Picking up a new skill can be difficult but it is not entirely impossible. And what better time than the New Year to add some new skills to your repertoire? We found a Reddit thread where people shared some of the impressive skills that are practically very easy to learn.
From life hacks to party tricks, take a look at these 13 impressive skills that you can try to easily learn this year without burning a hole in your pocket.
1. “Cooking. It’s the way to the heart of the family. Even if it’s grilled cheese! LOL.”- Ears2feel
![Cooking as a skill](https://media.giphy.com/media/R7eZuOTVtL7gc/giphy.gif)
2. “Baking. Try mastering a few things like banana bread, at least one type of cookie, and maybe muffins or cupcakes.” – myfavouriteisgouda
![Baking](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5a/3b/fa/5a3bfa2d8dc6e2d44e440e337fc2909d.jpg)
3. “Financial independence – setting and sticking to a budget. Managing money responsibly.” – Tressa2025
![life skills](https://media.giphy.com/media/l2Je2bvpacyqNsbTi/giphy.gif)
4. “Embroidery. People will look at you like you’re a witch but it’s pretty simple.” – Raaqu
5. “Popping a bottle cap with literally anything that has a hard corner.” – MissAnthropoid
![popping open a bottle](https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnJADpkOqs8pGaQ/giphy.gif)
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6. “Shuffling cards correctly and doing the bridge with no table.” – starfire4377
![card tricks](https://media.giphy.com/media/bG5rDPx76wHMZtsXmr/giphy-downsized-large.gif)
7. “Learning languages! I speak three fluently.” – TheLionQueen2020
![multilingual](https://media.giphy.com/media/XK7VBhOwU9FlrcZQZg/giphy.gif)
8. “Rubik’s Cube. Just Google it and then spend a couple of hours learning the formulas. Boom! You have an impressive party trick.” – khadijalouise29
![Rubik's cube](https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/30133803/pa-30292018.jpg)
9. “Juggling. I made it my new year’s resolution to learn how to juggle. It ended up only taking an hour or so to get fairly good at it.” – TeaEarlGrayHotSauce
![juggling](https://media.giphy.com/media/Cb8h18Z1vO3qE/giphy.gif)
10. “Basic knots.” – Potential_Error_5919
![Making knots](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0074/0642/0038/files/shutterstock_267266045.jpg?v=1584724745)
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11. “Excel formulas. For the uninitiated, it seems like dark magic. I’m not a finance or math person, but I use it to organize/edit text.” – frnoss
![excel sheet](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1344578027/photo/laptop-with-charts-data-analysis-and-statistics.jpg?b=1&s=170667a&w=0&k=20&c=kj-PaRFDitCeOufPObQsDSCRsevOsp4ruGFsZR8_umA=)
12. “Learn how to change a tyre properly and safely. It will save your ass a few times. It will also make you look like a saint if you pull over and help someone who doesn’t know how to do it.” – -Words-Words-Words-
![changing tyres](https://media.giphy.com/media/YOdv7e0yPPpYAfU2YQ/giphy.gif)
13. “Origami. Just watch some YouTube videos and you can memorize them quickly.” – anonymous
![origami](https://media.giphy.com/media/xQXG2tsvlPBjqO7FxS/giphy.gif)
What other skills would you add to this list?
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