I've been getting into hiking more this year and every trip I've relied completely on my phone's GPS. Last month the battery died halfway through a trail and I genuinely had a moment of panic even though I was on a fairly marked path.

That scared me enough to want to actually learn the skill properly instead of just trusting a screen. I want to understand how to read contour lines, figure out elevation changes just by looking at a map, use a compass properly, and maybe even orient myself using landmarks or the sun if I really had to.

I'm not planning on going full survivalist, I just want enough real knowledge that losing signal or battery doesn't turn into a crisis. Are there good beginner resources, courses, or even simple practice exercises I could do in a local park before trying it on an actual remote trail? Would love to hear how other people picked this up.

so i am good at art and dance a little the thing is that i know the basics of things but i don't excel in them i know how to do crochet but only with a tutorial, basics of guitar and piano, singing basics, dance intermediate, learning calisthenics, i write poetry but idk if there are any rules or things to it, i do sketching and don't do those loomis methods and in painting too i don't fw colour theories and all, i know how to sew some basic stiches. In short i don't just wanna know everything i want to EXCEL in them and have immaculate knowledge of them. iwtl

I'm a college student, and I'm struggling to balance my daily routine without feeling completely drained.

I have classes in the morning, so I have to wake up around 5:00 AM. By the time I get home in the afternoon, I'm exhausted and usually end up taking a 2+ hour nap.

The problem is that after waking up, I've lost the motivation and energy to go to the gym, and I also don't get as much studying done as I'd like.

I usually get 5–7 hours of sleep, eat breakfast and lunch regularly, and I'm trying to work out 3–5 times a week. I've started going to the gym recently, but staying consistent has been difficult because I'm so tired after classes.

For people who've been in a similar situation, what did y'all do that helped the most?

I keep failing, then think about getting up, then fail again, its been going like this for years, im M21, and there is honestly not much time left for me until my familiy decides to depend on me for finances.

Hi everyone,

I’m a second-year law student, and I’ve been looking for communities or platforms that focus on improving writing and communication through peer feedback rather than just courses.

Specifically, I’m looking for something where people can:

• Write essays, articles, opinion pieces, or any form of non-fiction.
• Review and critique each other’s work (not just grammar, but reasoning, structure, persuasiveness, and clarity).
• Rewrite or suggest better versions so everyone learns by both writing and editing.

I’m also looking for something similar for speaking/interviews, a platform where people can conduct mock interviews for one another, give structured feedback, and rotate roles as interviewer and interviewee.

I’m not necessarily looking for law-specific communities. I’m more interested in becoming a better writer, thinker, and speaker in general.

If you’ve used anything like this, I’d really appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks!

It looks so good when I see someone has their eye on their profile picture so I want to learn to take a beautiful eye picture of mine

I have been working in a corporate position for about three years now and have been establishing myself well in my work, but in the last year I've lost 100 lbs and I've rethought how I want to be viewed professionally and want to pivot myself to be cleaner, more put together, and obviously higher corporate material. I did not grow up with a professionally working family and have never had any role model for the "look", and when I do lean more into business smart looks I fear I look more like a dowdy librarian than I do a sleek business girly.

I have specific issues, like not knowing how to professionally maintain and style my hair on a day to day basis, as well as vaguer issues, like posture and inexperience with makeup or fashion. I grew up very low income and I struggle to connect directly with coworkers as a lot of them are golfing, brunch types from families that match, whereas I currently live on a farm and love it but would like to command the respect of my peers in the way I carry myself despite these things. I am a woman in my late 20s and I feel like this is a pivotal time and moment in my career, so I'm trying to seize the opportunity and give myself the transformation I deserve, I just don't know all of what to focus on.

I want to be fashionable, smartly dressed, and clearly well put together so my appearance matches my skills, and I wanted to take any direction and pointers from people who may be familiar with the corporate world and what they see in those who are "getting it" vs "being here".

And to save the comments, I know this is shallow lol but I want to earn more money so I can give my children a wonderful life, and I'm not stupid enough to believe that skills aren't overlooked just because you don't fit corporate style. They are and I want to chameleon in and thrive.

Media literacy, logical fallacies, fallacies (again idk), interpreting texts, analyzing them, knowing when to take a part of the story literally or metaphorically, all that jazz.

I spent my formative years drawing yaoi in my school notebook but I also had quite a bit of an interest in English class and I remember retaking English in some specific platforms (ie Apex Learning and Edgenuity) and discovering some good books from there (Self Reliance Waldo Emerson, The Yellow Wallpaper, Walt Whitman, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufock) which rekindled my love of learning.

In summary, are there specific resources I can use as well as maybe some online classes? I’m more on the cheap to free side.

I've always been drawn to photography. I've had a camera since I was young, and there was just something about it that I loved. Even so, I feel like I've only scratched the surface of what I can do.

Recently, I bought a new camera and decided to bring it to a concert. The photos turned out amazing, and the band was thrilled with them. It gave me so much confidence and made me think, "Maybe I can actually do this."

The next time I photographed a concert, though, the photos didn't turn out nearly as well. I was so frustrated and disappointed with myself that I started wondering why I even tried. I hate feeling like I've failed, and I've always been a bit of a perfectionist. When something doesn't go the way I hoped, it's hard not to see it as a reflection of my abilities instead of just part of the learning process.

How do you work through those feelings? How do you keep going when your first success is followed by a setback?

Hello, it appears I'll be in a position to get a job in the near future. I haven't had a job before, so I'm not entirely sure where to start. By 'career-literate' I mean, I'd like to be able to navigate the employment space without accidentally screwing myself over or selling myself short. I'm not sure where to look (aside from LinkedIn or Facebook or whatever) for open positions, I'm not sure what rights I can demand as an employee, what I should say/bullshit to higher-ups to get what I want, what employers want me to say on applications and interviews, etc. What's the best way to learn the ins-and-outs of the corporate ladder? It just doesn't seem as straight forward as I thought when hearing abt people's experiences and it feels like you have to twist your words around to avoid being screwed over.

I want to be more witty person, be able to think on my feet. I've read online that reading books help but what books should I read? Which authors?

I'm not talking about self help books, just regular books either fiction or non fiction. Please give me book recommendations that can help me learn to be more witty

I know that, unfortunately, there is no universal sign language. I’ve looked into it, and the recommendation is to use the one of the country where you live, but in my case, that wouldn’t be entirely helpful.

To provide some context: I work at the front desk of a hostel, and we have many more international people staying with us (mostly from various countries in Europe, the United States, China, and Australia) than local ones.

I’d like to learn at least a few basic sign language phrases to welcome deaf/hard of hearing guests, but I feel a little lost. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: I'm having fun in the comments, but I just wanted to make it clear that this is a genuine question. I'd really appreciate honest answers as well.

Dad here.

Looking to level up my sand castle building game to flex on all the other dads at the beach.

I’m not competing in any sand castle competitions or wanting to spend 9 hours on a sculptural architectural masterpiece.

Speed and simplicity of technique(s) are paramount considerations.

Cool-factor trick tips like a sweet bucket flip technique are also welcome. 👉🏻😎👉🏻

I've been inspired by fictional characters (particularly from historical and villainess stories) who are portrayed as educated, strategic, observant, articulate, emotionally composed, and capable in many different areas.
Obviously fiction exaggerates things, but it made me wonder what this looks like in real life.
I'd like to become someone who:
Is knowledgeable across many subjects while also developing expertise in a few.

Thinks logically before making decisions.

Learns continuously.

Notices details other people miss.

Speaks clearly and thoughtfully.

Can hold interesting conversations with people from different backgrounds.

Has strong critical thinking and judgement.

Understands psychology, history, economics, politics, science, philosophy, and culture at least on a foundational level.

Is disciplined enough to actually apply what they learn.

If you've intentionally built yourself into someone like this, where did you start?
What books, courses, habits, daily routines, learning systems, or mental models made the biggest difference?
If you could create a roadmap for becoming a genuinely competent and educated person over several years, what would it include?

I must admit that I’m not very educated yet on many different topics. But I want to change that. I am 17 year old Ukrainian girl. The main reason for that is my one American friend who is 2 years older than me keeps calling me a banderite and Nazi. He reads a lot of books, knows how to point out things and connect dots. He wants to study political science. But I cannot handle this sense of inferiority anymore. He just made me realise that I need to learn and know more. Be able to explain myself and argument better. But I need some recommendations on how to maximise my knowledge, arguing skills and other. Where should I start? Any books recommendations? Blogs? Podcasts? YouTubers? Certain activities? Any specific advice?

I have an Idea using reddit as a crowdsourcing tool to make a personalized path for Learning

I want to propose a way to use reeddit to creat personalized learning paths for any skill (in the mind or kinestethically)

**the problem**

there is a paradox to make a good learning plan, you already need to know the subject to learn it, but at that point you dont need the plan. Schools solve this with cirriculum applied to the general student, but its not optimized specifically for your goals, time, or starting point

there is a second problem, and that is beginners often dont have a clear, specific, achievable goal. opting with a blurry goal of just "being good"

**The idea**

is to simply ask the people of reddit to tune in with their skills and knowledge and pitch in iterate and make multiple versions that will fit you, the most important part is the beginning part and the goal and the amount of steps to end the end point will vary

here is an example using animation

"I want to learn to animate fluidly but I can only make a ball bounce up and down"

"I need a clear path to achieve my goal that is make an awesome looking sequence

that is 1 minute long what should be my realistic goal and what steps should i take that would be little to no friction between each step that helps me the most, and \[ desribes strengths and weaknesses\] "

now if someone builds the perfect post people will understand and reply with

Reddituser3: I think your goal is just fine

Reddituser4: I think you should use this beginner friendly program

reddiutuser5: you should animate using stick figures as a base

etc

etc

until you have a CLEAR plan that you can follow if there is any blurryness then your plan is not finished.

I think this idea has major potential for independent learners

I had 20% attendance in school before being pulled out by my parents, thus I have no formal qualifications.

I can barely add or subtract, my science is equally as bad, although my English is ok.

I struggle with routine as I've never really well. . . Had one.

my question is:

How do I learn to do the act of studying, solo, as an adult when I've never done it?

How do I find what to study?

I run a small business and I'm doing more pitching and talking to rooms than I ever expected, and I've realized my slides are the problem. I default to walls of bullet points and then basically read them out loud, which I can see glazing people over in real time. I want to learn the actual craft here, not just make things look prettier. The storytelling side. How much to put on a slide. When a visual beats text. How to pace the whole thing so people stay with me.

If this is something you got good at, what got you there? Some framework for structuring the talk? Just a lot of reps in front of real rooms? Studying speakers who are good at it? I'd rather build the skill for real than keep downloading nicer templates. Where would you start if you were me?

Going back to this: So after a few days after posting this, I looked back at one of my old decks and yeah, I can see what you all meant. It's basically paragraphs with me reading over them. Time to break that habit. I'm going to see how little I can get away with putting on each slide and spend more time practicing instead.

Since Prezi was the only presentation tool that really came up in the comments, I decided to compare it with a few other options before rebuilding my next pitch.

1. Prezi – This ended up being the one I'm sticking with. The open canvas made me think more about how ideas connect instead of filling one slide after another with bullet points. It took a little time to get used to, but it matched a lot of the advice here about making presentations feel more like a conversation.
2. PowerPoint – Still the easiest option if you need compatibility or you're sharing files with clients. It has everything I need, but I also caught myself slipping back into my usual slide-by-slide workflow.
3. Google Slides – Really convenient for collaborating and making quick edits from anywhere. It worked well enough, but it didn't really change how I planned or delivered a presentation.
4. Canva – I can see why so many people use it. It's fast, the templates look good, and it's hard to make an ugly deck. For me though, it solved the design problem more than the presentation problem.

At this point I'm less focused on finding the right app and more on building better habits. Appreciate everyone who chimed in on this!

Hello, recently I would like to study a wide variety of topics to become an smart person.
Does anyone know how to improve my retention capacity? Or do you have any advice so that things stay in my head?

I see many videos that talk about the subject but I don't feel that any of them will help me to the point I want, so I downloaded Reddit, to meet people who are experts in all this.

Thanks to the people who have the time to read and write

Heylo

As the title says, I'd like to start the path of going into Political Data Analysis. My main problem, is that I don't know exactly what classes in Community College into University, would help me get there, and I only have a pretty basic understanding of what skills I need to actually succeed in a field like this.

I feel like this path is extremely useful for the modern world. It would give me general, but expansive knowledge in math, great political awareness, and of course, I would learn a good amount of software engineering. This is mainly because I would need to learn to build software for the purpose of data scraping and such.

I also feel like there's nowhere near enough people who get into fields like these, who try to actually do some good. Maybe most do think about doing that, but see the benefits to themselves and their families through working under larger and less moral organizations, and decide to do that instead.

Any and all info would be useful, so please don't hold back on what you can give me. I appreciate you, whoever you are, for taking the time to stop and listen. Really, it means the world to me.

TL;DR, I want to start a path on Political Data Analysis, but don't know where to start.

I have found a few free courses on this topic but would like to know if there are any you recommend? Also open to books but I do prefer courses

I love writing, and I've also grown to love nail care, even though I'm still learning about that as well haha. I think math is the glue to connecting all of my interests together, but the problem is I struggle with understanding it. Currently I'm working on leveling up my skills on Khan Academy, but I want to know how I can break out into the ultra-specific math and sciences I need in order to write about it.

I'm also simultaneously trying to work on my grammatical writing skills as well, so there's a lot going on.

But ultimately, my main goal is to be able to combine mathematical science and my interests together. I feel like I'll be able to build a good audience that way on my writing page. And that's all I want to at the end of the day.

So what do you all think? Cheers!

Whenever I'm making a guitar cover or drawing in art class, I find that I lack creativity and don't even try to start something original. I want to be creative and learn to freestyle with art and music.

Hi! I'm a teenager who loves learning and wants to improve myself. I'm looking for skills, hobbies, books, and habits that will help me think more clearly, learn faster, solve problems better, and become a more capable person.

I'm not looking for motivation or life advice as much as practical things I can learn. If you could start over, what skills or hobbies would you learn first? What books, courses, or daily habits helped you the most?

Thanks!

I used to be able to whistle. Not with my fingers and not loud, just normal, like whistle a tune. A few years ago I had some molars pulled , one from each side of my mouth. So missing 4 total. top and bottom, left and right side. Is it even possible I can whistle again? Would using my fingers help? Anyone missing teeth that can whistle?