to fall in love, yet so hard to maintain relationships. This is where the love languages come in. The issue isn’t with love or people, it’s how we express love. The love languages help people understand how others love us and how we love them.
12. Basics of Tax.
Tax is a weird concept. Its purpose is to help governments raise revenue for their expenditures that mainly serve society. For example, when you purchase an item you might see a sales tax that the government deducts. This tax pays for schools, teachers, roads, buildings, etc.
To learn about tax, it’s important to understand income tax which is a percentage value of your earnings that go to the federal government. To file taxes, you have to have certain slips or documents. Based on your geography, each procedure is different. With a quick google search, you can understand the procedure and the requirements of income tax. You might be eligible to file for a tax return (based on geography) if the government took away too much money from you — start looking into that and get a few hundred back into your account!
13. Changing a Tire.
Super Dad to the rescue! This man right here grew up without a dad, and he’s out here teaching people who didn’t learn certain life skills from their dads. He’s a rockstar!
14. First Aid.
15. Swimming. 🏊
16. Complimenting people.
Here are 50 nice things you can say to a person or friend!
17. How to Text.
Seriously, it’s hard to text well. From learning to use the right emoji’s to slang terms — this is a skill!
18. Saying sorry.
This one is really tough — but the most essential skill that will save you heartaches and headaches as you progress through life.
19. How to color between the lines — such a soothing and relaxing exercise to relieve any tension or just have fun!
20. Doing an oil change.
21. Learning Excel — it seems hard but once you get into it, it is easy and one of the best skills to know.
22. Ballroom Dancing.
23. Krav Maga (self-defense).
24. How to use an app or platform online.
Not Facebook — but maybe an impactful and useful app/platform. If you are someone that needs to be more organized checkout Notion or Asana.
25. Building Sandcastles.
All you need a beach or sand for this one!
26. Learning to start a fire with wood.
27. Basics of Wine Tasting or Alcohol Tasting.
If you have local wineries or breweries near you, it’s a great experience to learn how the alcohol you drink comes from. If you don’t drink, you can go to a cheese shop/factory to learn about how cheese is made. It’s an odd thing to know — but makes a killer conversation when you meet new people.
28. Basic personal and self-reflection exercises.
I start off with these questions in situations that I’m unhappy with or angry about. It helps to understand more about why I did something or reacted a certain or wish I had done something differently.
a. Am I being authentic? Why am I really doing this? Who is it for?
b. What is/was my responsibility in this situation?
c. What’s the best for all involved? (for the team/group, or the relationship).
It’s simple to remember these from time to time, and it makes a whole lot of difference when we approach the situation with a cool head.
29. Playing Ukulele.
30. Learning to make decisions quickly.
If you decided to do any one of these above, you have successfully also mastered this!
These are 30 skills you can learn in 5 hours — now go get started!
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SJ is a female tech founder of a lifelong learning and upskilling platform focused on impacting a million learners globally, for free. In her spare time, she goes on bike rides with her dog Aloo and does gardening.
