From my experience so far, I have come to understand that learning differs for everyone. There are certain things I picked up so easily and I was wondering why I stayed a long time before trying them out, and on the other hand, there are also certain things that keep testing my patience, and I will be like, "Who sent me? This is quite difficult," but I see many people, even younger ones, doing it with ease.
Personally, one of those surprising skills I learned easily was writing to the point of me publishing a book outside the Hive platform. It's still surprising to see that potential in me unleashed for good. I have mentioned it before that the major reason why I left being an art student those days in my secondary school was that I hated to read and write long articles, and trust me, art students got that A1, and I never bargained for such.
I never saw myself as someone who would later enjoy writing, but here we are on another level outside Hive. Just when the motivation came, I started sharing my experiences through writing and, surprisingly; words kept flowing from within, turning into a long article. The more I write, the easier it becomes, and I keep being in awe of myself. It gradually turned into something I could do at any point without feeling forced to do it.
Sometimes, I scroll back to some articles I wrote on the Dreemport website, and I am like, "Are you really the one who wrote this?" especially to one of my articles that went trending on Dreamport about postpartum and motherhood. The way the story shapes into something amazing along the line when I start writing is something I can't place. This made me realize that perhaps I had this ability within me a long time ago but never had a suitable platform to express myself, thanks to this blockchain.
Again, one other skill I found myself struggling with is knitting and crochet. I admired people crafting beautiful wears and bags for themselves using ordinary yarns. Some use it to make cool money, and boom, I started learning the skill, not to make designs for sales but for personal use. But then, that skill gradually taught me patience I didn't have, lol.
I had watched people within my vicinity knit different items with ease, including teenagers, and I kept wondering how they do it effortlessly. I know I didn't give up completely learning the skill because I really desired it. I managed to knit some items, including this bag you see me wear in my profile here in Hive, but ask me how long it took me to get one project done. Ordinary, a tote bag that can take these teenagers two days to knit will take me almost one month. I will do mine, make mistakes, undo it, get frustrated along the line, and start all over later.
A lot of times I was tempted to abandon it because I was getting bothered by how something that takes most people a minute to get done looks complicated in my hands...although I later learned it but was never perfect or satisfied with the level of knowledge I had on the skills.
These particular experiences taught me something important about myself, which is that I must not be naturally good at something before learning to do it; it's all about patience and persistent practice without comparing myself to anyone.
