S/O What do you wish you knew?

I would like to understand more about economics. But I don’t want to study economics. I just want to already know more about it. 😂

I wish I could speak Spanish. I'm studying it but it's slow going. 

-- languages fluently
-- a musical instrument or more than one
-- how to dance
-- how to repair things
-- how to make things like woodworking, fiber arts, sewing, very well like an expert

I wish I knew basic fixes for things around the house, how to use tools and which tools to use for which job. I wish I knew how to play the piano and how to invest in the stock market.

School finance-the laws and the budget and how it all shakes out

I'd like to be fluent in Spanish.

We were offered French, German and Spanish in high school. I took two years of French and could speak and understand it really well. I have had no occasion to use French since then (half a century ago) but can still muddle through speaking and can understand it when I hear it.

Then I married someone who is fluent in Spanish (and English) and I taught myself to read and understand old German script doing genealogy. Either of those languages I would have actually used.

In my 40s I took two years of Spanish but I can't speak it much at all. I can read & write Spanish but can't come up with the words fast enough to speak it and people speak too fast for me to understand it.

I am in So Cal and Spanish is everywhere. I so wish I could learn it. It is hard to learn language when you get older.

I learned a lot about economics the more interesting way - Podcasts. I like Planet Money and Freakonomics. They talk about the economy as it affects our lives and our behaviours. I didn't know economics could be that interesting.

Be able to sing and play a musical instrument. I have taken piano and guitar lessons, but with a nonexistent singing voice, just no. I would love to be fluent in Spanish and have taken a few classes.

I wish I would have been taught about money, finances, budgeting, saving, credit, etc... as a child and teen.
After a lot of trial and error, mistakes, learn as I go. I finally figured it out. Better late, than never.

Nowadays, I wish I had a better understanding of technology. This type of stuff, has never been easy for me.

I wish I knew more about finances, investments, retirement plans, other investment plans like education, overall budgeting and long term planning.
I feel like we do a good job year over year and with savings, but I wish I felt more confident in long term education plans for ds and for retirement plans for me.
I feel like I went from a poor student to making a salary that’s taxed and no one has really talked about longer term investments or planning. We’re comfortable year to year but what happens when ds starts hs and possibly college? What happens when I want to retire early before age 65? How do I plan for all of that? Besides burying treasure in my backyard from holiday gifts!

How to talk to children. I never know if I'm talking on the right level or what subjects will engage them.

Geography. None of the schools I attended seem to have taught or required this.

I could see learning more about cars when you could actually fix them yourselves. Now it's hook it up to a computer to diagnose it.

I'd like to know how to do more home repairs or improvements. Have and use power tools to fix or make things.