Hobby Exploration Day
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## Ready to turn your passion into your superpower?
As a continuation in acknowledging Mental Health Day in October, join Certified Coach and Mental Health First Aider, Ms Ivy of @gripconnect, for an engaging and reflective session designed to help you connect, grow, and find lasting support through your favorite activities.
Whether you're a seasoned creative, a casual gamer, or just trying to find a meaningful hobby, this event is for you and your mental resilience!
Why Join? opensourced.so is a safe space to connect with fellow youth and adults, share experiences, and practice empathy, kindness, and patience toward yourself and your goals.
🍹Entry is just $12 and inclusive of a drink!
📝Sign-up and check-in at cafe to redeem your benefits!
## Event Agenda:📖2-2:30PM: Sharing on “How Hobbies Support Wellness” by GRIP Connect
In this 30-minute interactive sharing, you will learn:
✨ The Science of Joy: Why hobbies are essential for stress relief and how they build resilience (not just distractions!).
✨ The Confidence Builder: How to define what you want by using The Elimination Method—a technique used by the GRIP Connect founder to find her true path.
✨ Passion Meets Practicality: Simple, effective strategies for planning your finances so your hobby is always sustainable and enjoyable (never stressful!).
✨ The Value Stack Game: Participate in a quick, reflective game to identify what your hobby truly gives you and how to protect it.
## 🌎2:30-4:30PM: Kickstarting Hobby Exploration Redeem your drinks🍹at the Bar and collect your Positivity Pack from Crys Knick Knacks🦔
🪴During this time, attendees are strongly encouraged to move around Open Sourced dining halls to check out the booths, try hands-on activities, connect and follow one another on socials - find your new communities!
Commune (Main hall): Reading of celebrated artists' approaches to life on 'How Arts can Change your Life” [written by Susie Hodge] & My Inner Wellness Essence upcycling activity corner (Limited qty!)- [Edera.acg](https://www.instagram.com/edera.acg/)
🗣We will be availing a few slots for you to take turns to read from the book as well as chances to do a 1-min (hmm or 2?) shoutout for your community /hobby/ get followers📲
Social Garden: CrysKnickKnacks + Kola and Eagy + From34Crafts
The Den: 星洲急行 (Seishu Kyuukou)
## 👋🏻4:30-5PM: Wrap-up! / Networking
Host: Ivy & Finnley
Supported by: GRIP Connect, Open Sourced
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Meet the Creators at Our Upcoming Event!
Here’s a sneak peek at some of the amazing booths you’ll find - you can check out their merch, have a chat with them on the whys and how-tos and join them in their communities!
💖We are all human, let's support one another and discover new horizons!
**Kola and Eagy:**
Featuring an adorable koala and chick duo, Kola & Eagy brings you cute prints, pharmacy-themed stickers, and food inspired keychains, little bursts of joy for your everyday life.
Instagram: @kola_and_eagy
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Behind Crys Knick Knacks:
Meet Crys, the creative mind (and chaotic bread supplier), and Holly the Hedgehog a tiny menace who would do anything for bread!
Their booth is packed with fun and quirky creations: scented goods like perfumes and room sprays, clay accessories, painted Pokémon cards, and charming illustrations of Holly. If you love cute, handmade treasures with personality, this is your stop!
Instagram: @crysknickknacks
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**From34Crafts / Webby:**
At 34, Heather left 14 years of working life behind to grow through art. Through From34Crafts, she creates artistically designed handmade jewelry, wine charms, and art prints featuring her original paintings - inspiring others to stay curious, brave and to take that first step towards their dreams.
Instagram: @from34crafts
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星洲急行 (Seishu Kyuukou)
星洲急行 (Seishu Kyuukou - lit. Seishu Express) or SeiKyuu for short. Model railway club based in Singapore, modelling (mostly) Japan in N scale [1:150].
シンガポールの鉄道模型クラブだ。Nゲージの日本風模型を作る。
Instagram: @seikyuutetsumo