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Personal Growth: Interests

Who am I now?

1. Describe a hobby or interest, either in school or outside of school, that you have spent time
developing this year. (​Some examples: gaming, art, music, dance, writing, photography,
construction, building engines, hunting, having your own YouTube channel, etc.​ )​ One hobby
that I have developed over the course of this year is painting. Whenever I have free time on
my hands I love to paint, painting is one of my favorite hobbies because it helps me express
my emotions and pain.

2. What do you like about this particular hobby or interest?​ This hobby is something that is very
easily done and easily distracts me from anything going wrong/badly in my life and the ending
result is always an accomplishing feeling.

3. What kinds of skills have you developed or practiced via this hobby/interest? ​Because of
painting I have developed creativity skills and some artistic skills along the way.

4. How has this hobby or interest challenged you to grow?​ This hobby is the kind of hobby
where there's always room to improve which gives you even more of a reason to always do better
within every time you do paint.

5. If someone else told you they were interested in pursuing the same hobby or interest, what
advice would you give them?​ If someone informed me that they were interested in painting/art
one piece of advice that I would give them is to never give up and that there's always room for
improvement.

6. What connections can you make between this hobby/interest and the life you want to have for
yourself in the future? In other words, do you see this hobby or interest continuing? Is it related
to any career interests? Ten years from now, do you think you’ll still be engaged in this hobby or
interest? Explain. ​This hobby connects to my future self because this hobby kind of forces you to
be more of a creative person and to think outside the box and that's exactly the kind of person I
want to be in the future.
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