#283: Learning Something New

A Beautiful Mess Podcast

Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week we're discussing big and small things we want to learn. This episode is a great space for brainstorming. If you've been thinking that you'd like to pick up a new hobby. We're each discussing five big and small things that we'd like to learn in the near future. And we're also doing a hot take debate on the topic of plastic treat bags at children's birthday parties.

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5 Things we want to learn

Emma:

Learn Spanish
Play piano
Learn to write microfiction
Cooking and recipes
Painting

Elsie:

Water Marbling
Writing poetry
Classical painting lessons
Make 3 Ina Garten recipes
Book binding

Book Report:

Emma - The Cottage Around the Corner by D. L. Soria

Elsie - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Beautiful Mess podcast. This week we're discussing big and small things we want to learn.
0:10.8	This episode is a great space for brainstorming if you've been thinking that you'd like to pick up a new hobby.
0:16.7	We're each discussing five big and small things that we'd like to learn in the near future.
0:21.2	And we're also doing a hot take debate on the topic of plastic treat bags at children's birthday parties.
0:28.8	Cannot wait for that one.
0:29.8	Love that.
0:30.3	Yeah.
0:30.7	Yes.
0:31.4	So before we jump in, I thought it would be fun to do a confessional.
0:35.1	Ooh.
0:35.4	Are you ready?
0:36.0	Yeah.
0:37.0	Have you ever crashed and burned at a new hobby that you tried?
0:41.7	Oh, I'm sure.
0:42.4	Let me think about it.
0:43.7	I'm sure.
0:44.8	I knew mine right away instantly.
0:46.9	Okay.
0:47.5	What is yours?
0:48.6	Okay.
0:49.1	So last summer, I went through this phase where I was like, I am going to learn to do my own gel X nails.
0:57.2	And I bought all the stuff.
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