The thing with my hobby is that..it’s not something I do periodically. I do it every now and then when I’m bored or have time. I don’t entirely enjoy my hobbies at times because they’re tedious. Oh! I seem to have forgotten to mention what said hobbies were; that’d be drawing and or writing stories. I enjoy writing at times but I hate writer’s block. I never seem to finish stories, and don’t even get me started on drawing. Symmetry is something that I constantly obsess over. However, I love to draw and I love to write. With the way my drawings come out at the end they’re beautiful drawings, and when my stories are close to being done I let people read them and I’m applauded and given praise. I hate doing both but I also quite enjoy them. Stressing over writer’s block and what to do next with the work is tough but when I get that work finished it’s outstanding. Unfinished drawings are something that bother me but sometimes they have to go unfinished for a while.
My dad was the one who really got me into drawing. I was always doodling and doing something artsy as a kid. Sometimes even going as far as coloring on a brand new door…oops. But as a kid the world was my canvas. I liked to see the different colors and I was always drawing and coloring and sculpting things out of clay as a young one. Writing just somehow came to me naturally, I liked to write fictional stories the best because it was like putty that you could shape into basically anything.
Appreciating having something to just zone into was amazing. I was in my own little world and the final products was just fantastic. It was my own little haven of colors and words that twirled and danced like two flavors that go perfect together like pb&j. I often loved being able to go into that little world of mine when I was young, but as I got older I didn’t much partake in it as much as I used to. I still do when I have time but often more times than not I find myself stuck.
Staying motivated to draw was tough but when I just saw this beautiful picture I wanted to draw it and say, “Look at what I did! I did that”, so people would be proud of my talents. With my writing works I would often give it to as many people as possible and bask in happiness at all the praise I got and the compliments of my writing. Hearing the praise and being able to prove to someone I can draw something just as pretty as someone else is my motivator to keep writing and drawing, and that’s why I still do both when I can.
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