What impressive skill looks hard but is secretly easy to learn? – 17 cool abilities that aren’t nearly as tricky as they look
10.
‘Crocheting.
When I quit nicotine and etoh all at once, after 15 years of daily use… crochet was my lifesaver.
I learned one stitch and began a nine-year long granny square that saw me through withdrawals, rages, relationship-endings, deaths, and a buffet of other triggers.’
-RuthTheWidow
11.
‘Rubik’s cube. There are plenty of tutorials on the internet nowadays. A friend taught me back in 2008ish, it took about 10 min to solve, after a 6 month deployment on a ship I got it down to less than 1 min.’
-man_of_pie
12.
‘Cracking an egg with one hand. Best to improve while making a recipe with lots of eggs, otherwise “practice” is usually limited to one or two eggs per morning followed by a whole day of analyzing your shell-filled omelet failure.’
-Spairik
13.
‘Cooking. Too many people think they can’t be good cooks and make super delicious meals, but it’s actually really easy to learn how to build flavors and use good ingredients to make fantastic meals that will impress anyone.’
-d20_dude
14.
‘Old school, but using a yoyo. There are a few basics that people get wrong that are easily fixed. The string goes on your middle finger, you’re supposed to make the finger loop by pulling the string through time tied hole and not slipping the original hole on to your finger, you have to adjust the length for your height, the motion to throw the yoyo and not just drop it from your hand, how to wind, and managing the tightness of the string. If the string is tight, it’ll pop back into your hand more easily. If the string is too tight, you can’t make it free spin while hanging down, aka sleep. That’s it.’
-tricksterloki
15.
‘Being able to tie useful knots. Start with bowline, truckers hitch, and “a turn and two half hitches.” Your life will change and you’ll be SUPER impressive.
ETA: it’s all on YouTube!’
-that_sara
16.
‘Juggling – it looks crazy, but once you catch the rhythm, it all works out quickly.’
-Crystalssoul
17.
‘Just doing your job. You have no idea how much managers and supervisors fucking love employees who just do their job with no drama. I’m not saying let them walk all over you, but the skill of just being a reliable worker carries a lot of weight and it’s an incredibly easy thing to do.’
-triangulumnova