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Got a great influx of ideas to start my 12 months to becoming a Renaissance Man. I have listed all of the ideas below. Please comment on the idea or ideas you like the best for me. Thanks!
- Fly fishing
- Changing oil and a tire
- Making sushi
- Learn the 'soft shoe'
- Knot tying
- Brew beer
- Fold origami
- Sew/ knit
- Ballroom dance
- Sword fighting
- Personal trainer certified
- Survivalist skills (make fire, trap animals, etc. be a true outdoorsman for 4 consecutive weekends. No eating unless you harvest/catch it.)
- Directional/social skills -every weekend pick a place that is around 40 miles away and walk there, hitch-hike, borrow a bike, ride the rails hobo-style. You'll be amazed at the people you meet and the new places you'll explore - the insides of the on/off ramp clovers, frontage roads, etc. no maps and you can only walk or rely on strangers.
- Learn how to build (a home?)
- Become a wine or beer snob
- Saber a bottle of champagne
- Shoot a pistol, a rifle and bow and arrow
- Astronomy
- Read some of the classics
- Tai Chi
- Street performance magic
- Sausage making
- Luchador school/ training
- Welding
- Ghostbusting
- Make the perfect chocolate soufflé
- For one month, substitute standard cuts of meat (breast, thigh, ribs, etc.) for cuts that are less standard in the US (liver, heart, stomach,, or even soups made from bone broth), etc.. There are supposed health benefits. A true renaissance man knows his proteins!
- Plan and execute a backpacking adventure for a weekend
- The art of trading up - one red paper clip guy
- Learn the waltz or ballet
- Off-beat sport like cricket, polo, fox hunting, archery or sailing
- Woodworking
- Learn and master 2 foreign languages and be knowledgeable about the culture and history
- Use the 27-page recipe from Tartine Bread to cultivate your own starter over several weeks, and then make your country sourdough...
- Read the bible and Quran
- Play the harmonica
- Play the banjo
- Skip tracing
- Use a chainsaw, jigsaw, impact wrench, nail gun, and table saw
- Rock climbing and rappelling the granite cliffs off yosemite
- Birding - spend a month spotting and documenting all of the indigenous birds of the bay are
- Learn how to fire dance
- Learn the foxtrot
- Glass blowing, stained glass and ceramics
- Work through an entire cookbook
- Origami (pastrami origami)
- Learn Japanese
- One style of yoga
- Bow fishing
- Gardening
- Learn how to pick a lock
There are a number of ideas on here that I can help u learn, AND I'd be up for doing some of the ones I've never done, along side of you, if you want company.
ReplyDeleteKnot tying, Gardening, and anything musical sounds fun because you can teach your kids at the same time.
ReplyDeleteWe did the foxtrot for our wedding dance, that's a fun one you can do with your wife! :)
ReplyDeleteAs someone who has seen you dance, it HAS to be soft shoe!
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