FEW SKILLS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD LEARN IN THEIR LEISURE TIME-

Riya Bisht
4 min readJul 8, 2020

July 08, 2020

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Skills that everyone should learn during their holidays or free time are :

  • Book Reading: It is best way to gain knowledge as well as u will get to known about the experiences and thoughts of the writer .This will not only improve your vocabulary but will also inspire u to write your own book or novel .You can read free Ebooks online and even u can download free pdfs available. Example of famous Ebook app- AnyBooks .

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  • Blogging/ Vlogging: One can try both or any one of them .It just depends upon your interest. There are many free blogging websites available which u can try for example- Blogger etc

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  • Learn sketching/Painting: Even if you are from a non-art background, you can restore all your childhood memories of drawing and sketching during your free time. Art is the way to express yourself, your thoughts, your mind and your heart. It is one of my favourite way of communication.

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  • Photography: You can learn this skill very easily nowadays such online courses are available in websites like Skillshare , Udemy, Coursera etc . They may be paid or free .

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  • Learn Any Sport: You can try any sport of your own choice indoor or outdoor depends on ur interest. But i would suggest to go for outdoor because it will be good for your physical health and mental wellness too.

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  • Programming: This is one of my fav skill .It is important for our future So You should give it a try and trust me its amazing and interesting to code .Further u may try making your own Games , Softwares etc .It will be more fun but it needs constant practice and consistency.

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  • Learning any new Language: One can try to learn any foreign language during their holidays .Resources are available everywhere on internet. You just need to search the best one for you.

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  • Editing / Animation: There are various softwares/applications available for learning these skills .You may try Stop motion studio Pro for stop motion animation , Flimora software for vedio editing, Adobe Indesign software, Zulu software for song editing and mixing .etc

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  • Youtubing: If you also want to show your skills and your passion to the world then you should try making your own youtube channel. It might take time for your channel to grow and to gain popularity but if you will start with positivity and will be consistent in your work then one day surely you will be able to achieve name as well as fame.

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  • Personal Development- You should watch vedios related to personal development and you can even join mindvalley master classes by Vishen Lakhiani . He is successfull Entrepreneur and he will teach you about personal development skills and importance of meditation.

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  • Learn to play a musical instrument: Have you ever felt sad after watching one of your music friend playing number of instruments like guitar, piano, tabla etc because you never got time to learn any one of them but my friend for what you are waiting for. Go now, use your time.

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I hope after reading these many points, you are surely gonna pick atleast one of them ;)

Keep sharing productive vibes.

Thanks!

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Riya Bisht

I am Riya a.k.a Infinitygrl(pen name). Curious and Quirky about Science & Tech. Call me a cyber geek or freak because I date computers ;)