In the past, many people had skills such as making their own clothes and doing repairs to things in the house. In many countries, nowadays, skills like these are disappearing. Why do you think this change is happening? How far is this situation true in your country?

In the olden days,

majority

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the majority

of individuals were

multitalented

but as

time

passed the idea of expertise in different fields became an old fashioned one. Nowadays, people pay attention

to establish

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to establishing

a single career and are less inclined towards being a polymath.

To begin

with, in the past, local people had

huge amount

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a huge amount

of

time

when compared with the times we live in today.

Thus

, they had plenty of

time

on their hands to master a new skill.

However

, at present, life in urban cities is fast-paced.

Therefore

, they don’t want to indulge in learning DIY (Do it yourself) skills.

Secondly

, the major factor for the decrease in the trend

is somewhat contributed

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has somewhat contributed

is somewhat contributing

somewhat contributes

to the fact, that it was quite difficult to find manual

labor

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

labour

. Currently, professional and inexpensive

labor

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

labour

is easily found.

Additionally

, it

also

requires a lot of effort, energy and

time

to learn a new ability. In spite of, spending

time

to efficiently increase the existing skill, individual would like to spend some quality

time

with their families. To put it eloquently, in

early days

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the early days

, females used to sew their own clothes. But

this

positive trend began to sharply reduce when branded clothes arose in the markets and shopping malls.

As a result

, people started buying from markets as it was affordable and was not a hassle for millennial.

Lastly

, in my country, Pakistan, there is a gradual

decline but

Accept comma addition

decline, but

a handful of people still possess these skills.

For instance

, my grandparents knew to plough, stitch their clothes and even knew plumbing.

In contrast

, I only know a little about plumbing.

Hence

, these skills are vanishing as me and my parents had not intended to learn them. To conclude, human beings possessed

plethora

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a plethora

of traditional skills.

In addition

, people don’t get much

time

or they want to establish a healthier lifestyle with a single career.

However

, in my opinion, we should learn multiple/ different/ more skills so that we are not dependent on others.