10 Classes To (Hopefully) Fix My Life
Posted on November 2, 2007 by Melissa
Filed Under Education, Reflection
I got tagged by Kyle, my meme loving buddy, over at Rather Be Shopping with a new meme. The revenge tag is the best kind of tag, I’m told. :-)
Anyways, I’m glad he tagged me because I like this meme. I think there is enough in my life that needs fixing to warrant a challenging courseload.
Devise a list of 5-10 courses you would take to fix your life. It’s more fun to be in classes with friends, so include one class from the person who tagged you that you’d also like to take. Tag five.
I was often an over-achiever in school so I’ll go for the gusto and choose 10 classes that I’d like to take to fix my life:
1. Winning Contests 101 – This is the class I’d take with Kyle. I, too, would love to learn how to win these contests. I never seem to have luck on my side in contests, yet others win multiple prizes or even lotteries. Crazy.
2. Advanced Photoshop (for dummies) – This would be a great class for me. I have a ton of good photos that have the potential to be great with just a little advanced Photoshop tweaking. I can already do some of the basics but I want to learn how to turn a shot into art. This could take the pics in my reducipes to a whole new level!
3. Self-Confidence 101 – Sometimes I have issues feeling confident about my work/abilities/progress/decisions/whatever. I think I would be a happier and more confident person if I could acknowledge my achievements and not nit-pick and second-guess them. Isn’t it funny how we tend to be so much harder on ourselves than the people we love?
4. Home Economics - The REALLY good kind of Home Ec not the “lame-high-school-lets-boil-water” kind that I missed out on. I think a class that could teach me how to properly clean/restore just about everything, economize all my household spending, prepare weekly meals that maximized my pantry while minimizing my costs, and how to prep and cook anything anywhere anytime would be great. I’m sure if this class existed it would be a 10-year course taught by a team of professional grandmas.
5. Produce Gardening for Beginners - I have no idea how to garden but I want to start one in the new house. I don’t want to kill everything I put in the ground next year so this course would be very useful. I think eating something that I grew all by myself would be surreal to me. Having just said that makes me a little sad. I need to garden, if anything just to get in touch with the reality of how we get fresh food.
6. The Secret to Absolute Productivity – I would take this class in a heartbeat. I need to feel and be more productive with my days. Sometimes I look at the clock and what I’ve completed and wonder where the day went. I have a million things on my to-do list that never seem to get done. I need a serious time management butt kicking boot camp.
7. Bread Baking 101 – I am not afraid of or a failure at baking bread I just need to learn from an expert on how to perfect my baking. My pita bread tastes great but it doesn’t rise and create a pocket. My white loaf tastes great but it isn’t light and airy like store-bought sandwich bread. I need some people who have mad baking skillz to teach me the tricks of the trade. That would make me (and my bread-loving husband) happy.
8. Personal Investing 201 – Having graduated from a top 20 business school, I’ve taken courses in finance and investing but I still don’t feel like I learned much about investing for MY future. Those courses were more focused on business rather than for the individual. The course I would want to take would cover strategies and risk management for the home investor.
9. Feline Medicine – If you saw our vet bills you would know why I’d take this course. ‘Nuff said.
10. The Art of Persuasion 101 – Imagine if you could convince anyone of anything. Talk about a course to fix your life! I would get the best deals on everything, never pay a fine, never lose an argument, and potentially rule the world with that skill set. Ehhh, I’d probably just convince someone else to rule the world and persuade them to listen to me. I promise I’d only use this superpower for good, not evil.
Ahhhh, if only the act of taking a class would mean I’d learn and implement the subject matter required to “fix” my life. I will tag just three people for this meme: Brip Blap, Punny Money, and Clever Dude. I bet these guys would have some interesting answers for this one.
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Nice list! I would love to take the Photoshop and Persuasion class with you.
@Kyle – The photoshop class would be useful, huh? Then we could make photos like that one I used in this post. It cracks me up.
And who wouldn’t want the persuasion class, right? Although, if those skills were given to the wrong person, it could be dangerous.
There really are classes, or at least good books, for a lot of these.
2. Photoshop – try an O’Reilly book, or see what’s at the library.
5. Look for a garden club near your new place.
6. I’ve heard good things about _Getting Things Done_.
7. I’ve heard good things about King Arthur Flour’s _Whole Grain Baking_. There are other books that include the science of cooking, too.
@Debbie – Great suggestions! I’ll have to look into those books.
What’s ironic though, is that we have the “Getting Things Done” book. It’s sitting on a table next the couch not getting done. :-)
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I need all of these classes too! An in-depth sewing course would be a huge bonus because I could save some money on my shopping.
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@Amy – Tell me about it! Sewing would help me out a great deal, too. I bet being able to repair or make clothing has huge benefits, especially if you have kids.
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