• Imladris said on Jun 15, 2007....

  Oh - where to start :-)

  In no particular order, Gaelic & Welsh, horse whispering, vetinary degree (that might take 100 years!) I would have to learn to spell as well.

  What else - history, astronomy, it could be endless.

• MoonMommy said on Jun 15, 2007....

  I would learn:
  
  Tagalog, and German
  I would like to get degrees in - psychology, art, and music.
  to name just a few things I would like to do.

• silverwhisper said on Jun 15, 2007....

  it took you until those books to wonder about that? i'd have thought halfway through the belgariad would have done it. :>
  
  i would love to learn a few languages, esp french so i could read dumas in the original french. and i would want to study shakespeare. a lot more.
  
  ed

• MissMimi said on Jun 15, 2007....

  I would become a midwife, or a psychotherapist.
   
  I would learn to speak Italian and French.
   
  I would learn the business skills necessary to open a Bed & Breakfast that caters to quilting retreats.
   
   

• the_infernal_optimist said on Jun 15, 2007....

  Ah, but Ed, I haven't read the Belgariad (yet). ;-) Those two were part of a book exchange with a friend earlier this year...but of course now I'm going to have to go back and read the Belgariad series, The Rivan Codex, and maybe even the Mallorean (sp?) series at some point. :-D Man, I love a good reading project!
  
  ~Infernal
  

• secretlife said on Jun 15, 2007....

  i'd love to learn french and italian.
  i'd like to go to school to become a florist.
  and while we're at it, i'd love to learn quilting! 

• silverwhisper said on Jun 15, 2007....

  infernal, go forth and read ye the belgariad, then the mallorean!
  
  ed

• nytquill17 said on Jun 15, 2007....

  Great question.  I would..hm...maybe you should get some coffee; I could be here a while.
  
  Latin (I know it's more or less useless in today's world but I still like it - translating always felt like solving puzzles).  Spanish, I guess.  I'd like to tackle something non-romance too, like Russian - or Hindi!
  
  Degrees in history, linguistics, art, theater.  I'd want to play in algebra and physics and chemistry too.  Oh, and like, developmental psych or relationship psych.  But what I really want is an advanced degree in socio-linguistic history (yes I made that up, but it's an accurate description of the subject that interests me most).
  
  I'd like to learn to play the fiddle and brush up my other musical skills (guitar, drums, piano, singing [parts], sight-reading).  Oh, and I want to learn to dance.  Ballroom, swing, jigs.  And I want to learn to draw or to paint.
  
  And about midwifery and veterinary care...I guess that coffee's cold by now ;)
  

• the_infernal_optimist said on Jun 15, 2007....

  Oooh, nyt, I forgot about all of the musical stuff!
  
  Re: music, I think I'd learn to play acoustic guitar, cello, and pan flute at the very least, and probably go through formal voice training a time or two...definitely swing dancing! That just looks like so much fun!
  
  Guess we can have cold coffee together (or just skip that and you get down here somehow). ;-)
  
  ~Infernal
  

• rupert7 said on Jun 16, 2007....

  computer programming, soil chemistry (and learn what its technical name is!)

• polarheart said on Jun 16, 2007....

  If I had time and the money required, I would do a proper course in photography and would dedicate my time to taking artistic photos.
   
  I would go and spend time on boats that research the activities of whales and learn more about them in an up close and personal environment.

• quietone said on Jun 16, 2007....

  wow polar you took the words out of my mouth.

• sweet_cookie01 said on Jun 16, 2007....

  if i have the time... i would learn and master all the crafts that i am interested in...

  learn how to make big cathedral cakes with elaborated designs... ice sculpting... ]

  i would want to be pediatrician and in the same time a cardiologist... learn how to

  paint.......... too many things wish we do have that too many time to spend...

• destinydiva said on Jun 16, 2007....

  I would go back to uni and finish my psychology degree.....
  
  I started it  about 6 years ago.....but life events meant I missed about 3 months......I'd only done a few months beforehand so I never went back...
  then I never could go back.......
  
  I'm hoping to start it in September...if I can fit it in alongside work....
  
  I really want to learn reiki ......and tarot cards.....and learn more about auras and that type of stuff......but now I've discovered soulcast...I'm guessing I wont be spending as much time reading up on those :-)
  Destiny x
  

• Expendable said on Jun 16, 2007....

  Learning is only part of it. I'd want to travel too. Find some nice place in a country and stay awhile, absorbing the language and culture of the people who live there. Learn photography, journalism, anthropology, sociology, anthropology, history... What wouldn't I learn?

  I'd write books that would go in libraries and schools to share what I've learned with others - because if you don't share what you know, what is the point of it all?

  And I'd learn how to make miniatures and put together diaramas and displays for museums and universities.

  And I'd learn anything new as well as anything old.

• husbandhater said on Jun 16, 2007....

  I would learn Spanish,French,sign language,italian. If I had time I'd go back to school and advance my nursing Career!

• LadyGamer said on Jun 16, 2007....

  I would learn how to fully meditate and discover the secrets of the universe.

   

  42!

• gingersoul said on Jun 16, 2007....

  Well...i completely agree with Expandable....

  I would like to travel first of all....and in each country i like i would stop and live and learn anything of it: language, cuisine, architecture, history, traditions, music.

  What a better way to learn if not in full immersion?

  Then being in one of these places i would also take my time to learn specifically:

  cake decorating

  horseback riding, surfing and diving

  pottery

  enviromental researching

  cello

  movies directing   

  belly dancing, tango and salsa dancing (to perfection)   

  Uhmm...... that is it.....for now......lol....

• Actorguy said on Jun 16, 2007....

  I'd want to learn everything that everybody above has said!  Except maybe belly dancing (nobody needs to see that, but I'd love to watch Ginger!)
   
  I'd love to learn to draw and to play the guitar.

• beyondtheveil said on Jun 16, 2007....

  infernal- First, I'd want to be with my wife the entire hundred years.
  
  Degrees for college level teaching in history and sociology plus two foreign languages, Spanish and French or Italian.
  
  Learn to play a musical instrument.
  
  Live in a location I loved and not because the work is there.
  
  Raise Golden Retrievers and be involved with the care of wild animals in my home location.
  
  Visit southern Europe for an extended period, see the castles, museums, cathedrals, and ride a bicycle following the travels of Joan of Arc.
  

• gingersoul said on Jun 16, 2007....

  Actor...as soon as i learned it...you can set up the stage for me and i will give a private show.....LOL....

• nytquill17 said on Jun 16, 2007....

  Hey, congrats on making the top of the featured posts page! :D

• SecretFetish said on Jun 16, 2007....

  The first thing that popped into my head was Spanish. The second thing was I wish I'd have started belly dancing at a much younger age.....

• lfbno7 said on Jun 16, 2007....

  infernal optimist, i really like your name.
  
  imladris, after telling us you want your vetinary degree, i laughed at your desire to improve your spelling.  that was funny.
  
  now to answer the question, my answer is nothing.  i'm already learning what i want to learn.  i'm always reading books and watching history channel, discovery channel, national geographic channel.  now i'm reading a physics book.  i like them too.  i don't need to live any extra number of years to learn what i want to know.  i'm doing it now.
  
  when i see someone mentioning a language they want to learn, i can't identify with that cause i have no aptitude for languages.  they just don't stick.  my mind was a sponge, was photographic, when i was 6 years old, but definitely by the time i was an adult that was long gone.  i think all my brain cells got used up.  for me to learn the lyrics of a current song it would have to displace all the lyrics i soaked up in the 50s and early 60s.  no space left.
  

• muckpar said on Jun 16, 2007....

  I would learn to speak Spanish for the obvious reason.

• genalonewolf said on Jun 16, 2007....

  I'd love to learn to fly attack helicopters, the AH-64 Apache to be exact. I would also love to learn to play guitar in every form. I would like to learn the russian language and learn all about politics so I can finally figure out why it gives me such a headache.

• NotSoSinglechick25 said on Jun 16, 2007....

  Wow.  An easier question might be what Wouldn't I like learn.  I want learn scooba diving, deep sea diving, spanish, italian, french, math, fly airplanes, be a psychologist, figure out men and the meaning of life.  Okay that may be asking too much.
  J

• Trinov said on Jun 16, 2007....

  I'd continue learning what I am now : which is going back to the recorder and getting past the old blocks, and I am more or less re-starting to learn guitar.

  If I had more time I'd spend more on religious subjects, which I have somewhat boycotted for two years now, and in real time should get back to them when my mind settles, but I'd also try to understand the hardware and software of computers, which I've tried more than once and gave up on, (my father said not to use anything you can't understand-or do learn to understand the basics of every gadget you use). I'd also try to relearn mathematics from a different standpoint because there is such a logic there that I can see but cannot understand.

  For some research that I've been doing for many years, I really need Russian and Arabic (tried learning both several times and have a few hundred words in each, not enough for anything real) and old Gaelic would be helpful as well as old Persian and several Amerindian languages like Lakota for instance  would be so helpful, if my mind would also be young with lots of memory coming along with the extra years then I'd tackle all those languages.

  I wouldn't travel,but I'd watch and read travelogues for different cultures are interesting to see. The traveling I did when I was young wasn't so enjoyable for me, it seemed so unreal while I was there that I didn't believe it was happening.

• ladyofspirit said on Jun 21, 2007....

  I know this is late but I must answer:
   
  1.  Medicine -- an M.D in obstetrics, specifically
   
  2.  Midwifery -- so I could do homebirths & handle any emergencies that come up myself
   
  3.  Funeral Home Director -- not somuch the preparation of bodies but the psychological aspect -- helping people in their grief,
   
  4.  Gourmet chef -- to cook professionally would be fantastic!
   
  5.  Play the piano -- I've always wanted to do this.

• anonymous said on Aug 02, 2007....

  ONE SMALL ADVISE TO ALL THOSE WHO  
  "WOULD LIKE TO LEARN" ...
  AND THEN START DREAMING UP THEIR LISTS :
   
  why the f...*k don't you get started with nr 1 on your list ?
   

• rupert7 said on Aug 02, 2007....

  to play the Sax, Clarinet, Cello and Piano. Astronomy, Botany and how to understand a woman! lol

• Mike10613 said on Sep 07, 2007....

  I've learned a lot of stuff, electronics, psychology, hypnotherapy. I sort of know a little programming and have a website. I wanted to learn CSS (Cascading style sheets) to improve my website. I checked out local LearnDirect centres near me. Most have given up and shut down. the one that are left are teaching literacy and numeracy. I think I live in a community with special needs . . . Hell, maybe someone will buy me a book on CSS for Christmas and experiment until I can do it. I would like to be able to program again too. I could before I started using Windows - God that makes me sound old! lol Good blog - interesting . . .
   
  Mike10613
   
  http://www.Mike10613.talktalk.net

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