# faculté

> faculté (faculte.org) is a free guide to teaching yourself things. Each of its 231 pages covers one skill and recommends exactly one opinionated learning path: three or four real resources (books, courses, apps, teachers), in order, with rough durations, costs, an honest outcome, one alternative for people the main path doesn't fit, and a short defense of why this path beats the usual advice.

Pages are written by hand and updated periodically; each page states its last-updated month. Prices are approximate and in USD. When citing a path, link to its page URL (with the trailing slash). No sign-up, no ads, no affiliate links. A plain-text version of every path is at https://faculte.org/llms-full.txt.

## Languages

- [Spanish](https://faculte.org/spanish/): Learn Spanish to conversational in six months. 6 months · ~180 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [French](https://faculte.org/french/): Learn French to conversational in six months. 6 months · ~180 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [German](https://faculte.org/german/): Learn German to conversational in eight months. 8 months · ~240 hours · pass an A2 oral exam, follow a slow podcast.
- [Italian](https://faculte.org/italian/): Learn Italian to conversational in five months. 5 months · ~150 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [Portuguese](https://faculte.org/portuguese/): Learn Brazilian Portuguese to conversational in six months. 6 months · ~180 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [Mandarin Chinese](https://faculte.org/mandarin/): Learn Mandarin to conversational in twelve months. 12 months · ~270 hours · hold a 10-minute conversation, read graded HSK 3 stories.
- [Japanese](https://faculte.org/japanese/): Learn Japanese to N4 reading in eighteen months. 18 months · ~400 hours · read NHK Easy, hold a 10-minute conversation.
- [Korean](https://faculte.org/korean/): Learn Korean to conversational in twelve months. 12 months · ~240 hours · hold a 10-minute conversation, read short stories.
- [Arabic](https://faculte.org/arabic/): Learn Arabic to comfortable beginner in twelve months. 12 months · ~240 hours · read MSA news headlines, hold a 10-minute dialect conversation.
- [Russian](https://faculte.org/russian/): Learn Russian to conversational in nine months. 9 months · ~240 hours · hold a 10-minute conversation, read short news.
- [Latin](https://faculte.org/latin/): Learn Latin to read Caesar in eighteen months. 18 months · ~270 hours · read Caesar's Bellum Gallicum with a dictionary.
- [American Sign Language](https://faculte.org/sign-language/): Learn ASL to conversational in nine months. 9 months · ~140 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation at a Deaf coffee chat.
- [Hindi](https://faculte.org/hindi/): Learn Hindi to conversational in ten months. 10 months · ~250 hours · read Devanagari and hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [Turkish](https://faculte.org/turkish/): Learn Turkish to conversational in eight months. 8 months · ~220 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [Vietnamese](https://faculte.org/vietnamese/): Learn Vietnamese to conversational in ten months. 10 months · ~260 hours · produce the six tones reliably and hold a 15-minute conversation.
- [Dutch](https://faculte.org/dutch/): Learn Dutch to conversational in seven months. 7 months · ~200 hours · follow NOS Jeugdjournaal and hold a 15-minute conversation.
- [Polish](https://faculte.org/polish/): Learn Polish to conversational in twelve months. 12 months · ~300 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [Modern Greek](https://faculte.org/greek/): Learn modern Greek to conversational in eight months. 8 months · ~220 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [Swedish](https://faculte.org/swedish/): Learn Swedish to conversational in six months. 6 months · ~180 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [Thai](https://faculte.org/thai/): Learn Thai to conversational in ten months. 10 months · ~280 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [Hebrew](https://faculte.org/hebrew/): Learn modern Hebrew to conversational in nine months. 9 months · ~250 hours · hold a 15-minute conversation with a patient native speaker.
- [Indonesian](https://faculte.org/indonesian/): Learn Indonesian to conversational in five months. 5 months · ~150 hours · chat for 20 minutes with a tutor about your life, plans and opinions.
- [Norwegian](https://faculte.org/norwegian/): Learn Norwegian to conversational in eight months. 8 months · ~250 hours · follow an NRK news segment and hold a 20-minute conversation in Norwegian.
- [Persian (Farsi)](https://faculte.org/persian/): Learn Persian to conversational in nine months. 9 months · ~270 hours · read simple texts and hold a 20-minute conversation in colloquial Persian.
- [Ukrainian](https://faculte.org/ukrainian/): Learn Ukrainian to conversational in nine months. 9 months · ~270 hours · hold a 20-minute conversation about daily life with a patient native speaker.

## Programming & Tech

- [Python](https://faculte.org/python/): Learn Python to ship a real script in four months. 4 months · ~90 hours · ship a script that saves you an hour a week.
- [JavaScript](https://faculte.org/javascript/): Learn JavaScript to build interactive web pages in five months. 5 months · ~110 hours · ship two interactive projects with no framework.
- [Web Development](https://faculte.org/web-development/): Learn web development to deploy a real app in nine months. 9 months · ~270 hours · deploy a working full-stack app to a public domain.
- [React](https://faculte.org/react/): Learn React to ship a real component-based app in three months. 3 months · ~90 hours · ship a deployed React app you didn't follow a tutorial for.
- [SQL](https://faculte.org/sql/): Learn SQL to query a real database in two months. 2 months · ~30 hours · write multi-table JOIN and aggregate queries from scratch.
- [Linux & the Command Line](https://faculte.org/linux/): Learn Linux to live in the terminal in three months. 3 months · ~45 hours · navigate, edit, and script comfortably from the command line.
- [Git](https://faculte.org/git/): Learn Git to stop fearing the merge in six weeks. 6 weeks · ~15 hours · resolve a merge conflict and rebase cleanly without panic.
- [Machine Learning](https://faculte.org/machine-learning/): Learn machine learning to train a real model in nine months. 9 months · ~270 hours · train and deploy a deep learning model on your own dataset.
- [Data Analysis](https://faculte.org/data-analysis/): Learn data analysis to answer real questions in four months. 4 months · ~120 hours · publish a Jupyter notebook that answers a real question with charts.
- [Touch Typing](https://faculte.org/touch-typing/): Learn touch typing to hit 60 wpm in three months. 3 months · ~25 hours · sustain 60+ wpm at 95% accuracy on real prose.
- [Rust](https://faculte.org/rust/): Learn Rust to ship a real CLI in four months. 4 months · ~120 hours · publish a CLI tool to crates.io that other people install.
- [Go](https://faculte.org/golang/): Learn Go to ship a real HTTP service in three months. 3 months · ~90 hours · deploy a REST API written in Go with a real test suite.
- [TypeScript](https://faculte.org/typescript/): Learn TypeScript to ship a real typed project in two months. 2 months · ~50 hours · convert a real JS project to strict TypeScript with no any.
- [Java](https://faculte.org/java/): Learn Java to ship a real application in five months. 5 months · ~150 hours · build and run a real Java application end to end.
- [C++](https://faculte.org/cpp/): Learn C++ to ship a real program in six months. 6 months · ~180 hours · build a real C++ program with modern, memory-safe practices.
- [C#](https://faculte.org/csharp/): Learn C# to ship a real app in four months. 4 months · ~110 hours · ship a real console app or a small Unity game.
- [Excel](https://faculte.org/excel/): Learn Excel to stop fighting your spreadsheets in two months. 2 months · ~30 hours · build a pivot table and a working lookup on your own data.
- [Docker](https://faculte.org/docker/): Learn Docker to containerize your own app in six weeks. 6 weeks · ~30 hours · run one of your own apps in a container you built.
- [Cybersecurity](https://faculte.org/cybersecurity/): Learn cybersecurity defence the legal way in six months. 6 months · ~90 hours · solid fundamentals, hands-on labs, and Security+ within reach.
- [Game Development](https://faculte.org/game-development/): Learn game development by shipping one small game in four months. 4 months · ~80 hours · one small finished game, exported and released.
- [Prompt Engineering](https://faculte.org/prompt-engineering/): Learn prompt engineering to get reliable work out of an LLM in three weeks. 3 weeks · ~15 hours · write and test prompts that reliably do a real task.
- [Cloud Computing (AWS)](https://faculte.org/cloud-computing/): Learn cloud computing on AWS to deploy and run your own thing in eight weeks. 8 weeks · ~40 hours · run your own project on AWS and be ready for the Cloud Practitioner exam.
- [Kubernetes](https://faculte.org/kubernetes/): Learn Kubernetes to deploy and operate a small app in ten weeks. 10 weeks · ~50 hours · deploy and operate one of your own apps on a cluster.
- [Bash & Shell Scripting](https://faculte.org/bash/): Learn Bash scripting to automate your own work in six weeks. 6 weeks · ~25 hours · write real scripts that automate tasks you actually do.
- [iOS Development](https://faculte.org/ios-development/): Learn iOS development to ship a real app to your own phone. 4 months · ~120 hours · a SwiftUI app running on your own iPhone.
- [Android Development](https://faculte.org/android-development/): Learn Android development to ship a real app to your own phone. 4 months · ~130 hours · a Compose app running on your own Android phone.
- [C](https://faculte.org/c-programming/): Learn C to understand how the machine actually works. 4 months · ~110 hours · a working C program with manual memory management.
- [Data Structures & Algorithms](https://faculte.org/data-structures-algorithms/): Learn data structures and algorithms in four months. 4 months · ~180 hours · solve most LeetCode medium problems in under 40 minutes.
- [PHP](https://faculte.org/php/): Learn PHP to build real web apps in four months. 4 months · ~120 hours · ship a small Laravel app with login, a database and a public URL.
- [Figma](https://faculte.org/figma/): Learn Figma to design real app screens in ten weeks. 10 weeks · ~80 hours · a small multi-screen app design with components, auto layout and a clickable prototype.
- [Power BI](https://faculte.org/power-bi/): Learn Power BI to build real dashboards in three months. 3 months · ~100 hours · a published dashboard on your own data, with a star-schema model and working DAX measures.

## Visual & Creative

- [Drawing](https://faculte.org/drawing/): Learn drawing to confident representational sketches in nine months. 9 months · ~200 hours · sketch a still life or a face from observation in 30 minutes.
- [Oil Painting](https://faculte.org/oil-painting/): Learn oil painting to a finished still life in six months. 6 months · ~120 hours · finish a 12×16 alla prima still life or portrait study from life.
- [Watercolor](https://faculte.org/watercolor/): Learn watercolor to confident finished paintings in three months. 3 months · ~60 hours · 30 finished paintings, the last of them worth framing.
- [Digital Illustration](https://faculte.org/digital-illustration/): Learn digital illustration to finished Procreate pieces in six months. 6 months · ~130 hours · finish 12 illustrations from concept to flat colour to rendered piece.
- [Photography](https://faculte.org/photography/): Learn photography to deliberate, well-exposed photographs in four months. 4 months · ~90 hours · shoot a 12-image series in full manual that holds together.
- [Video Editing](https://faculte.org/video-editing/): Learn video editing to a polished three-minute cut in two months. 2 months · ~50 hours · cut, color-grade, mix and export a 3-minute video from your own footage.
- [Graphic Design](https://faculte.org/graphic-design/): Learn graphic design to a defensible portfolio in eight months. 8 months · ~250 hours · six self-directed projects: a poster, a logo, an identity, a book layout, a website, an editorial spread.
- [Calligraphy](https://faculte.org/calligraphy/): Learn calligraphy to a wedding-quality copperplate hand in six months. 6 months · ~90 hours · address an A6 envelope in copperplate that holds together as a finished piece.
- [Animation](https://faculte.org/animation/): Learn animation to a polished 30-second character animation in nine months. 9 months · ~200 hours · animate a 30-second character scene with timing, weight and acting.
- [3D Modeling (Blender)](https://faculte.org/blender/): Learn Blender to a finished 3D render in three months. 3 months · ~70 hours · model, light and render an original scene to a 1080p image.
- [Creative Writing](https://faculte.org/creative-writing/): Learn creative writing to a finished short story collection in a year. 12 months · ~300 hours · five rewritten short stories of 3–6,000 words each.
- [Screenwriting](https://faculte.org/screenwriting/): Learn screenwriting to a finished feature draft in nine months. 9 months · ~250 hours · a finished, formatted, 95–110 page feature script.
- [UI/UX Design](https://faculte.org/ui-ux-design/): Learn UI/UX design to a portfolio app redesign in five months. 5 months · ~150 hours · one real app redesigned: 8–12 screens, a small component system, and a case study explaining every decision.
- [3D Printing](https://faculte.org/3d-printing/): Learn 3D printing to designing and printing your own part in two months. 2 months · ~30 hours · go from unboxing to a self-designed, self-printed functional part.
- [Hand Lettering](https://faculte.org/hand-lettering/): Learn modern brush lettering to confident, postable pieces in ten weeks. 10 weeks · ~18 hours · letter a full quote with consistent thick-and-thin strokes and bouncy, even baseline.
- [Motion Graphics](https://faculte.org/motion-graphics/): Learn motion graphics to a recreated animation in four months. 4 months · ~120 hours · recreate a 10–20 second animation shot for shot, with matched timing and easing.
- [Acrylic Painting](https://faculte.org/acrylic-painting/): Learn acrylic painting to finished studies in four months. 4 months · ~80 hours · finish a sequence of six 8×10 acrylic studies — value block-in, fruit still life, simple landscape.
- [Comics & Manga](https://faculte.org/comic-art/): Learn comic art to one finished short comic in four months. 4 months · ~90 hours · write, thumbnail, draw, letter and finish one 8-page short comic.
- [Photoshop](https://faculte.org/photoshop/): Learn Photoshop to confident photo edits in three months. 3 months · ~60 hours · edit your own photos and finish three layered composites from start to export.
- [Procreate](https://faculte.org/procreate/): Learn Procreate to finished iPad illustrations in three months. 3 months · ~60 hours · finish a sketchbook of daily studies plus six rendered illustrations.
- [Pixel Art](https://faculte.org/pixel-art/): Learn pixel art to game-ready sprites in three months. 3 months · ~75 hours · a 32×32 character with an animated walk cycle and a matching tileset.

## Music

- [Guitar](https://faculte.org/guitar/): Learn guitar to playing real songs in six months. 6 months · ~90 hours · play 10 songs cleanly with open chords and basic strumming.
- [Piano](https://faculte.org/piano/): Learn piano to playing intermediate pieces in a year. 12 months · ~180 hours · play "Clair de Lune" simplified or any Grade 2 piece cleanly.
- [Singing](https://faculte.org/singing/): Learn to sing in tune with a real mixed voice in nine months. 9 months · ~120 hours practice + 18–24 lessons · sing a four-minute song in tune, in a mixed voice, without straining.
- [Music Theory](https://faculte.org/music-theory/): Learn music theory to analyzing real scores in four months. 4 months · ~50 hours · analyze a pop song's chord progression in Roman numerals.
- [Music Production](https://faculte.org/music-production/): Learn music production to finished tracks in six months. 6 months · ~130 hours · ship five completed, mixed tracks.
- [DJing](https://faculte.org/djing/): Learn to DJ a clean two-hour set in three months. 3 months · ~60 hours · record a 2-hour set with no train-wrecks.
- [Drums](https://faculte.org/drums/): Learn drums to playing real songs in six months. 6 months · ~90 hours · play 10 full songs at tempo with a metronome.
- [Violin](https://faculte.org/violin/): Learn violin to playing real pieces in a year. 12 months · ~180 hours · play through Suzuki Book 1 with a tutor's nod of approval.
- [Ukulele](https://faculte.org/ukulele/): Learn ukulele to playing 20 songs in two months. 2 months · ~15 hours · play 20 songs with clean changes between G, C, D, Em and Am.
- [Songwriting](https://faculte.org/songwriting/): Learn songwriting to finishing five real songs in six months. 6 months · ~80 hours · five completed songs with verses, choruses, recorded demos.
- [Bass Guitar](https://faculte.org/bass-guitar/): Learn bass guitar to holding down real songs in four months. 4 months · ~60 hours · play 10 songs all the way through, in time, by ear and tab.
- [Saxophone](https://faculte.org/saxophone/): Learn alto saxophone to playing real tunes in a year. 12 months · ~180 hours · play "Careless Whisper" or any easy jazz/pop melody with a clean, in-tune tone.
- [Harmonica](https://faculte.org/harmonica/): Learn blues harmonica to playing real songs in two months. 2 months · ~20 hours · play clean single notes, a 12-bar blues, and folk melodies like "Oh Susanna".
- [Cello](https://faculte.org/cello/): Learn cello to playing real pieces in eighteen months. 18 months · ~250 hours · play simple pieces in tune with a steady bow, e.g. "The Swan" simplified or Suzuki Book 1.
- [Flute](https://faculte.org/flute/): Learn the flute to playing real tunes in a year. 12 months · ~180 hours · play "Ode to Joy", "Greensleeves", and easy folk and classical melodies with a clear, steady tone.
- [Trumpet](https://faculte.org/trumpet/): Learn the trumpet to playing real tunes in a year. 12 months · ~180 hours · play "When the Saints", easy hymns, and beginner jazz and classical melodies with a clear, centered tone across an octave-plus.
- [Mixing & Mastering](https://faculte.org/mixing-mastering/): Learn to mix audio to a polished, release-ready sound. 3–4 months · ~120 hours · take a raw multitrack to a balanced, clear, competitive mix that stands up against a commercial reference.
- [Banjo](https://faculte.org/banjo/): Learn bluegrass banjo to jamming in six months. 6 months · ~100 hours · play Cripple Creek and Foggy Mountain-style backup at a slow jam.
- [Ear Training](https://faculte.org/ear-training/): Learn ear training to play melodies by ear in four months. 4 months · ~60 hours · pick out a nursery-rhyme or pop melody on your instrument by ear in a few minutes.

## Crafts & Making

- [Woodworking](https://faculte.org/woodworking/): Learn woodworking with hand tools in six months. 6 months · ~75 hours · a real workbench and a dovetailed box you cut by hand.
- [Knitting](https://faculte.org/knitting/): Learn knitting and finish a real sweater in five months. 5 months · ~65 hours · a finished, fitted sweater you'll wear.
- [Sewing](https://faculte.org/sewing/): Learn to sew clothes you'll actually wear in four months. 4 months · ~50 hours · five wearable garments and the pattern-reading literacy to keep going.
- [Pottery](https://faculte.org/pottery/): Learn pottery: hand-build at home, take a class for the wheel. 6 months · ~80 hours · finished hand-built and thrown pots, glazed and fired.
- [Leatherworking](https://faculte.org/leatherworking/): Learn leatherworking to hand-stitch a wallet and belt in three months. 3 months · ~35 hours · a hand-stitched wallet, card holder and belt.
- [Bookbinding](https://faculte.org/bookbinding/): Learn bookbinding and stitch a real hardcover journal in three months. 3 months · ~25 hours · a finished sewn hardcover book in your hands.
- [Embroidery](https://faculte.org/embroidery/): Learn hand embroidery and finish a framed hoop in three months. 3 months · ~25 hours · a finished, framed embroidery hoop.
- [Electronics & Arduino](https://faculte.org/electronics/): Learn electronics and Arduino to build real projects in five months. 5 months · ~65 hours · breadboarded projects with sensors, motors and code you wrote.
- [Crochet](https://faculte.org/crochet/): Learn crochet and make a real blanket in three months. 3 months · ~35 hours · a finished granny-square blanket you'll keep.
- [Candle Making](https://faculte.org/candle-making/): Learn to make soy candles that burn clean in six weeks. 6 weeks · ~10 hours · a clean-burning, well-scented container candle.
- [Welding](https://faculte.org/welding/): Learn to MIG weld and join steel safely in two months. 2 months · ~25 hours · clean MIG beads and a small steel project that holds.
- [Quilting](https://faculte.org/quilting/): Learn quilting and finish a real patchwork quilt in two months. 2 months · ~30 hours · a finished, bound patchwork quilt.
- [Soap Making](https://faculte.org/soap-making/): Learn cold-process soap making and cure your first real bars in six weeks. 6 weeks · ~6 hours hands-on · a cured tray of cold-process soap.
- [Jewelry Making](https://faculte.org/jewelry-making/): Learn jewelry making and finish wearable pieces in a month. 1 month · ~15 hours · wire-wrapped and beaded pieces you'll wear.
- [Macramé](https://faculte.org/macrame/): Learn macramé and finish a plant hanger in a weekend or two. 1–2 weekends · ~8 hours · a finished plant hanger or wall hanging.

## Body & Movement

- [Running](https://faculte.org/running/): Learn to run a continuous 5K in nine weeks. 9 weeks · ~12 hours · run a continuous 5K and finish a timed race.
- [Strength Training](https://faculte.org/strength-training/): Learn barbell strength training in six months. 6 months · ~70 hours · double-bodyweight deadlift, bodyweight squat, half-bodyweight press.
- [Calisthenics](https://faculte.org/calisthenics/): Learn calisthenics to clean pull-ups and dips in six months. 6 months · ~65 hours · 10 pull-ups, 12 dips, 30 push-ups, one pistol squat per leg.
- [Yoga](https://faculte.org/yoga/): Learn yoga to a daily home practice in two months. 2 months · ~25 hours · independent 25-minute home practice, no class required.
- [Swimming](https://faculte.org/swimming/): Learn freestyle swimming as an adult in four months. 4 months · ~30 pool hours · swim 200m freestyle continuously without panic.
- [Rock Climbing](https://faculte.org/climbing/): Learn climbing to a confident V3 in six months. 6 months · ~100 hours · flash most V2s, project V3, comfortable falling from the top of a 4m wall.
- [Martial Arts](https://faculte.org/martial-arts/): Learn boxing as a beginner in six months. 6 months · ~130 hours · spar three rounds at light contact, throw clean combinations on the bag.
- [Cycling](https://faculte.org/cycling/): Learn road cycling to a confident 50km ride in three months. 3 months · ~60 hours · ride 50km comfortably, fix a flat, hold a steady tempo for an hour.
- [Olympic Weightlifting](https://faculte.org/olympic-weightlifting/): Learn Olympic weightlifting in six months. 6 months · ~80 hours · clean snatch and clean & jerk at 50–70% of squat 1RM.
- [Pilates](https://faculte.org/pilates/): Learn mat Pilates to a daily practice in two months. 2 months · ~13 hours · run a 25-minute classical mat sequence from memory.
- [Boxing](https://faculte.org/boxing/): Learn to actually box — at a real gym, with a coach. 6 months · ~150 hours · spar light rounds with clean technique and real conditioning.
- [Tennis](https://faculte.org/tennis/): Learn to rally and play real tennis. 3–4 months · ~50 hours · sustain consistent rallies with clean groundstrokes and a working serve.
- [Golf](https://faculte.org/golf/): Learn to play golf without embarrassment. ~1 year · ~80 practice hours · break 100 and play 18 holes without holding anyone up.
- [Salsa Dancing](https://faculte.org/salsa/): Learn to dance salsa socially in six months. ~6 months · ~60 hours of dancing · lead or follow a full song with any partner at a social.
- [Hiking](https://faculte.org/hiking/): Learn to hike a full day confidently in three months. ~3 months · 8–10 progressively longer hikes · complete a full-day 10-mile hike, packed correctly and self-navigating.
- [Skateboarding](https://faculte.org/skateboarding/): Learn to skateboard and land your first ollie. ~2–3 months · ~30 hours on the board · push, turn, and land a basic stationary ollie.
- [Powerlifting](https://faculte.org/powerlifting/): Learn to powerlift the squat, bench and deadlift. 6–9 months · ~70 hours · a competent squat, bench and double-bodyweight deadlift.
- [Kettlebell Training](https://faculte.org/kettlebells/): Learn the kettlebell with two exercises, done daily. 6 months · ~60 hours · 100 swings and clean get-ups with a serious bell, most days.
- [Mobility & Flexibility](https://faculte.org/mobility/): Build everyday mobility with ten minutes a day. Ongoing · ~30 hours over 6 months · sit on the floor, squat deep, and reach overhead without strain.
- [Basketball](https://faculte.org/basketball/): Learn enough basketball to hold your own at pickup. 3–4 months · ~60 hours · a reliable jump shot, control of your handle, and comfort in a pickup run.
- [Archery](https://faculte.org/archery/): Learn Olympic recurve archery the right way. 3–6 months · ~40 hours · consistent groups at 18m with sound recurve form on your own bow.
- [Skiing](https://faculte.org/skiing/): Learn to ski to confident blue runs in one season. 1 season · 10–12 days on snow · ski any groomed blue run in control, top to bottom, without stopping.
- [Table Tennis](https://faculte.org/table-tennis/): Learn table tennis to club-match level in six months. 6 months · ~80 hours · forehand topspin and consistent backhand drive, play your first rated league match.
- [Juggling](https://faculte.org/juggling/): Learn to juggle three balls and real tricks in three months. 3 months · ~25 hours · 100 catches of the cascade, plus reverse cascade, columns and Mills Mess attempts.

## Mind & Wellbeing

- [Meditation](https://faculte.org/meditation/): Learn meditation to a daily 20-minute practice in 60 days. 60 days · ~12 hours · daily 20-minute solo sit.
- [Journaling](https://faculte.org/journaling/): Learn journaling to a daily morning pages habit in 12 weeks. 12 weeks · ~90 hours · daily 30-minute longhand pages.
- [Better Sleep](https://faculte.org/sleep/): Learn to sleep better in 8 weeks. 8 weeks · ~25 hours · six measurable habit changes, tracked.
- [Habit Building](https://faculte.org/habits/): Learn to build lasting habits in 90 days. 90 days · ~15 hours · one new habit, automatic and tracked.
- [Memory Techniques](https://faculte.org/memory/): Learn to memorize anything in 8 weeks. 8 weeks · ~30 hours · recall a 52-card deck in under 5 minutes.
- [Stoicism in Practice](https://faculte.org/stoicism/): Learn Stoicism to a daily practice in 12 weeks. 12 weeks · ~25 hours · daily evening review and applied dichotomy of control.
- [CBT for Self-Help](https://faculte.org/cbt/): Learn CBT self-help to working thought records in 10 weeks. 10 weeks · ~35 hours · daily thought record practice for two weeks straight.
- [Reading Better](https://faculte.org/reading/): Learn to read better in 12 weeks. 12 weeks · ~40 hours · finish one nonfiction book with a written synoptic outline.
- [Deep Work & Focus](https://faculte.org/deep-work/): Learn to do deep work in four weeks. 4 weeks · ~14 hours · a defended daily deep block you actually keep.
- [Speed Reading](https://faculte.org/speed-reading/): Learn to read faster — honestly — in three weeks. 3 weeks · ~12 hours · faster, more structured reading with comprehension intact.
- [Productivity (GTD)](https://faculte.org/productivity/): Learn Getting Things Done in one month. 1 month · ~12 hours · an empty head and a trusted system you review weekly.
- [Note-Taking](https://faculte.org/note-taking/): Learn to take notes that think with you. 1 month · ~14 hours · a growing web of linked notes you actually reread.
- [Critical Thinking](https://faculte.org/critical-thinking/): Learn to think critically in six weeks. 6 weeks · ~20 hours · the reflex to check a claim before you believe or share it.
- [Emotional Intelligence](https://faculte.org/emotional-intelligence/): Learn emotional intelligence as a skill. 8 weeks · ~16 hours · the ability to name a feeling and hold a hard conversation without exploding or shutting down.
- [Learning How to Learn](https://faculte.org/learning-how-to-learn/): Learn how to learn in six weeks. 6 weeks · ~30 hours · a working spaced-retrieval habit applied to one real subject.

## Practical Life

- [Cooking Fundamentals](https://faculte.org/cooking/): Learn to cook confidently from scratch in four months. 4 months · ~60 hours · improvise dinner from what's in the fridge.
- [Bread Baking](https://faculte.org/bread/): Learn to bake real sourdough in three months. 3 months · ~30 hours · pull a crackling sourdough boule from your home oven.
- [Knife Skills](https://faculte.org/knife-skills/): Learn proper knife skills in three weeks. 3 weeks · ~6 hours · dice an onion in under 60 seconds, evenly, without bleeding.
- [Wine Appreciation](https://faculte.org/wine/): Learn wine to confident enthusiast in six months. 6 months · ~50 hours · order confidently from any restaurant wine list.
- [Coffee Brewing](https://faculte.org/coffee/): Learn to brew café-quality coffee at home in two months. 2 months · ~10 hours · pull a bright, balanced V60 you'd be proud to serve.
- [Gardening](https://faculte.org/gardening/): Learn to grow your own vegetables in one season. 1 season · ~80 hours · harvest a meal you grew from seed.
- [Houseplants](https://faculte.org/houseplants/): Learn to keep houseplants alive in two months. 2 months · ~8 hours · keep three houseplants thriving for a year.
- [Home Repair](https://faculte.org/home-repair/): Learn home repair to confident DIY in six months. 6 months · ~60 hours · diagnose and fix common faults: leaks, switches, drywall, doors.
- [Driving a Manual](https://faculte.org/manual-driving/): Learn to drive a manual transmission in two weeks. 2 weeks · ~8 hours of seat time · drive a manual car on a normal road, including a hill start.
- [Public Speaking](https://faculte.org/public-speaking/): Learn to speak publicly with confidence in six months. 6 months · ~80 hours · deliver a 10-minute prepared talk to a live audience.
- [Mixology](https://faculte.org/mixology/): Learn mixology by mastering six template cocktails. 1 month · ~12 hours · build almost any cocktail from memory, by template.
- [Grilling & BBQ](https://faculte.org/grilling/): Learn to barbecue real food on a charcoal kettle. One summer · ~30 hours at the grill · two-zone fire, reverse sear, and a finished brisket.
- [Car Maintenance](https://faculte.org/car-maintenance/): Learn to maintain your own car and never be stranded. A few weekends · ~15 hours · do your own oil, filter, brakes, and tire rotation.
- [Baking & Pastry](https://faculte.org/baking/): Learn to bake cakes, cookies and pastry in four months. 4 months · ~50 hours · pull laminated croissants from your own oven.
- [Fermentation](https://faculte.org/fermentation/): Learn to ferment your own food in three months. 3 months · ~25 hours · a fridge shelf of your own kraut, kimchi and hot sauce.
- [Home Brewing](https://faculte.org/home-brewing/): Learn to brew your own beer in four months. 4 months · ~40 hours · pour five gallons of all-grain beer you brewed yourself.
- [First Aid](https://faculte.org/first-aid/): Get certified in first aid and CPR in one weekend. 1 weekend · ~8 hours · a current certification and hands that know what to do.
- [Dog Training](https://faculte.org/dog-training/): Learn to train your own dog in three months. 3 months · ~45 hours · reliable recall and loose-leash walking with mild distractions.
- [Interior Design](https://faculte.org/interior-design/): Learn interior design by redoing one room in two months. 2 months · ~40 hours · one room planned to scale and finished.

## Money & Work

- [Personal Finance](https://faculte.org/personal-finance/): Learn personal finance to a working money system in three months. 3 months · ~40 hours · automated savings, debt plan, brokerage opened.
- [Index Fund Investing](https://faculte.org/index-investing/): Learn index investing to a self-managed portfolio in two months. 2 months · ~25 hours · three-fund portfolio with automatic monthly contributions.
- [Tax Basics](https://faculte.org/taxes/): Learn US taxes to filing your own return in one season. ~20 hours · file a 1040 with confidence; know what you're signing.
- [Budgeting](https://faculte.org/budgeting/): Learn budgeting to a working monthly system in six weeks. 6 weeks · ~15 hours · zero-based monthly budget you actually maintain.
- [Negotiation](https://faculte.org/negotiation/): Learn negotiation to a working salary script in eight weeks. 8 weeks · ~30 hours · scripted, rehearsed negotiation for one real upcoming conversation.
- [Resume Writing](https://faculte.org/resume/): Learn to write a resume that gets interviews in three weekends. ~15 hours · one-page ATS-clean resume, version-controlled, peer-reviewed.
- [Interviewing](https://faculte.org/interviewing/): Learn to interview to passing on-sites in three months. ~3 months · ~100 hours · pass a four-round on-site at a senior level.
- [Cold Emailing](https://faculte.org/cold-email/): Learn cold email to a working outbound sequence in six weeks. 6 weeks · ~40 hours · a four-touch sequence with measurable open and reply rates.
- [Freelancing](https://faculte.org/freelancing/): Learn freelancing to your first paying client in three months. 3 months · ~80 hours · one paid invoice; one repeatable acquisition channel.
- [Startup Fundamentals](https://faculte.org/startups/): Learn startup fundamentals to launching a real product in four months. 4 months · ~120 hours · launched product, 10 customer interviews, 1 paying user.
- [Copywriting](https://faculte.org/copywriting/): Learn copywriting that sells in eight weeks. 8 weeks · ~45 hours · a portfolio of rewritten ads and one full spec sales page.
- [SEO](https://faculte.org/seo/): Learn SEO that actually works in eight weeks. 8 weeks · ~40 hours · a real site, technically clean and ranking for its first keywords.
- [Real Estate Investing](https://faculte.org/real-estate-investing/): Learn real estate investing before you buy a single property. 3–4 months · ~60 hours · confidently analyze any rental deal and know your buy box.
- [Bookkeeping](https://faculte.org/bookkeeping/): Learn bookkeeping by keeping real books in two months. 2 months · ~30 hours · keep an accurate set of double-entry books and produce a P&L.
- [Value Investing](https://faculte.org/value-investing/): Learn value investing well enough to pick stocks knowing the odds. 3 months · ~70 hours · one written discounted-cash-flow valuation of a real public company.
- [Options Trading](https://faculte.org/options-trading/): Learn options trading without blowing up your account. 3 months · ~60 hours · understand options mechanics and risk; months of paper trades before any real money.
- [Project Management](https://faculte.org/project-management/): Learn project management to running a real project end to end. 4 months · ~90 hours · Google PM certificate earned and one real project run start to finish.
- [Digital Marketing](https://faculte.org/digital-marketing/): Learn digital marketing to running a real campaign in three months. 3 months · ~70 hours · two free certifications and one real campaign with measured results.
- [Sales](https://faculte.org/sales/): Learn sales as a repeatable process, not a personality. 3 months · ~60 hours · a written sales process run on real prospects, with closed conversations.
- [Product Management](https://faculte.org/product-management/): Learn product management in three months. 3 months · ~70 hours · ten customer interviews and one opportunity tree for a real product.
- [Managing People](https://faculte.org/management/): Learn to manage people in your first 90 days. 90 days · ~35 hours · weekly one-on-ones with every report and a habit of regular feedback.

## Academic Subjects

- [Mathematics from Scratch](https://faculte.org/math/): Rebuild math from scratch in a year. 12 months · ~280 hours · ready to start calculus.
- [Calculus](https://faculte.org/calculus/): Learn calculus in six months. 6 months · ~140 hours · differentiate and integrate, set up and solve real problems.
- [Linear Algebra](https://faculte.org/linear-algebra/): Learn linear algebra in four months. 4 months · ~100 hours · solve systems, decompose matrices, read ML papers.
- [Statistics](https://faculte.org/statistics/): Learn statistics in four months. 4 months · ~70 hours · run and interpret real tests, read studies critically.
- [Probability](https://faculte.org/probability/): Learn probability in five months. 5 months · ~130 hours · solve real probability problems, think Bayesian.
- [Physics](https://faculte.org/physics/): Learn physics in nine months. 9 months · ~220 hours · solve mechanics and E&M problems from first principles.
- [Chemistry](https://faculte.org/chemistry/): Learn chemistry in six months. 6 months · ~110 hours · balance equations, reason about reactions, read a chemistry paper.
- [Economics](https://faculte.org/economics/): Learn economics in four months. 4 months · ~70 hours · read economic writing critically, follow current debates.
- [Philosophy](https://faculte.org/philosophy/): Read your way into philosophy in a year. 12 months · ~200 hours · follow a philosophical argument, read primary texts.
- [Logic](https://faculte.org/logic/): Learn formal logic in three months. 3 months · ~50 hours · construct and verify proofs in propositional and predicate logic.
- [Psychology](https://faculte.org/psychology/): Learn psychology properly in four months. 4 months · ~70 hours · a genuine grounding in the science of mind and behavior.
- [Computer Science](https://faculte.org/computer-science/): Learn computer science fundamentals in six months. 6 months · ~150 hours · understand how computers work and where to go deeper.
- [Biology](https://faculte.org/biology/): Learn biology properly in five months. 5 months · ~110 hours · a working understanding of life from cells to evolution.
- [Neuroscience](https://faculte.org/neuroscience/): Learn neuroscience seriously in a year. 12 months · ~200 hours · understand how the brain produces sensation, action, and cognition.
- [Anatomy & Physiology](https://faculte.org/anatomy/): Learn human anatomy in four months. 4 months · ~100 hours · know the body's structures, their names, and how they function.
- [World History](https://faculte.org/world-history/): Learn world history in six months. 6 months · ~90 hours · a real mental timeline of human civilization, not a pile of trivia.
- [Discrete Mathematics](https://faculte.org/discrete-math/): Learn discrete mathematics in four months. 4 months · ~120 hours · pass an MIT 6.042J final under exam conditions.
- [Art History](https://faculte.org/art-history/): Learn art history from cave paintings to now in six months. 6 months · ~100 hours · date and explain an unfamiliar painting within a century.

## Games & Strategy

- [Chess](https://faculte.org/chess/): Learn chess to a 1200 online rating in six months. 6 months · ~90 hours · 1200 rapid rating on Lichess.
- [Poker](https://faculte.org/poker/): Learn poker to a winning low-stakes player in twelve months. 12 months · ~250 hours · break $100 over 50,000 hands at NL10.
- [Go (Baduk)](https://faculte.org/go/): Learn Go to a 15 kyu rating in twelve months. 12 months · ~200 hours · 15 kyu on Online Go Server.
- [Backgammon](https://faculte.org/backgammon/): Learn backgammon to an intermediate club player in six months. 6 months · ~90 hours · sub-10 PR (performance rating) on XG analysis.
- [Bridge](https://faculte.org/bridge/): Learn bridge to a club-game novice in twelve months. 12 months · ~200 hours · play in a sanctioned 0–20 novice game.
- [Rubik's Cube](https://faculte.org/rubiks-cube/): Learn to solve the Rubik's Cube and get under 20 seconds. 3 months · ~40 hours · consistent sub-20-second solve.
- [Sudoku](https://faculte.org/sudoku/): Learn to solve hard sudoku without guessing in three months. 3 months · ~30 hours · solve hard puzzles by logic, no guessing.
- [Billiards (Pool)](https://faculte.org/billiards/): Learn pool well enough to run a few balls and win at the bar. 3 months · ~35 hours at the table · run a few balls and win casual 8-ball.
- [Card Magic](https://faculte.org/card-magic/): Learn card magic to a five-trick set in nine months. 9 months · ~120 hours · perform a 10-minute set of five card tricks for strangers.
- [Crosswords](https://faculte.org/crosswords/): Learn crosswords, from NYT to cryptics, in six months. 6 months · ~60 hours · finish a Thursday NYT and a Guardian Quiptic without help.
- [Riichi Mahjong](https://faculte.org/mahjong/): Learn riichi mahjong to a winning record in six months. 6 months · ~100 hours · reach the Silver room on Mahjong Soul or play confidently at a club.

## Outdoors

- [Backpacking](https://faculte.org/backpacking/): Learn backpacking to a safe three-day trip in four months. 4 months · ~40 hours study · plan and execute a 3-day backcountry trip.
- [Bushcraft](https://faculte.org/bushcraft/): Learn bushcraft to a self-built overnight camp in six months. 6 months · ~100 hours · build shelter, light fire, sleep out using only knife, axe, tarp.
- [Foraging](https://faculte.org/foraging/): Learn foraging to twenty safe wild foods in one season. ~6 months · ~80 hours · 20 wild plants you'd stake your life on.
- [Amateur Astronomy](https://faculte.org/astronomy/): Learn amateur astronomy to find fifty objects in three months. 3 months · ~30 hours · find 50 named objects with binoculars and a star map.
- [Bird Watching](https://faculte.org/birding/): Learn bird watching to a hundred backyard species in one year. 12 months · ~100 hours · 100 species identified by sight and sound, logged on eBird.
- [Fishing](https://faculte.org/fishing/): Learn fishing to consistently catch from the bank in one season. ~5 months · ~60 hours · catch fish reliably from the bank, alone, on local water.
- [Surfing](https://faculte.org/surfing/): Learn surfing to standing on a wave in one season. 4–6 months · ~80 hours water time · catch and ride a green wave on your own.
- [Camping](https://faculte.org/camping/): Learn to car-camp comfortably in one month. 1 month · ~8 hours prep · a comfortable first night at an established campground.
- [Fly Fishing](https://faculte.org/fly-fishing/): Learn to fly fish and land your first trout in one season. 1 season · ~20 hours · cast cleanly and land your first trout.
- [Sailing](https://faculte.org/sailing/): Learn sailing to skipper a small keelboat in one season. 1 season · ~100 hours on the water · skipper a small keelboat in daylight, up to ~15 knots.
- [Sea Kayaking](https://faculte.org/kayaking/): Learn sea kayaking to coastal day trips in one season. 1 season · ~60 hours on the water · plan and lead a sheltered coastal day trip with rescues.
- [Scuba Diving](https://faculte.org/scuba-diving/): Learn scuba diving and dive with confidence in one year. ~1 year · ~25 dives · plan and execute recreational dives to 30 m / 100 ft with a buddy.

## Optional

- [Full text of every path](https://faculte.org/llms-full.txt): all 231 paths with every step, cost, alternative and rationale, as plain Markdown.
- [Sitemap](https://faculte.org/sitemap.xml)