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Tomasz Wiśniewski Top Creative Activities to Do in Your Free Time

Free time is very hard to come by, especially with all those tiring, repetitive choreschoreschores at school. When you are finally done with them, we sometimes just feel the need to lie down on the couch and do nothing (that’s ok, too, and sometimes we need it so much!). In modern times, however, we are surrounded with ready‑made entertainment solutions and our lives are riddled withriddled withriddled with automationautomationautomation, such as pre‑cooked food, mass‑manufactured things and supermarket‑style art. Caught up in the daily grinddaily grinddaily grind, we actually rarely have the chance to actually make something! It might feel exhausting and pointless at first, but I guarantee that the things you’ll make are going to be unique, and will bring you immenseimmenseimmense satisfaction. So, what are the top creative activities to do in our free time? Here is my personal list:

1. PHOTOGRAPHY

One of the most popular and accessible creative outletscreative outlets [creative outlet]creative outlets is to take up photography. The photographs will become our personal, unique interpretations of the reality that surrounds us. Grab that digital camera (or if you want to be more ‘hiphiphip’ you can grab a polaroidPolaroidpolaroid, or even that old analogue one that’s been lying in your parents’ closet) and start exploring. An outdoor adventure with a camera is a great opportunity to get some fresh air and fresh perspective, and later, you can get even more creative when editing the photos, posting them online, or even developingdeveloping [develop]developing them in an edgyedgyedgy, red‑lit darkroom. If you like it, sign up for a classsign up for a classsign up for a class to learn the theory of framing, perspective, and using advanced DSLRDSLR (digital single‑lens reflex camera)DSLR cameras.

2. CREATING A BLOG/VLOG

If you’re passionate about social media, why not consider a creative endeavorendeavor on one of the many online portals? The blogging and the vlogging scene is going through a period of rapid growth and it can be a great idea to jump on this colourful train. Professional vloggers and media streamers can earn a lot of money from their subscriptions, especially when they have a lively personality. Try being more ambitious than the average pranksterpranksterprankster or influencer - perhaps you can teach others an interesting skill.

3. CRAFTcraftCRAFT

If you’re into art but are more practical, get down to making functional objects. If you’re not handy with tools and want to start with something small, try to make a string decorationstring decorationstring decoration or learn the basics of DIY and make a simple piece of furniture like a shelf, box, or birdhouse. Chances are, you will catch the bugcatch the bug (idiom)catch the bug and progress on to make more complexcomplexcomplex objects. Once you set your heartset your heart on (idiom)set your heart on something, go with it and it will become immensely satisfying to have these personal, self‑made objects around you or you can give them to others.

4. COOKING

If you’re not a craftsman, try cooking or baking - they’re the ultimate creative pastimes! It is undoubtedly an act of creation to turn foods into amazing culinary masterpiecesculinary masterpieces [culinary masterpiece]culinary masterpieces; ones that will also lurelurelure your close ones even closer! You can get creative in the kitchen by experimenting with spicesspicesspices, aromas, and condimentscondimentscondiments and trying unusual combinations, or reinventing boring, same‑old dishes into fresh and amazing meals. Get into the kitchen and get into cooking - it might not only bring you friends but also save you money, as you will be able to do your meal prepmeal prepmeal prep for a whole week in an instant.

5. STARTING A CREATIVE HOBBY

If you are wondering what else you might do, remember that you can be creative in almost every field. Ask yourself: what is it that makes your heart beat faster? If you’re into astronomy and stories about Copernicus and Galileo, you can use the same scope for star‑gazingstar‑gazingstar‑gazing. You can even get creative in the very process of thinking of what to do! The options are endless: crochetingcrochetingcrocheting, embroideryembroideryembroidery, and knittingknittingknitting for the ones who like to snuggle insnuggle insnuggle in, slam poetryslam poetryslam poetry for the wannabewannabewannabe rappers, and stand‑up for the jolly pranksters - the world is your oysterthe world is your oyster (idiom)the world is your oyster!

1 Źródło: Tomasz Wiśniewski, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.