Scarleteen

with my long distance partner, with whom i share my kinky interests, I've often talked about possibly enacting on some of them if and when we ever meet in person. Assuming we do some time in the near future, would it be worth it to start pracicing and learning actual tying techniques and such? I've already found some good online sources but I've never actually tried any of them due to the lack of anyone to tie up, and lack of proper materials.

I'd say if that's something you're interested in, then sure, go ahead and practice. (Just make sure that if you're practicing on yourself you're not tying things too tightly or doing any knots you can't get undone easily.)