How to Increase Your Skills with Hobbies

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Buy a drawing notebook and a pencil. With those two items you can: Design clothes, draw portraits, draw manga characters, etc... Maybe at the end of the year you'll have a comic book of all your drawing creations.

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   Show it to your friends and they'll be amazed by your skills.

Method 2 of 5: Painting

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   Take a brush and some colors and start describing your full colored world by painting. Maybe this is your talent and you have never known.
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   Don't paint something someone else tells you to.
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   Paint your feelings. You'll feel more free.

Method 3 of 5: Sculpture

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   Try sculpture. Have you ever made an soap sculpture? It's not hard at all.
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   Combine your inspiration with your talent and there it is. Maybe it's your face or your friend's face. Show it to them and make them laugh.
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   Make some paper mache, blow up a balloon and try sculpting that!
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   Keep experimenting.

Method 4 of 5: Listening to Music

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   Turn on the radio. There is no person in the world that doesn't like listening to good music. But composing good music is a whole other topic. Have you ever tried playing an instrument?
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   Save some money, buy a guitar and have free lessons on YouTube or other online websites that can help you.
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   Start songwriting too. Maybe this is your best skill and you haven't known until today.

Method 5 of 5: Writing

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   Read (and write) books. Some people like books. Some read them just because their teachers tell them to. Books are a great way to have fun and learn too.
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   Find your favorite genre and start reading! J.K.Rowling was an English teacher when she wrote Harry Potter. Maybe some day when you'll be traveling with train from a city to another. Maybe you'll get an inspiration and you'll write your own book.
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   Use your imagination and start writing your book.
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   Write a poem. Have you ever tried writing poems? This is also fun.Try writing a poem to your mother or to a boyfriend or girlfriend and make them cry; make them proud!
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   Play sports. Who doesn't like body activities? Football, basketball, baseball, swimming, cycling etc...You just have to choose. Buy a ball, gather some friends, and start playing. What are you waiting for? It'll be fun and by the end of the summer you'll have a body to be proud of. Yoga and gymnastics are also good body activities as well.
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   Learn to cook. Cooking a great meal you've read somewhere or trying to experiment is a great way to spend your time and have fun. Maybe invent a great dish too.
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   Do gardening work. Gardening is a great ability and a very productive skill. Flowers, fruits, trees, vegetables; you can plant them and eat them all with your family. Maybe use a search engine to get inspiration. Maybe ask your grandparents about gardening, just keep thinking and have fun.