If you had one week to learn something new . . .

[Lauren8211]

Date: 7/28/2009 10:46:08 AM
Author: Bia
Cello

Photography
Scuba diving
Surfing (in my fantasy I don''t live in NY because I''m a surfer chick that lives by the beach)
Computer/web programming
French
Skateboarding!
Inline skating
Glass-blowing
Scrapbooking
How to make gewy chewy yummy brownies that DON''T taste like dry chocolate cake

I''m with Miscka

I want to learn how to brew beer too!

Ohhh good one, B! I would love to learn the cello!

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 7/27/2009 3:41:49 PM
Author: jet2ks
Haven, are you taking applications for volunteer instructors yet? I''d trade instructional time for learning time and a bunch of these ideas sound fun!

How to be a better at communication
cooking class
computer training class
learn german,french or spanish
how to shoot a firearm
advanced art history
how to wittle
how to drive a racecar
how to understand women
art of weaving
painting
pottery
glass blowing
investing in real estate
investing in stocks and bonds
build furniture
geneology
repair cars
how to make a pair of shoes

 

[jewelerman]

cant believe i forgot the best one...into to diamond cutting!

 

[Maria D]

This article appeared in my local paper today. There''s definitely a market for this! Older, but still happy campers...

 

[whitby_2773]

haven -

i've thought and thought and thought about this. and this is what i'd like to learn/achieve in a week....

i'd like a week and a programme to help me start getting back into physical fitness. but not something for those who are already fit, or a little fit. i'd like a week's retreat for those who have a loooong way to come back.


up until 2005 i was a very fit gym junkie type - i trained and trained hard. then i had an operation during which i was turned on the table wrongly while unconscious, and my back was badly injured. after a year in bed on my stomach, my fitness level was simply eroded. i would LOVE a week's program of something like supervised yoga, a tailor made weights program, and 'coming from nowhere' aerobics to motivate me to get back into it all. i suspect there are STACKS of people who are either post-injury or who have never had any level of physical training or fitness, who need the most basic of the basic programs. something NOT like boot camp - something in a lovely environment which was part of a VACATION where healthy food, but good food was served. i know there's plenty of health retreats, but they always seem too hard core to me, and to require too much physical fitness to start with. i'm talking about 1/2 hour sessions here, not 2 hour slogs. i'd love to do a week of 'yoga for those who can barely move' (or something like that!). i guess i'd enjoy a program along the lines of 'exercise as relaxation' - reacquainting oneself with one's body - that type of thing.

so. that'd be my big thing.

just a thought.

failing that, i'd like to restore a piece of furniture or do some pottery.

 

[Magpie09]

I know most of these have been said before but here''s my list:

Learn a language
Yoga Classes
Cooking classes
Cake decorating and baking class
Learn to sew
Learn to knit
Take a PS-type class (eg what to look for in a stone and comparing stones with differences in the 4 Cs)

I would also love to learn beauty (make-up) and hair styling techniques.

I think that''s it for now

 

[Haven]

Date: 7/28/2009 8:19:24 PM
Author: jewelerman
cant believe i forgot the best one...into to diamond cutting!

Are you signing up to be a resident expert on that one, Jewelerman?

 

[Haven]

Whitby--I love your idea. My mother is very interested in doing female empowerment type of seminars (she calls them "wife goes on" weekends . . . ) and I''m really intrigued by these outside of the box ideas.

The more I read through everyone''s wonderful ideas in this thread, the more shocked I become that the Haven does not yet exist. I can''t wait to open it.

 

[luckystar112]

Metal working is such a great idea! I took a couple of classes in high school and they were so great.

I would also maybe think about attending a class to quit smoking...especially if this is a place you can stay for a week, like a mini rehab session.

 

[Haven]

Date: 7/28/2009 10:38:21 PM
Author: Maria D
This article appeared in my local paper today. There''s definitely a market for this! Older, but still happy campers...

Thank you for this link! I''m so excited to read about this.

 

[luckystar112]

Date: 7/28/2009 10:38:21 PM
Author: Maria D
This article appeared in my local paper today. There''s definitely a market for this! Older, but still happy campers...

I had no idea you were a Main-ah! Or did I? Can''t remember...
What part of Maine are you from? Most of my family lives in Biddeford.

End threadjack!

 

[Linda W]

Date: 7/27/2009 1:14:38 PM
Author: Lorelei
Another language.

Oh a big DITTO for me Lorelei. I regret not doing this in my younger days. I really wanted to learn German and French.

 

[gwendolyn]

Date: 7/28/2009 11:39:27 PM
Author: Haven
Whitby--I love your idea. My mother is very interested in doing female empowerment type of seminars (she calls them ''wife goes on'' weekends . . . ) and I''m really intrigued by these outside of the box ideas.


The more I read through everyone''s wonderful ideas in this thread, the more shocked I become that the Haven does not yet exist. I can''t wait to open it.

We can''t wait either!

As for your question, sweets, there are TONS of things I would love to learn in a week, but most of them have been mentioned already, I fear. But maybe I will list them just for fun anyway.

how to do basic maintenance on my car (change the oil, replace the battery)
self-defense
learn the basics of a new language
do-it-yourself stuff around the house
music lessons! any kind

cooking
budgeting (in case there are any tricks I should know)
photography
romance classes (sort of like couples'' counseling except with an emphasis on good stuff? dunno just made it up)
interior design

Think that''s it for now!

 

[Sharon101]

I would love to go to a health retreat and learn a whole new way of life. By that I mean, how to live well if others do your cooking and organise your day, while you dont have to do anything!!!! (I could get used to that).