Thing #2: Life Long Learning

I didn't skip #1 if that is what you were thinking. No, you just don't have to post anything for Thing #1.

For this activity, I watched a presentation about life-long learning, and habits of life-long learners.

The easiest habit for me to implement in my own path is teaching or mentoring others. I love to talk with people, answer their questions, and assist them with their tasks. This is particularly true with food and crafting.

The best part of whenever I'm teaching or just talking about a subject is when someone asks me a question I do not know the answer to. It's such a delight because then we get to look up the answer, and I get to learn more: what a Passion Cake is or how to turn a heel when making socks.

The most difficult habit for me is actually the first one: begin with the end in mind. I tend to think of myself as a lover of learning for the sake of learning. Starting with this mentality, it is hard to know when I'm done learning something.

On my list of things I really enjoy, languages are right up there. I would love to learn to communicate in Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and speak better German (my minor in college). However, I'm not really sure what the end result would be other than "an ability to do so." This leads to not being diligent in my language study and my skills not really improve.

To combat this tendency, I take classes, order workbooks, and make public commitments in order to have some kind of statement of my goals and accountability to achieve them.

Which takes us back to 23 Things... a structure that provides me with set-in schedule and accountability (I want that certificate!) in order to make continued learning a priority for me.