- Make a hula hoop work:
Using a hula hoop is not a terribly important skill. No one wins an Olympic medal for it. Is rhythmic gymnastics still in the Olympics? The hula hoop always seemed like a very simple skill, at least it looks simple when a seven year old girl grabs a hula hoop and starts it spinning! Apparently, my hips don't work, because when I grab the hula hoop it falls to the ground as quickly as gravity will take it. As Bob Dylan sings, "It sinks like a stone..."
2. Proper cartwheel
A cartwheel falls into the same category as the hula hoop. Physical skills that appear simple to me, but when attempted are actually superhero-like tasks. My window of opportunity for this one may be closing, as I get older and slower. Every once in a while, when no one is looking, I give it a shot.
3. Play the guitar
I love music! I especially love great guitar players, like
Neil Young or
Eric Clapton (look them up). When I was a teenager working at summer camps, it was always the guys with guitars, playing "
Wild World" by Cat Stevens, who attracted the crowds, especially the girls. My advice to you: if your parents offer you music lessons, go for it!
- Hit a 300 yard drive down the middle of the fairway
- Draw
- Stop properly on skate
- Dance without being self conscious
- Really speak a second language
- Drive a manual transmission car
- Really like gardening
- Slam dunk like Michael Jordan
- Solve the Rubik's cube
