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SOMETHING NEW

hen is the last time you computer program or a new sport, It doesn’t have to take lots of
learnt to do something learning to drive a motorbike, time. There is only you to decide
Wnew? Not because you learning how to knit/crochet/ when to finish it. You know how
had to but just for the fun of it? macrame or even a new language! much time you have. We are
The choice is yours! What was usually quick to say we don’t have
There is a saying that you are never your first thought when you heard time. Right now I can hear one
too old to learn and a couple of ‘Something New’… and I don’t of my previous employers telling
years ago I decided that I want to mean buying something new! me that I do have the time, I just
learn to do or make something have to manage it. Maybe if you
new each year. Learning You don’t have to go back to sit down and start writing down
something new, takes you out of college or university to do YOUR what you do with the hours each
your daily groove and it’s as if you SOMETHING NEW. Depending on day, you’ll find that somewhere
come alive again, have new energy what you choose to do, YouTube it you have that small 30-minute
and you feel great about yourself. or attend a class, an online course… gap or even an hour somewhere
whatever works for you and your each day or every other day to be
Your ‘Something New’ doesn’t ‘Something New’. Remember, this innovative…and to follow a path
have to be useful, just do it is about you and whatever you unknown!
because you want to, no strings decide on, it doesn’t have to be
attached, nobody looking over something you are going to use in Here are two of my ‘Something
your shoulder. Your ‘Something the future, but the future might new’ things I learned… (and yes
New’ can be making something surprise you and it becomes useful. I did use YouTube to gain this
with your hands, learning a new Never say never! amazing skill!)

Macrame – I made a couple of pot plant holders to give away as gifts. Add a
beautiful container and you can use it the kitchen or bathroom to put items
in it instead of a plant… When a family member saw me doing it, she wanted
to make a pot plant holder to keep her “exam” snacks in it. We had a lovely
time outside on the stoep while I showed her how to macrame her snack
holder. We added a beautiful wooden bowl.
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