How to upgrade yourself in 2020

How to Upgrade Yourself in 2020 sounds doubtful, right? In this situation where all the growth curves are going down, you are thinking how can we upgrade ourselves. But we are human beings, the most intelligent creatures of God, we know how to find the way of light.

We know good times passes by, so the good thing about the bad time is that it too passes by. Just we need to be patient and hopeful. The hope is a powerful thing that ignites the spark in you and inspires you to conquer tough times.

We should motivate ourselves and others too and focus on making ourselves better in any situations.

Related post: How To Motivate Yourself During Quarantine.

Time to upgrade yourself in 2020

What upgrades mean to us? Theses days we are upgrading the versions of software only. And it narrows the mean of the term upgrade to operating systems and software updates.

Upgrade yourself means raising from where you are, focusing on being better and bring out the best of you in this moment. Upgrading ourselves is the continuous action to become the better versions of our self.

Now you can ask me that in this tough situation it is difficult to manage the daily chores, then where is the time to upgrade our self? Yes, from early 2020 we are going through a rough patch and don’t sure how long this pandemic will continue. But this doesn’t mean we will stop evolving ourselves. We need to find the bright side of this, if we analyze the changes in our lives we will get to know that we are saving few extra hours every day.

We are saving few extra hours of our days by :

• Not traveling to office which takes around 2 and 1/2 hours every day for back and forth as most of the people are doing work from home nowadays.

• Not going to drop off and pick up our kids from school, which takes around 1 hour every day.

• Spending much less amount of time in buying groceries as we are afraid of this vast spreading of virus. Many people are opting for online shopping to avoid being infected.

• We can reduce a bit of grooming time that we used to spend while going to our workplace.

These minor changes save at least 4-5 hours in a day equal to almost 28 -30 hours in a week. So it depends upon individual how they manage these extra hours of a day. This is the right time to upgrade yourself in 2020. The time you can use to improve yourself and bring the better version of yourself.

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How to Upgrade Yourself in 2020

So it is clear if we desire to improve ourselves, we can do so, as there is enough time to work on ourselves. Now you have to analyze what are the areas where you can upgrade your skills or explore your hidden talents.

In our day-to-day life we do so many things and we are expert on a few of them. But never thought of them as our skills. So now you should explore your skills and focus on them. Improving yourself 1% each day can show a great result at the end. Start learning new things which you have interest but couldn’t pursue due to lack of time. Never stop learning.

So let’s know the ways you can upgrade yourself in 2020:

1) Learn New Technical Skill

Expanding your areas of expertise is always beneficial, learning new technical skills will widen your job opportunities and boost your confidence. Technology is getting wide every day and so the demand is changing. It is good to keep yourself updated and learn new tech skills. This will make you more desirable among recruiters, as deeper, newer and vast knowledge is always preferable than average knowledge.

Learn To Code With Me have listed some In-Demand Technology skills to learn in 2020

2) Use you innovative culinary skills

Usually people cook food to eat, but many people eat food to cook. Because cooking is something they love more than eating. After a long tiring day when people wished to order food, some will think of inventing new recipes and will be eager to try on the same day. So your talent of coming up with delicious easy recipes can help some amateur cook. So create a YouTube channel and share your recipe ideas with large audience.

3) Discover Your Passion

Most of people have some passion which they love to do anytime and that helps them relieve stress and feel light. But they never thought of taking their passion as a career option. Doing something that you are passionate about can improve your performance. Maybe it is the time to discover your passion and turn that into your life’s career. Many people have the passionate about dancing, singing, painting and so many other talents they have. In this virtual world where learning is eLearning, now you can take online classes and teach whatever talent you have by staying at your home only. When your interest and engagement both are the same thing, then the possibility of success rate increases.

4) Learn New Language

Knowing multiple languages always open many doors and you will get many more opportunities. It is like a feather in your cap, specially if you are working for an international client. It is always a huge plus if you can talk with people in their languages. People who speak more than one language have improved memory, problem-solving and critical thinking skills and better listening skills.

5) Organic Gardening

Now you are having enough time and you are staying at home too, so it will be a good idea to start organic gardening. It is an enjoyable hobby and habit that will yield you a fresh organic veggies without pinching your pocket. Spending a little time and effort will lead you a healthy life and save your money too by not buying organic vegetable from the store.

6) Start your own blog/ write your E-book

If you love reading and writing, then blogging is the best way to experiment with your writing style. Blogging is the best platform to share your thoughts, experience and expertise, and it is the great time to start. If you dedicate a decent time in blogging, it will help you generate money from blogging. An extra cash is always welcomed, so starting a blog is always worthy. If you have the potential and your writing is great, you can write eBooks. It takes less than 5 minutes to publish eBooks and withing seconds it will appear in Kindle stores.

7) Turning your sewing hobby into small business

Sewing is a very popular hobby every time, it is an art where you can find a lot of creativity. This is one of the most rewarding hobby. Sewing is much more than fixing your clothing. Sewing is a stress relief and relaxing too, as your mind is engaged in doing something creative. If you are fashion lover and have a limited budget, then sewing is the best option to refresh your wardrobe collection according to the latest trend. If your sewing skills are great, then with just needle and thread you can monetize your hobby from home. It is one of the most straightforward way to make money on the side.

Wrap Up

I have mentioned only few ways, but there a lot of ways you can upgrade yourself if you have the desired to explore and discover your inner talent. It is very important to evolve constantly and never stop learning. Give yourself a little time to improve each single day. The post you are reading is the result of upgrading myself and investing some time for me. I am writing from my experience that before this new normal, I was like over occupied because of lack of Time Management and don’t have 1/2 hour to invest for myself. During this quarantine days, I got some time for myself and my love for writing gave me the inspiration to start this blog. And I am happy to share that each day, the time I am investing for myself is helping me to reach more near to my goals.

So set your goals and pursue your dreams!!

“When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true.”

Paulo Coelho

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