The 20 hour theory

I have been struggling with myself for a while. I have too many hobbies, I tell myself, and that's why I have trouble sticking with learning any one thing. So I work on something for awhile and then it gets left by the wayside when I switch to something else. And I figured if I forced myself to stick with only one thing I'd be missing out on what I'm actually interested in in the moment.

I was just inspired by a ted talk about learning: click

According to this guy, you can learn most skills in just 20 hours if you break it down and practise efficiently. There was a movement awhile back that was similar, suggesting giving 100 days to learn something. But even that seemed too much. But 20 hours? I could do 20 hours.

That's just 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 3 months. Can I be that focused for three months? I don't know, but I'd like to try. My last attempt at bodhran failed at about 8 weeks, I haven't looked at the stars lately, or my tin whistle. Stretching has become necessary because dance class (oh, by the way, I started irish dance classes) has tightened my calves to the point of pain, so at least I'm still doing that. And my focus for the last week and a bit has been cleaning and rearranging the house. Plus I have yule booties to make for the nieces and nephew

But let's give this a try. Here's my list of things I'd like to learn:
Bodhran
Tin whistle
Constellations
Pull ups/pushups
Squatting (full, heels on the ground, resting position squat)
Drawing
Friction fire
Atlatl or spear throwing
Spinning wool

So many things, not enough time.
20 hours for each? I guess I should start with what is most compelling, which for me is bodhran right now. So starting Monday I'll be going back to it again. To keep me accountable, I'm going to try to post a video once a week to log my '20 hour progress'

Hopefully I can stick with it better than I have my past blog projects. If anyone reads this with any regularity, please, hold me to it :) And wish me luck!