Taking up a hobby can have a positive impact, both on your personal as well as professional life.
Dedicating even a single hour every day, to pursue your hobby can help release your stress and make you feel relaxed. Engaging yourself in a creative hobby helps increase your knowledge and also socialize with people having the same hobby as you. It is a great way to utilize your free time in a productive manner and, believe it or not, hobbies help support your career in many ways.
Dedicating yourself to a hobby requires a lot of work and you may have to face obstacles like, not enough time or lack of motivation. However, if you learn to overcome such challenges it will only make you more resilient and increase your will power and creativity.These traits can prove to be very helpful in your professional life too.
Today, when technology has taken over the world, we often tend to get trapped in the virtual world of social media. It takes up a lot of our time and also decreases our productivity. Break free from this virtual web and adopt a hobby which makes you feel free and gives you a break from your smartphone and the internet
Here are some of the most creatively engaging positive activities which can also be adopted as a hobby:
1. Pottery
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If you want to pick up a hobby which gives you peace of mind and relaxes you from work stress, this activity is the perfect for you. Pottery not only reduces stress and calms your brain, but it is also known to improve motor function and help strengthen wrist muscles so you can avoid joint pain or Parkinson’s.
This activity also helps in increasing your focus by allowing you to concentrate on the object you are sculpting. It can be considered as yoga for your eyes, hands and also your mind. By working on this hobby, you can be more calm and focused on work. In addition, this is a very good practice to bring internal peace and relax your mind.
2. Knitting
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Knitting has been a widely popular hobby, especially among elderly people, for a very long time. It is time that millennials too found out the benefits and positives of adopting this hobby. This activity does not only help you forget your worries but also enhances your focus. It requires a lot of concentration and intense eye and hand coordination. This makes all your stress evaporate and also relaxes your brain.
Apart from having positive effects on your mood and mind, it also helps you be productive. You can create lots of fun things like decorative objects, scarves, socks, hats and more through knitting.
3. Scrapbook
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Create a scrapbook in your free time. Yes, you hear right. Maintaining a scrapbook is actually a very effective way to release your stress. In your scrapbook, you are free to express your thoughts, likes, dislikes, opinions and visualize all your dreams and personal goals, both large and small, into a funny and interesting visual work. In short, scrapbooks allow you to express yourself freely.
Who doesn’t like to be surrounded by things they like? In a scrapbook, you can cut, draw and stick your favourite objects and arrange them into compositions filled with your favorite things, from colours, photos, to accessories. In addition, another advantage of decoupage is that you can recycle various items in your house that are stacking useless.
4. Decoupage
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Decoupage is decorating a media by sticking it with pieces of paper or cloth that have been cut in such a way as to resemble a certain object. The pieces of papers or the cloth a rearranged to form an interesting composition or design.Decoupage is a relatively complicated type of craft because it requires patience and a very high level of precision when cutting paper (often using patterned tissue paper). Even though it sounds complicated, decoupage activities help in relaxing the mind. This craft also increases your creativity. The art of combining colors and motifs full of detail requires high focus! This helps you concentrate and forget the workload that often stresses or irritates you.
Another advantage of decoupage art is that you can decorate and reuse items that you think are outdated. With capital of beautiful and cute tissue paper, you can start dressing various accessories to make them look like new. Besides, you can start your own business with this hobby!
5. Quilting
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Who says quilting is only done by grannies? Nowadays young people are also adopting this classic craft. Quilting, often also called the art of patchwork is a crafting activity that is done by combining various pieces of fabric with various shapes and motifs to form an interesting object. This does not only form geometric designs but these motifs can also take the shape of an attractive painting.With quilting, you need to have a flair for creativity. Just like any other handicrafts, quilting can also be used as a business field. If you are creative in making various things ranging from blankets, bed covers, wall hangings, sofa cushion cover, and more, you can also put them up for sale. If the hobby that you pursue also provides additional income, isn’t it the best kind of hobby?
Many of these crafting activities can be self taught and do not require much time to learn. But if you lack confidence in self-study, why not take help from the experts? You can join various crafting communities or study online. To be more stable, you can also take classes and learn directly from experts. To get help in learning new and interesting arts and crafts, check out our schedules and the interesting classes we provide on our platform.
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