Sewing, at least to the level of basic mending. Helps one realize what well made clothes look and feel like.
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Cooking! It can be so rewarding, a fun way to impress or care for others, and you need to eat every day anyway so ample time to practice.
Almost all cooking can be done with practically no hardware beyond a sharp knife, a good sized cutting board, and a good pot or pan.
There's so many patterns and combinations and different takes on the same ingredients that you can learn. The basics get you 80% of the way there
Basic knitting. It's a great way to relax in the evenings. And makes for good gifts.
Writing and drawing!
It requires no upfront investment, can be done individually, and it's one of the few arts which is constrained by skill rather than budget. You can write a bestseller novel with just your computer but good luck doing a blockbuster film on your own.
ive always wanted to create a book or a comic but i stink at everything and im bad at spelling, i can only draw stickmen, but i still have the urge to be creativ eand share it.
Drawing gets a lot easier if you approach it as a muscle-memory skill like calisthenics or juggling - if you can write letters neatly, you can also learn to draw shapes you've practiced. The early exercises in books like Keys to Drawing (Dodson) or The Natural Way to Draw (Nicolaides) introduce ways to practice those skills, and then the rest is "find subjects you want to draw", which can be as simple as watching a video, pausing it, and quickly using that for the exercise. Do that for a few minutes a day for a few weeks and drawing skills will magically emerge.
There are tons of "how to draw tutorials" that don't explain any of this, speak about it conceptually, and tell you to go draw a thousand cubes, which will make you better at drawing...cubes. (There is some point to that kind of technical skill, but it's not the thing to invest in if you just want to use images to tell a story)
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Public Speaking
You never know when you'll have to say something in front of a crowd.
Iโm so sorry, but I have to reply to this, I misread this as public spanking, and have been giggling to myself for about 15 minutes.
Apologies.
How dare you, you dirty dirty child. You have a dirty, filthy mind. You should be...
Wait, what were we talking about?
Drawing! We all start life drawing, scribbling, experimenting etc. But often we drop the activity or don't think were good enough to try. But everyone should take a pencil/pen and paper and just try to draw things, if you want to try and improve quickly look into https://drawabox.com
Pros - It's cheap, easily available to most and often very cathartic.
Cons - if you get into it it takes a lot of time investment to get really good.
Thank you for this suggestion. Taking drawing classes has been on my back burner for awhile, and this site is perfect for a beginner. I also love that it was created due to community demand from r/ArtFundamentals. I just signed up!
Mindfulness and Breathwork! Mindfulness is an incredibly valuable practice that can be a game changer for mental health and anxiety. Breathwork goes a long way as a fundamental technique.
There are a variety of free tier apps like InsightTimer that have beginner courses in meditation. Working to create space in your life between things like work and family give you breathing room. Starting to live in the moment allows you to step out of the anxiety of the past and worry of the future.
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As a car enthusiast, Iโm a little biased with this one, but beyond knowing how to change a flat, you should know how to do basic maintenance on your vehicle. Oil changes, brake replacements, etc. Some people are just not interested, which I fully understand, but for those who are, you can save some money with labour costs (and parts in some cases) doing the maintenance yourself.
I think I have changed about 14 flats in my lifetime. ๐
I got an EV recently and i didn't realize how great it is not to change oil until I actually got one. I am kind of hoping to see what gets worn out on my car to see what is easier or harder to fix.