Hobbies and skills that I picked up in college that surprised me

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 A hobby that I picked up in college is crocheting. I've always been quite creative but I never saw myself doing crocheting because it of how complex it is. I've also avoided doing it because of how costly it is but after Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) I took up a job at a local shoe store so I was able to earn a little money for my college and other needs. I ended up buying everything I could possibly need to start my crocheting journey online. Although I might've over estimated the amount of products that i would need so now I have way to much yarn.

Me currently

I have about thirteen balls of yarn but not a single finished project because I have to little time on my hands and when I am free I am way too tired to finish them. I also need to get in the habit of finishing one project before starting a new one. I currently have about five unfinished crocheting projects.




A skill that I picked up in college is learning how to use Canva, back when I was in secondary school most of my presentations were done by hand on mahjong paper. I was exposed to Canva only a month before college when I was gifted a laptop, I already new how to use a laptop beforehand but not Canva. Learning to use the online editing platform was actually quite easy but still took some getting used to because I still didn't now how to use certain editing tools it also took me quite awhile to learn how to upload pictures 😅

Me using Canva

I never taught using Canva would be enjoyable but I am making up any excuse just to start a new project on Canva. I can't say my projects are a ten out of ten but they will do for now. Back in secondary school as I've already said I would either use mahjong paper or power point. Power point in my opinion is much more difficult to use compared to Canva, I've been contemplating on signing up for a Canva pro but I'm still on the fence about because it's quite pricey. 



I've also started exploring my artistic side a little more now that I'm in college, I know I stated I didn't have much time on my hands but I still try finding some time do my newest hobby, oil pastel drawing. I've completed a total of 8 drawings so far but I'm only really happy with one. I know, I know spent so much time drawing only to hate the outcome. That's part of the reason why I stopped doing art all together back in secondary school, I'm trying to over come this constant need for perfection but for now this drawing of a candle is my favorite oil pastel drawing. I sourced the reference image from Pinterest, compared to the reference mine is definitely quite um well it's quite y'know, hideous.

This is mine, it's aight 😛


 

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