What skill have you mastered? What skill have you never mastered?

[AmandaYVR]

[dangerDoge]

Firstly, I always feel hesitant to say I've mastered anything, because most skills in life don't really have a max stat. Even the best musician will have new ways to improve their craft, whether it's from a technical side or with a new creative approach. I almost feel like by one saying he/she has 'mastered' something, it's stating that the personal limit has been reached, and the person has ran out of goals to strive for, or the person has generally given up on improvement.

That being said, I do feel I have become proficient at some instruments, mainly drums / bass / guitar. I'd call myself at an advanced level. At this point, I feel I have become decent at mixing/mastering music too, although I certainly have many notable things to improve on that front. My lyrics are mid-tier I'd say. They have a somewhat old school poetic vibe to them from what I've heard.

Something I never got decent at was any math past (and somewhat including) Calc II. I switched my major out of Comp Sci in college, and I never looked back to that awful subject. I absolutely hate sequences/series, and I hate having to memorize a bunch of special integration formulas. I'll never get those many hours I spent in a library studying and doing homework back. I don't ever see myself programming something and needing to, from scratch, solve some higher level math problem. Heck, I asked my dad (a senior level software designer) if he used any high level math. He said he didn't even know how to do it. There are plenty of people who are great at math and see Calc II as child's play, but all I can say is it's not for me.

On the other hand... I'm cool with stats. Stats and I are friends. I'd crack open a cold one with stats and have a good hearty laugh together. Stats always has a sense of relevance with the data, and I always feel like my understanding/framing of the world directly improves with more stats knowledge. Sure, there is some memorization involved, but it certainly beats integration/derivative formulas.
I went off a tangent. Anyway, I never got too good at my math skills, though honestly, I'm fine with that.

An example list of some things I had to memorize in Calc II

[AmandaYVR]

I completely agree with you on your first paragraph. You can see my response to
pleasestopthis - same applies.

I have no idea what any of that attachment is about. All I can say is I like the visual elegance of math, but that is where the appreciation ends. Full stop. Oh and Goodwill Hunting. Damn fine piece of writing, that script.

[CottenBrick]

I can make anything

But I have never been on a date

[AmandaYVR]

"Make anything" in what sense? Like with wood, metal, electronics?

[CottenBrick]

Exactly, I grew up doing woodwork, but in Uni I was trained to do metal work and electronics, aswell as mouldmaking using plaster, silicone, resin, foam etc

I can make anything

[Primrose21]

I have mastered is the skill of being Broke. Lol
What I have not mastered is love. Upto now, I'm still single. Lol
In short I am broke and loveless. May God have mercy on me.. haha

[bklynbadboy1]

Lol dont say that

[AmandaYVR]

I'm following you. That's some good humour and humility right there.

[bklynbadboy1]

@AmandaYVR okay lol

[Capnjaques]

Love is easy; meeting the right person? Not so much

[AmandaYVR]

@Capnjaques You think love is the easy part? Wow. Even when both people are in love, it's complicated, or complex.
I have heard that many today are asking, "How do I know when the person is the 'right' person?" The answer is: you never know. You make a best, most informed guesstimate. There is no certainty. It's a difficult decision and then you must roll with what happens.

[Capnjaques]

I guess it depends on the person. I have a much simpler view on life than many people. For me it is easy,

[AmandaYVR]

@Capnjaques Ok then 😉

[Clayaya]

I’ve mastered the ability to save money I haven’t mastered the ability to set boundaries 😂

[AmandaYVR]

Good answer.

[humanearth]

Drywalling and structure framing, converting newer cars and trucks to run without the use of computers or electronics and make them run like they came from the 60s, and raising livestock

Thats my master

Now for my weakness aka not the greatest at

Crossdressing because I like being a man and I make one fugly ass looking woman.

I tried to impersonate a women once. I ended up looking like the bearded lady from the circus that shaved off her beard or a shaved ape in a dress or a Hell Angels biker gang member in a dress.

Pick one. Lets just say I look better as a man

Defiantly crossdressing is not thing. But I still do it.

[humanearth]

Ah bite me Mr. Thumbs down

[Glorious_Gay_Dragon]

Define mastered. Im pretty good at a few things, i can build and start a fire, haft primitive tools, and im a really good swimmer. Better than most but many are far better than me. Some people can make a coal just rubbing sticks together, i still use a ferro rod. Some people can knap a flint tool on top of hafting it. And some people are michael phelps and navy seals

Maybe it comes across as too self deprecating but i think you should only call yourself a master if you're so good at something people know who you are because of it.

[CubsterShura]

I mastered the art of procrastination to the point that I approach/plan my tasks knowing that I'll be procrastinating and I don't even bother to start doing something that I know I won't get done and eventually the little effort I tried to put will go to waste, especially if it is something that won't matter in the long run. I have even planned my day knowing that I'll get detention in school for not doing my homework. I do the same thing when working out, I know if I'm gonna be lazy I workout in a way that the longer days of skipping will work in my favor to develop strength and all that good stuff. If I'm procrastinating to do one productive task, I use that time to do something else that's at least useful.

I haven't mastered any kind of craft. I see all these other people so brilliant in painting, doodling, music, henna designing, DIY handicrafts, and what not... I can't do any of that. I do believe that I'm creative, but craft isn't my forte.

[lightbulb27]

jack of many trades, expert at none it seems. for me, everything takes a lot of work to get to where some people seem naturals... or so it seems. I was doing extremely well in discernment last year, but can't say I've mastered it.

I've not mastered... focus... doing whats important. negotiating.

[Pejtu]

I mastered The skill of not giving a fuck too much about some stuff 🙂

I never mastered cleaning windows 🙈

[AmandaYVR]

Answer to the second: get a rubber squeegee like the highrise tower commercial cleaners use. They're magic. (And then watch a youtube video on the angle technique.) Forget vingar, Windex, paper towels, microfiber, all that.

[Massageman]

Masterful level: Massage, graphic arts, photography.
Very good: Cooking, piano/organ, "MacGyvering" things.
No way: Playing basketball

Hoops leaves me with a deflated ego!

[MzAsh]

Fire performing and flow art
Content writing
Marketing
Web development
Networking

Still working on human behavioral psychology

[lightbulb27]

wow, very interesting.

[kymberz]

what do you mean by fire performing? do you mean fire dancing? cuz that's pretty cool!

[MzAsh]

Yeah fire dancing and thank you

[Jjpayne]

I'd want to say learning how to interact with people with such a complicated childhood is a master or at least close to a master. And relationships is a skill I am still learning to understand, I've gotten better but in no way am I perfect

[pleasestopthis]

Mastered sounds a bit too much... but I'm pretty good at making birthday cakes. I suck at sewing.

[AmandaYVR]

(Completely agree with you on the first part. I don't like the wording, myself, either. I didn't exactly choose it. I read it elsewhere a year ago and just wrote it down verbatim. But it is interesting how people choose to phrase their answers.)

[RebornFrmA5h5]

Isolating any masking thoughts and emotions whenever wanted or needed. I've never learned how to ask for help or how to communicate properly except for flirting, and those relating to/ ending with having sex

[NineBreaker]

Mastered: Simultaneous Arabic < - > English interpretation.
Have never mastered: Making the perfect omelet.

[ecfresh]

I have mastered development/coding in a few languages. Haven’t mastered cooking

[ohshee]

I can do anything and everything just about ,, I have never mastered any of them because for me there is always a better way I don't care how good I think I am there is always going to be or I will always find a better way

[TheDreamer21]

Mastered: piano/guitar, sewing
Never mastered: socializing

[jman2020]

I have mastered the knowledge of knowing you can't master anything in the world because you're always going to learn something new at some point in what you thought you had mastered.

I gave not mastered the way woman work.

[Tommy2017]

Started Playing the piano as a kid but gave it up before I could master it, as well as playing the drums and karate as well

[Likes2drive]

I’ve mastered backing up a tractor trailer into any spot it can fit. Haven’t been able to master a language

[Ianto]

Mastery is a relative term.
I learned to juggle, and mastered the basics, but not showy stuff.
I failed abysmally to master the unicycle.

[jillybeanns]

Currently trying to master the gift of discernment

[lightbulb27]

good one! how doing that? I made a lot of progress on this a while back.

trust your "gut", use your empathy! heal your wounds.

[jillybeanns]

Yes! One major thing I am practicing is going with my very first though and as you said, trusting that my intuition is always right.

[jillybeanns]

Thought* (not though)

[AmandaYVR]

Ooh, interesting. I have zero problem with that one, myself.

Have you heard the idea that intuition is actually just based on knowledge gained from experiences, so your 'gut' is really just helping you to make decisions based on everyithing you've acquired up to that point? I hear various things about intuition, it's referenced often, but I now see it as less abstract and more grounded than I once did.

[lightbulb27]

I'm not so sure about that. I think there is a layer beyond that... but I could be mistaken. If been able to sort out lies from truth by my gut, not my flawed emotion. But my emotion takes control and is what screws me, so the gut was right!! Trust the gut! that gut may be the intelligence literally south of the brain... maybe?

[jillybeanns]

Could be! That’s an interesting way to look at it. But, I look into life pretty deeply so it’s hard for me to think it’s simply a feeling based off experiences, especially since I haven’t experienced anything that would effect me to that extent. But. It’s still a perception that could be true. I like the mystery of not knowing. 😊

[kymberz]

there's a whole train of thought out there that says our instinct/intuition (male/female), that feeling in our gut, is actually our ancestors in our dna providing warnings to us. for example - and this has happened to everyone - you know, you walk into a new place or meet a new person and you immediately feel uncomfortable and want to get the heck out of there like yesterday? ya, that feeling. some think that's the ancestors in our dna doing what they do best - let us live our lives and only step in to warn us. and who knows? maybe one day science and technology can catch up and discover that for us? because wasn't it only like 50yrs ago that the Vatican made an official announcement that Galileo was no longer an heretic? there's nothing like the awesome combination of science, religion and technology to suck all of the magic and stories out of life!

[Anpu23]

Mastered? I don't think that I have mastered any particular skill, I'm good at many things, and better at others. I have been told I am quite talented in many skills, and I try mt hand at many more. But I am not truly a master.