One of my strongest work habits I have is my ability to learn and adapt, often overlooked, I believe that this is a rare ability amongst my generation . In today’s modern society, the forms of addiction are, technology and media consumption (e.g video games) , mobile devices, personalized social media apps, streaming services and many more. We live in a world where instant gratification has made it all too easy to be complacent with yourself and your skills set. Complacency has lulled us into accepting the bare minimum. It seems so rare to find people with the intent of improving their skills or picking up new ones . I came to this realization my senior year of high school. Up until this point I was very big into video games. I spent nearly all of my free time playing video games or watching people play video games. Video games were not something that made me happy; rather something to pass my time when bored just spent my time playing video games to pass time. At times it was fun but they were often aggravating and sad when there was nobody to play with. Then covid struck and I soon became bored of video games and decided to pick up new hobbies. I began to dive deep into art and strived to improve my skills on a daily basis. While doing this I was also learning about kinesiology and how to improve my running mechanics and strength. More recently I have been very interested in music and creating music. I have been learning the guitar for the past 9 months and have loved every bit of it. I also have been learning some mobile app development. I am balancing learning all these hobbies in my free time. Because of my busy schedule balancing lacrosse and academics I do not have a lot of free time. I have stopped playing video games as I have realized they do not make me nearly as happy as learning these new skills such as art, guitar, coding, and more. I have also learned to limit the amount of time I spend on my phone. According to online statistics the average person spends over 2 hours on social media apps every day. I like to think about what those people would accomplish if they put that time towards something that would better their lives, make them happier, or spend improving a skill. This is what I am currently working on improving in my life. I have become obsessed with learning new things, some would say my focus is too broad and I am trying to learn too many things at once. But I think doing so has only improved my ability to learn and I am now able to pick up hobbies easier and faster than I believe most people do nowadays. This is something I will continue to do and I hope to continue to improve on my reading ability.
