Learning a new skill
What’s a new skill you’ve learned or learning or interested to learn?
What resources did you use for it?
How does it impact your personal or professional life? 💕
@Optimisticempath
I have leant recently to do Calligraphy using some online free resources. It was fun. :)
@Sirpi calligraphy really is fun 😍 you can share pictures of your writing if you like sometime
@Optimisticempath
What’s a new skill you’ve learned, are learning, or are interested in learning? I am learning skills through college and learning skills on 7 Cups to be stronger at boundaries and more professional, to be stronger at listening to my clients, and to understand them better.
What resources did you use for it? I was looking things up for my social work class, and I came by this site. I checked it over, and I knew this site would help me in the long run. I could also help people and be more experienced at what I was going through in college.
How does it impact your personal or professional life? It is impacting my life a great deal. In person and personal. How it is impacting: being better at learning how to be more patient and how to handle stressful situations. It is also impacting me to grow and to understand that I am not allowed in all this. That it is okay to ask for help. I also love to learn and also will
@Rose1324 that’s an adorable gif learning is fun indeed 💕
oh wow I’m so glad to hear that 7 cups has been helping you both personally and in pursuing your academic and professional interests 🤗 you’re doing amazing and it certainly is okay to reach out for help
@Optimisticempath
I am interested in learning animation (anime style) and Japanese (speak, write, and read it). I have found free resources online, but I am still improving my art skills as I finish taking an oil painting class for college.
@Vivikun9 hey I remember uuu briefly from some previous forum talks 🥺 it’s always nice to see a familiar username hi hi 💕 how’ve ya been?
and woahhhh those are vv interesting and creative skills to learn 😍 wishing you well with all of it!!
this also reminded me to look for some inspiration to start painting xD
@Optimisticempath
Awww hi hi! It has been a while! I been doing good and I been mostly healing my trauma and been back in college :3
@Vivikun9 I’m so very proud of you 🥹 💜 what are you studying? if you want to share? how’s college treating you?
@Optimisticempath
Im studying art and im almost ready to apply for transfer to head towards a state college to get my BA in art (aiming towards BFA in illustration or animation). With a minor in pyschology
@Vivikun9 art and psychology are really interesting and meaningful fields of study as well as practice 😍 way to gooo
@Optimisticempath I'm really into dancing but i haven't joined a class cuz there aren't any nearby 😕 but would really like to be a backup dancer or something. I dance a lot every day and hope i will still be good enough for it to be profesional
@Peanut3037 it’s sad when circumstances come in the way of following our passions 🥺
in the internet era tho there’s many online classes too it isn’t the same as a offline one but something to keep going still… have you looked these up? many dance creators post videos too online on YouTube etc I hope that helps also!
wishing the best for your professional career in dancing 💕💕
@Optimisticempath Yes thank u ive learnt some from yt videos and helped with my technique❤️ but havent found a class yett if thats what u mean. Tysm i would like to be a dancer😊
@Peanut3037 that’s really nice to know 💕 yes I meant like online classes … maybe you can try searching on your browser to see if you can find any online classes? 💕 me is rooting for you friend
@lily1215 YouTube is full of amazing recipes 😍 what are some recent things you cooked or baked?
@Optimisticempath
Such a great question! 💫
One skill I’ve been really interested in lately is building better habits, big and small. It sounds simple, but honestly, habits shape almost every part of our personal and professional lives, from studying, to health, to how we handle stress.
A resource that helped me a ton is the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. It breaks down how tiny changes add up over time and how to design your environment so that good habits are easier and bad ones are harder. A few things that stuck with me:
- Making it obvious, so keeping reminders visible in a way that you can’t ignore your new habit.
- Make it easy, starting super small so it doesn’t feel overwhelming.
- Habit stacking, tying a new habit to something you already do, like “After I brush my teeth, I’ll write one sentence in my journal.”
- Focus on identity, this means that instead of saying “I want to read more,” say “I’m a reader.” It shifts how you see yourself.
Learning about habits has impacted my life because I’m getting soo much better at managing my time and energy. It’s helping me stay consistent with studying, exercising and even relaxing without guilt.
@izzyy528 that book is so luvvedd by many, it does seem to have a lot of insight about habit building and how it impacts our life 💕 I’m really glad you’ve found these helpful and appreciate your reply 💕
@Optimisticempath
I'm currently learning more about coding - something I've wanted to do for a while. I've learned about cross site scripting, I've learned + practised HTML & CSS while building my own personal website. Now, I've began learning cybersecurity, beginning with Ceasar's Cipher.
I'm learning this through an amazing organisation named Girls Who Code and using W3Schools, Replit, Youtube and ChatGPT to help me out when I'm stuck.
Learning about web security is helping me become so much more responsible online. It's also really boosted my confidence in problem-solving and made me more aware of building safe applications.
@izzyy528
That's great, honestly same here, I'm really interested about learning about coding, as I believe it has so much scope in today's world, and can be used in every field.
@izzyy528 so so cool 😍😍 girls who code are the coolest fr xD
I’m so glad you’re utilising all these awesome resources to support your learning
web security is such a need for the hour 😮 so many evils can be avoided I guess if more people were more aware and practiced more caution..
hey maybe you can make a post on these? regrading online safety and web security for 7 cups or in general? I think it’ll be helpful for many of us 💕
@Optimisticempath
Oooo that's a super good suggestion! It's definitely going onto my to do list and I'll be doing a post or two about it soon!
tough question
almost anything i have learned gets lost at some point in my brain lol
but the last thing I learned was spotting ai speak and words in things
it gets easy when you try it and it helps knowing what person did work or who just copy pasted ai stuff
