Things I want to learn

This is more of a skill I need to practice. I have been trying to talk less and listen more but just because I can jaw with the best of them, doesn't mean I wouldn't rather  hear what others have to say. 

I honestly might never take the time but I do find the subject interesting. If I could have a do-over on my schooling I would have majored in math and nuclear physics and probably still worked in finance. 

I speak Spanish decently well considering the infrequency of my practice, but  the app duolingo and French is not coming along quite as naturally as Spanish did. 

I have tried a few common techniques and quite frankly none of them have actually resulted in a notable increase in speed without a undesirable decrease in comprehension. 

My cycle goes: (sometime I skip straight to 3)

1) I either jump into a task without a clear plan or inventory of inputs/data

2) I spin my wheels and the activity becomes undesirable 

3) I either put the work off by ignoring it, or overplanning/over engineering the solution but don't make any actual progress 

4) I wait until I have some impending deadline and create undue stress but almost always get a serviceable result. 

Not in cards, in life. Fail fast and fail upward they say. 

I just love them. 

From books and experience. It's a tough sport.. If someone else has to tell you what's good it's already too expensive.  

I would also enjoy prooducing music but put it in the "it's a better use of someone else's time" category because I'll realistically never be great at it nor do I desire to put in the time it would take to be even decent. 

I have never sat down and thought about the structure of a good joke and also realize the amount of skill and practice that goes into good delivery. Maybe I would hate it, but I would enjoy finding out.