Learning new things.

I've been trying over the past year or so to develop new skills and hobbies.

Some of these have been to try and enhance my CV and job applications a little but some of them have just been for a little bit of fun.

I'm still learning to drive which brings with it a whole new host of specific things to learn like how to work the gears and the pedals, how to follow a roundabout, how to do a turn in the road - I've yet to master most of these things but hopefully at the end of it I'll have an awesome skill - the ability to drive!

I think for the most part I just like to keep my brain active, I do like to relax and have a bit of a TV/Movie session but I hate doing absolutely nothing with my time, I have a compulsive need to fill it, so I search for things that I could try to learn.

One Sunday, while alone in the house, I came across an How-To origami video on youtube and by the end of Sunday I had learned how to make origami birds and bats.

I now have a box of origami, which I don't have any real use for but I find myself twiddling with bits of scrap paper while invigilating exams or waiting to go into interviews, which can be quite relaxing.

Maybe one day I'll put some string through them and put them on my wall or something.

I came across BananaJamama's channel on youtube a few days ago by chance (She's awesome, check her out) and decided to try her Banana Jam recipe. It was a fun way pass a Wednesday evening and I ended up gaining a new skill from it. Thankfully it looked and tasted like Jam!

My problem with this whole learning new things kick that I have at the moment is once I learn something, I then want to find something new to learn. It's not that I get bored, I still enjoy and keep doing the hobbies I have, but I have this thing in my head that says "That was fun, let's do that again! For right now though lets try this other new thing!" Thankfully most of the things I've wanted to try are fairly inexpensive!

I'm not sure what the next thing I'll attempt will be, whether it will be something sensible or something fun, but I look forward to attempting it!

If you have any suggestions, feel free to stick them in the comments!

A few Jam and Origami pics below :-)

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