I started drawing in 6th grade to impress a boy I had a crush on because he said he liked "artsy girls." We dated for a bit and have long since broken up, but I ended up falling in love with art because of it, and have been drawing since!
It really depends on the project, but I tend to primarily use one of the following:
As for programs, I'm constantly testing out new ones, but my go-tos are:
I know I tend to start a LOT of new projects, but I promise you, even if it seems like I'm not focusing on it as much anymore, I'm probably still working on it in the background. I usually announce when I will be discontinuing a project (which is rare).