Wanted to share this from my life, as hope for those acquiring the skills to live a authentic, passionate life, and to encourage you to just START. Even if you dont have a completed plan yet. If you follow the right principles (These specifically highlighted in this thread. Work ethic, Choosing Love, Creativity,  and the power of learning.) You can create amazing, spectacular results in your life you couldn't have imagined when you took that first step.   Right before quarantine hit, I decided to start producing music, having talked about it for years but never taking any action. That first year, Investing  over 700 hours, and produced some of my first instrumentals. So many days it felt like I was make ZERO progress. And I wanted to quit, seeing other artist I look up to and how skilled they were, I began comparing myself to them. Thankfully, having read the book Mastery by George Leonard many times, as well as the compound effect by Darren Hardy. I realize my path was normal, spurts of growth, plateaus and even dips, then another spurt, and so on. The next year, I invested another 600-800 hours, this year was even harder, literally starting HUNDREDS of projects, and fewer than 4 out of those I considered good enough to turn into complete songs.  I was still frustrated, I felt like it was being so much harder than it needed to be, I felt that I was "Playing" but not "practicing" and maybe that was why I felt stagnant. I decided to do more research into books on how to play music, and stumbled across "The lesson" by Victor Wooten. and it changed the way I saw music, more accurately it reminded me what I already knew, but had forgotten through all my Violin lessons as a child.  So far this year I have put in way over 500 hours, more importantly, the quality of the time has increased. during that time I have "rough finished/demo" (structure, lyrics, melody, percussion, groove, etc..) 8 songs, and have more than 8 in the pipeline.    In this video (one of my personal favorites.) Leo points to the fact that a class of thing exists that can only be acquired through long term, consistent action. Day by day, for weeks, months, years and decades. I have found it to be true in my experience. I can only imagine how it will be in a decade or two.........    Today another song was rough finished, and its one of the best so far. And that entire process of it took less than half the time some of my first songs did, but the quality is magnitudes higher.  I am still early on the music production journey, a little over two years. and even in that time, its becoming more and more effortless, and more and more enjoyable!   For you, what is a meaningful skill you want to invest in, or already are?