when it comes to 2020 one thing thats collectively true for all of us is the year taught us many important life lessons and gave us the time to learn skills be it the unavailability of the house help adapting to the wfh routine online schooling or dealing with the loss of a loved one and job cuts the unforeseen circumstances certainly made us push our boundaries we also got time to learn a new skill or polish some old skills which we had almost lost touch with from helping in domestic chores to learning a new skill tv celebs sum up how 2020 turned out for themlearnt to cook some sumptuous meals for my family amar upadhyay2020 learning 2020 proved that theres no bigger force than nature the pandemic has made me very mindful about using our resources however the year has been great for me both personally and professionally as i got back to doing tv withmolkkiskills learned i picked up the habit of cooking for my family during the lockdown and will continue it as the little kitchen experiments make all of us very happy from making delicious mango icecream to punjabi and sindhi delicacies i tried it all im now glued to online cooking tutorialslearnt various art forms started playing the ukulele yesha rughani2020 learning the break gave me time to sit back rethink and carefully plan my next career move it taught me how to prioritise the two loves of my lifeacting and entrepreneurshipskills learned i learned various art forms like mithila painting warli art lippan art and started playing the ukulele learning these art forms and instruments is therapeutic and i will certainly continue practicing these creative forms learnt to strike a worklife balance and became more resilient surbhi chandna2020 learning valuing relationships and focusing on growth have been my 2020 learnings the year taught me to be more resilient and helped me understand how to strike a balance between work and personal spaceskills learned acceptance and adjustment are the two most valuable skills that i picked up during the lockdown i am a cleanliness freak and no amount of cleaning would satisfy me not even if it was done by my mom the lockdown made me realise how much unnecessary pressure i was putting on myself especially during the absence of the house helplearnt to make biryani and delicious chaats nishant singh malkhani2020 learning the year has taught me to be more patient and reconsider my career opportunities i learned to enjoy the small joys of life and realised that sometimes it is necessary to prioritise and compartmentalise thingsskills learned i thoroughly enjoyed working on my culinary skills i have learned to make biryani and delicious chaats and now feel confident to even host my friends i never knew that cooking can be so therapeutic i plan to continue experimenting with various cuisinesi got back to learning guitar and writing poetry sumedh mudgalkar2020 learning this year has been full of unexpected situations