I feel so talentless?

Question

I'm 18 years old and I feel like a talentless individual. I took ballet and dance classes for years but then I abruptly stopped and haven't done much since then. All I do is work, go to school, see my boyfriend and parents, watch tv, and mozy around for hours on the internet. I feel like my life is being taken away by the internet especially and even writing this on Yahoo Answers makes me feel like a fool.

I've never been into sports. I've never had the confidence or determination to be an individual and try something new. I can be kind of a quitter when it comes to certain things. But I feel like college has opened me up and I feel like its time to do something more fufilling with my life.

I know it sounds weird but even something like crocheting would make me feel accomplished. It wouldn't be "just a blanket" to me.. I feel like it would be a lot more. How do I know what hobbies are best for me?

I'm looking for a hobby that I could do year round in my spare time....

Answer 1

I know exactly how you feel. What I did was I went to different craft stores, and walked around to the do it yourself sections and found something that would actually interest me. There are a lot of things that you can do while sitting at home watching tv so it does not really disrupt your life so that way if you try something and do not like it, it won't feel like you wasted your time doing something useless.

Answer 2

you can volunteer at an senior living center or at a soup kitchen.

Answer 3

Talent is always about being able to make something.  Sometimes a talent is as simple as being a good friend.  It takes talent to give away pieces of yourself and that's why I loved the first answer you got.  

Crochet is wonderful, so is a lot of other learned skills like that. But don't limit yourself to material talent.  I am betting you have a lot more than a lot of people!  

Give yourself a chance and try a little of everything, including the soup kitchen or the nursing home... etc!

Answer 4

Have you considered getting on the college newsletter or paper? You could be gathering new ideas for it all year. Inventing polls, slogans, a jokepage, etc.

Don't knock the internet...you can learn crafts and about hobbies on there. Video Jug has some craft and makeup videos.

You could make some little videos at Animoto. You download your pictures and music and they put it in a machine and make it for you. Short ones are free and if you like doing that you pay $30 a year and can get longer ones.

Eventually I want to have them make some friends & family ones I can send them.

If you think you would like beading get the Fire Mountain Gems & Beads catelog. It's almost a hobby just looking thru there. You can make easy things like interesting pendants on black cording or easy earrings and necklaces. Online there are lots of how to bead sites for free.