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🎨 Creative & Artistic
💻 Digital & Tech
🧠 Brain & Soft Skills
🌍 Language & Culture
🍳 Life Skills
🎨 Creative & Artistic
Feed your inner artist—even if you swear you "can’t draw." These recs unlock playful creativity through simple, joy-first practices. No perfection, just progress.
Unlock your inner artist—no fancy tools, just a pencil and your imagination. Learn to draw characters, express emotion, and feel proud of a page full of doodles.
The Best Online Courses in Illustration - Domestika
A judgment-free space where your creativity can stretch. Try 10 minutes a day of scribbles, patterns, or quotes—and watch your style quietly emerge.
Start a sketchbook habit
Ever wondered what makes a song “work”? This series breaks down the building blocks of music with zero snobbery and total clarity.
YouTube: Music Theory for Beginners by Michael New
Handwriting, but make it ✨aesthetic✨. These free printable worksheets make learning calligraphy feel like self-care with ink.
Learn calligraphy with free printable guides from The Postman’s Knock
💻 Digital & Tech
Whether you want to build a website, beautify a résumé, or just master spreadsheets, these recs help you thrive in the modern world—no tech bro energy required.
Want to build a website or automate your to-do list? Learn to code at your own pace, no gatekeeping, and all 100% free.
Learn Python – Free Python Courses for Beginners
From résumé glow-ups to Instagram gold—learn the secrets of graphic design that’ll make everything you touch look pro.
Canva Design School – for branding, resumes, or social media posts
Spreadsheets don’t have to suck. Learn shortcuts that save time, track habits, and make your life less chaotic.
Google Sheets for budgeting & automation – YouTube mini-course
Organize your brain and beautify your life. This tutorial teaches you how to create a sleek, powerful personal dashboard that actually works for you.
"Building a Notion dashboard" tutorial on Ali Abdaal’s channel
🧠 Brain & Soft Skills
Sharpen your mind and upgrade how you think, speak, and learn. These skills don’t go on a résumé—but they make you smarter in every part of life.
This is the cheat code for learning anything better—used by Stanford students and lifelong learners alike. Game-changer.
Coursera: Learning How to Learn (Dr. Barbara Oakley) – top-rated free course
Level up your reading speed without sacrificing comprehension. Perfect for devouring books, research, or even emails.
Read faster with Spreeder or Bionic Reading
Self-awareness is a skill. Discover your mental wiring, then use it to communicate, lead, and thrive more intentionally.
Take a free personality test (MBTI, Enneagram) & journal on the results
Get better at telling your story—one quick, unfiltered audio note at a time. Great for job interviews or just being more magnetic.
Practice storytelling with 3-minute story voice notes (like Toastmasters lite)
🌍 Language & Culture
Expand your world without leaving your home. These picks help you connect across cultures, speak new languages, and see life from a fresh lens.
Add “fluent-in-progress” to your bio. These bite-size apps make learning a language feel like a game you can win on your lunch break.
Duolingo or Drops app – start with 5 minutes a day
Real conversation beats textbook phrases every time. These apps connect you with native speakers who want to learn from you too.
Language exchange via HelloTalk or Tandem app
Skip the tourist mime show. Learn the local phrases you’ll actually use—with videos of native speakers saying them naturally.
Memrise – learn travel phrases before your next trip
A fun challenge that sharpens your ear and cultural awareness. Try guessing the plot, then rewatch with subs on to see what you missed.
I lose focus when watching English movies without subtitles and I can't ...
🍳 Life Skills
Everyday magic starts with knowing how to do the basics really well. From cooking to sewing to saving a life—these are the underrated skills that quietly change everything.
Become the person who dices an onion in 30 seconds flat. Safe, satisfying, and surprisingly meditative.
Basic Kitchen Skills, Knife Skills. Cook like a pro chef.
Save money, reduce food waste, and dodge decision fatigue. Use AI or free tools like Supercook to build a plan in 10 minutes.
I Asked ChatGPT to Plan My Meals for the Week
Skill you hope you’ll never use, but could save a life. Do this once, remember it forever.
First Aid Online Classes
Fix that loose button or make a thrift flip magic. You’ll never look at a $5 sewing kit the same again.
Intro to sewing – fix a hole, hem pants, or upcycle a thrifted shirt