This question made me realize that I could become an expert in anything I wanted at any time; there is nothing stopping me. I guess I'm just not interested.
Survivalist knowledge would be practical in emergency situations. You'd get things like first aid, nutrition, self-defense... Seems pretty broadly applicable.
e: Thought of something. I want to be an expert assassin. Really top grade action movie shit so I can kill whoever I want while maintaining safety, secrecy, and connections.
You might look up synthetic vs analytic languages and see if that doesn't shed some light for you. I think most people who don't natively speak very synthetic languages have a hard time with it in second languages.