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22 Cooking Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Listen on Spotify. Cooking can be equal parts challenging and rewarding. Indeed, it can be challenging even if you’ve been honing your skills for a while. As a result, you might still be making some common mistakes. Whether you have a habit of under salting water when cooking pasta or forgetting to read the entireContinue reading “22 Cooking Mistakes and How to Avoid Them”

Toxic Productivity and How to Combat It

Listen on Spotify. Our society places much value on the concept of productivity. It sometimes discounts the importance of rest, relaxation, and rewarding ourselves for reaching reasonable goals. Toxic behaviours are ones that negatively impact your life, goals, and overall wellbeing. One such behaviour that has been rearing its ugly head since the advent ofContinue reading “Toxic Productivity and How to Combat It”

Wild Garlic and How to Grow It

Listen on Spotify. Wild garlic is a favourite springtime treat for many people. It is a bulbous, leafy green plant native to Britain. Early shoots start to appear in mid-February, and it flowers in April. It flourishes in woodland, usually near a water source. It has become a popular ingredient in recent years. It signalsContinue reading “Wild Garlic and How to Grow It”

Oils, Watercolours, or Acrylics: Which is Better?

Listen on Spotify. Before you start using any new medium in art, you need to figure out what makes it unique and distinct from other mediums. Thus, the time has come for a battle between three heavyweights of the painting world — watercolours, oils, and acrylics. Which is better? It doesn’t matter whether you areContinue reading “Oils, Watercolours, or Acrylics: Which is Better?”

Calligraphy for Beginners: What You Need to Know

Listen on Spotify. Writing has been an essential part of human life for around 8000 years. Characters were created to record experiences, events, and thoughts. It was often a sign of status and privilege to have the ability to write. Despite the advent of digital technology, handwriting remains vital. For example, in most cases, contractsContinue reading “Calligraphy for Beginners: What You Need to Know”

Beautiful, Vibrant Roses: Fantastic Varieties

Listen on Spotify. When you’re looking to cultivate a colourful garden, few flowers can offer as much variety as the rose. Horticulturalists continue to bring us more vibrant roses as well as ones of an unusual hue. You can thus depend on roses to add brilliance to your garden. Don’t worry if you like aContinue reading “Beautiful, Vibrant Roses: Fantastic Varieties “

Useful Drawing Techniques to Help You Get Started

Listen on Spotify. In highly competitive business environments, it’s important to stand out. Taking up a creative hobby can bring out your creativity and give you a better sense of perspective. That will help you gauge how others experience things and how they’re feeling. One of the best creative hobbies you can engage in isContinue reading “Useful Drawing Techniques to Help You Get Started”

Helpful Tips for Novice Piano Players to Get You Started

Listen to this post here. When you’re new to playing the piano, it’s essential to follow some basic principles if you want to be successful. It’s easy to go down a rabbit hole and get lost in learning different techniques from books that end up not working for you. What you do at the startContinue reading “Helpful Tips for Novice Piano Players to Get You Started”

9 Best Musical Instruments for Beginners to Play

Listen to this post here. Playing a musical instrument is rewarding in different ways. It can help you become more disciplined and may help improve some cognitive brain functions, as well as provide you with an outlet for your creativity. On top of that, it can serve to help you manage stress and give youContinue reading “9 Best Musical Instruments for Beginners to Play”

12 Great Benefits of Playing an Instrument (and Some Drawbacks Too)

Listen on Spotify. Are you searching for a hobby that will also mean you can acquire a new skill? Why not learn to play an instrument? After all, the Bard himself described music as the food of love in Twelfth Night. What greater motivation could you want? Playing an instrument not only serves to nourishContinue reading “12 Great Benefits of Playing an Instrument (and Some Drawbacks Too)”