Factual Essay: Why my hobby is a good one

**School homework. Just want to keep it.**

In our daily lives, we work or study and after that, we continue with our daily chores. After what is needed to be done is completed, we normally have free time or leisure time. This is the time we would use to relax or do any activity we like, our hobby. My hobby is drawing, it has so many benefits that is barely known by many.

Drawing helps me to relieve stress. After facing our school books, reading the dancing alphabets page by page for the whole day, taking out a pencil and a paper is one of the ways to forget about them for a moment. Doodling on the paper can bring us into our own little world where only calmness is felt. Then, when we feel better, we can go back to our books and continue to focus on studying.

Besides that, drawing also has been proven to train the right brain. The right brain is where we get our creativity. When the right brain is used more often, you will soon see that you can have more solutions to overcome a certain problem. Many said drawing is just a waste of time, but after researching for years, this old saying has been proven wrong.

Other than that, drawing also can make the hand more flexible. Drawing or sketching can lead a person to learn to control his strength which can be useful. Students usually need to draw a curve line in a graph. It is because of drawing, I learn to follow the flow in the fingers and draw a smooth curve line.

Believe it or not, drawing is also used in the medical field. A patient who suffers from depression, autism or mental illness is told to draw what they want on a paper. Later, a professional psychologist or a counselor will interpret the drawing which could tell them what is the root of the problems they are facing. The professional will then give them proper advice or medication, if needed to treat them.

In short, drawing has dozens of benefits. To me, it is not just a simple hobby, it is what I love to do. Drawing has given me so much, if you have the time, why not try it?