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I would want the ability to compose wonderful poetry! Like Edgar Allan Poe levels of wonderful!
Or be a brilliant soprano like Sierra Boggess!
Patience - lots of it. I am not a patient person, and admire those who are. Although having a toddler has definitely taught me to be more patient.
I would want the ability to compose wonderful poetry! Like Edgar Allan Poe levels of wonderful!
Or be a brilliant soprano like Sierra Boggess!
I have another answer that is more tangible and something I have wished I could do for a long time
Sing. I wish I could carry a tune
I wish I had a beautiful singing voice
Oh I really wish this were possible
When we were little my parents gave us almost very possible lesson
Dancing, ballet, tap, gymnastics, swimming, ice skating, piano, organ, clarinet, guitar and so on and so forth
But never singing lessons
However I have zero singing abilities
I am tone deaf
So maybe they realized that
But this would be a dream come true if I could sing
I am not asking to sing like Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald
Though that would be incredible
Rather, I am just asking to be able to carry a tune so I could sing in a pleasant voice not offending others
That will never be because I cannot carry a tune
I do sing anyway but never if others (with the exception of my DH) are around
I do not want to cause pain to anyone lol
Higher IQ
I would love to be able to ice skate well-- at least fairly well, nothing fancy. Well enough that I was not at high risk of falling and possibly breaking a hip. The last time I ice skated was when our daughter was around 10.
I did skate as a kid but was always leery of the people zipping by me at high speed. I wished I had the rink all to myself! And I had poor control of my ankles no matter how well I laced up. Probably should have had lessons, and better skates.
That can't possibly be you, there is no parrot.
See?! You've already got all the horsepower under that dome you need.
Everybody wishing you could sing or write poetry or do math or learn a language, or whatever it is--you can learn! Start now, get a teacher if you need one, practice every day (or every other day, or whatever works for you). Be curious, be patient with yourself, and learn from your mistakes. I promise, you'll get better and better. And you'll have a blast. Human beings have amazing brains that allow us to learn. If you think you can't do something, it's very, very likely that you just have a block about it and are defining yourself as Someone Tone Deaf or Someone Who Can't Do Math, but you're wrong, and you CAN if you let really yourself try.
I agree with this for math and language but not 100% onboard with this for singing. I think some of us do not have the ability to carry a tune. I think while the mind is willing the ability is just not there. I think one needs a certain innate ability/skill/talent to be able to sing and sing well. If you have that and nurture that you will be successful. But without that innate ability I don't see it happening
I wish I could put the things that really bother me out of my mind. I can't seem to do it. I wake up at night and those things even come to me then. I know some people can compartmentalize but I find that if it is something serious to me, I can't. And it gets me down. These are always things that I am not in a position to change.
Definitely agree with this. I can't sing. I've tried and tried. When I did, I "improved" but still couldn't really sing. I have this theory that people who can sing are better at "speaking" foreign languages that people who can't sing. Maybe that's just in my mind, but I have studied several languages and can read them but my pronunciation is never good. To me, it's in the ear. Like singing.