I took a look at other peoples' posts about this. I gave it some thought. The bottom line for me is that I don't care that much about working specifically to improving my skillset. There are all sorts of things that could use improving in the crafting that I do. I'm only motivated to do them if they are already a part of something I want to do.
It probably sounds like a little kid saying "I don't want to!" when asked to do something. It is a little childish, I guess. The last four years of the job I'm retired from were horrible. I was not given adequate training for a job that I wouldn't have chosen if I'd been given a choice. Now that I don't have to do it, I avoid doing things unless I want to do them.
My existing skillset allows me to work around much of what I don't want to do. I've been knitting and crocheting for half a century, so I've picked up a few skills here and there. If the pattern calls for a left-handed traditional Berzerkistani cast on, I use something else. What if it is essential to the pattern that one uses that specific cast on? I'd only learn it if I really wanted to make the pattern. There are so many patterns out there that I'd probably go look for a different one.
Lazy? Maybe a little. Unmotivated? Maybe a lot.
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I like learning new techniques, but only if I want to play with them, anyway. Entrelac, thrumming, steeking. On the other hand, I'm really stubborn about things I don't want to do: kitchener (I can 3 needle bind off, or just draw yarn through 8 sts on a sock toe), short rows...
I can relate to being stubborn about things I don't want to do. Long tail cast on? No way.
I like kitchner once I started doing it correctly.
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