Feeling like life is so blah nowadays? Or maybe you are feeling like you need a new challenge? 

Learning a new skill is a great way to bring new life and a challenge to your world and offers many benefits for your personal and professional life. 

Skills come about because we work at them. Maybe they have a use such as certifications for a job or because we want to save money. Compared to hobbies which we don’t strive to necessarily be good at, we do them for enjoyment. While there can be overlap, check out our list of hobbies here.

Whether you’re looking to learn something completely new or just brush up on existing knowledge, now is the perfect time to expand your skillset. 

To help you get started, here’s a list of skills you can learn in this year.

105 Skills You Can Learn This Year

Everyday Life Skills –

These are skills that are going to make your everyday life much easier and may save you from a disaster.

1. How to be Happier –

Seriously, the world seems like a messed up place right now. Who wouldn’t want the skill of being at least a tiny bit happier.

2. Fix Minor Home Repairs

3. Basic Car Maintenance Skills

4. Learn Self-Defense Skills

5. Change a Flat Tire

6. How to Travel –

Maybe you would like to travel and save money or maybe you want to visit exotic locals. Each of these can use skills to get you were you want to go.

7. Survive a Crisis

8. How to Perform CPR

9. How to Ask Questions

10. Declutter Your Home –

Interestingly declutter is our family word for the year. Decluttering can include the mind, body, and spaces we reside.

11. Start a Garden

12. Up Your Cooking Skills

13. Develop a Cleaning Routine

14. Finding Life/Work Balance

15. The Skill of Making Friends

16. How to Set Up a Smart Home

17. Learn About Wine

18. Learn a New Language

19. Improve Your Research Skills

20. Gain the Skill of Humor

21. Build Strong Relationships

22. Learn Speed Reading

23. Smartphone Photography –

We all have a calculator and a camera in our pocket nowadays. Might as well level up this skill.

24. Creative Writing Skills

25. Learn Philosophy –

This could really be any course in school you thought should be taught but wasn’t. Or a course you loved but haven’t revisited since you left school. 

26. Learn to Enjoy the Arts

27. How to be More Creative

28. Develop Active Listening Skills

Money Skills – 

We all want the skills needed to make and keep money. These types of skills will help you do just that.

29. Creating a Personal Budget

30. Get Cash Back on Purchases –

This is a super easy thing to do. It might not make you a ton of money but as the saying goes, ‘a penny saved is a penny earned.

31. Keep Track of Receipts

32. How to Repair Credit

33. Apply for Loans and Credit Cards

34. Manage Your Debt –

Debt management is one of the best skills you can learn. We all want to have money to be able to live the life we want.

35. How to Save, Spend and Invest

36. How to Save Money

37. Conserve Utilities

38. Stock Investing Skill

39. Property Investing –

Having a property investment can really help the portfolio. There are numerous ways to invest in property. Having the skills to do it right can help you figure out the best route for you.

40. Best Ways to Invest Money 

41. Cryptocurrency

42. Bookkeeping Skills

Work and Business Skills – 

Most of us have a job or business. The following skills will help you run your business better or help you impress management and move your job up the ladder.

43. Learn Leadership Skills

44. Time Management Skills

45. Write Professional Emails –

Ever gotten an email that just did not give you all the information you asked for? Be a leader and make sure you are doing the same to others when you have made email writing skills.

46. Write a Professional Resume

47. Using Artificial Intelligence to Grow a Business

48. Be Able to Keep Your Message Brief –

In our zany world it is important to have the skills needed to get our message across quickly without misunderstandings.

49. How to Write an Effective Speech 

50. Public Speaking Skills

51. Conversation Confidence Skills –

It is so difficult when we are expected to have a conversation and have nothing to say. When you feel good about your conversational skills it take a lot of that anxiety away.

52. Learn to Network

53. Develop Business Relationships

54. How to Stay Organized

55. Project Management Skills

56. How to Lead Virtual Teams

57. How to Start a Business

This could be either an online business or a brick and mortar business. An add on to this skill could be how to purchase to business.

58. Business Fundamentals Skills

59. Accounting Basics

60. How to Sell to Others

61. The Art of Negotiating

62. The Skill of Staying Motivated

63. Put an End to Procrastination

64. Goal-Setting Skills

65. Graphic Design Skills

66. Computer Coding Skills

67. How to Develop Your Career Path

68. Job Interview Skills

69. How to Become a Freelancer

70. Learn Computer Science

71. How to Give a Presentation

72. Learn to Podcast

73. Understand the Supply Chain

74. Learn Business Strategy Skills

75. Gain Decision Making Skills

76. Professional Communication Skills

77. Learn to Flip Houses

Wellness Skills –

We need to have both hard skills and soft skills. The following skills include a little of both with a focus on making our lives healthier physically, emotionally and mentally.

78. Find Your Passions

79. Critical Thinking Skills

80. The Skill of Mindful Living

81. Be Comfortable With Change –

They say the only thing that is consistent is change. And whoosh there has been a lot in the recent past. Learn the skills of how to be resilient with change.

82. Get Rid of Bad Habits

83. Develop Confidence

84. How to Think Positive (and not that toxic positivity stuff)

85. Learn to Improve your Memory 

86. Maintain Self-Awareness

87. The Skill of How to Focus

88. Build Deliberate Practice ​Habits

89. Think Logically –

This is a skill that can help you in relationships, at work, or running a business. Thinking logically helps you analyze possible solutions and come up with the one that works best in the situation.

90. Deep Breathing Skill

91. Yoga Skills

92. The of Skill of Getting Good Sleep

93. Aromatherapy

94. Improve Your Mental Health

Although this one could be considered for numerous areas of skills because it is so incredibly important. 

95. Mastering the Mind-Body Connection

96. Massage Therapy

97. Eating for Your Health

98. Relax Effectively

99. How to Relieve Stress

100. Understand Nutrition

101. How to Exercise

102. Practice Self-Care Skills

103. Build Self-Esteem

104. Learn Meditation Skills

105. Use Mindfulness

106. Learn Astrology

Whoosh! That is a lot of different skills you can learn, and there are more skills out there. If a lot of different areas interest you, just start with one area you think you would enjoy the most or bring the most benefit to your life. You have lots of time to develop new skills or hobbies. And remember, it is OK to challenge to yourself to learn a new skill and you don’t have to be perfect at.