Praise God, the kids are either already back in school or soon to be. We hope our children will learn many new things this school year, but we don’t usually consider our own learning. Who’s to say that learning should stop when you graduate? Maybe we should take a page out of our kids’ books and decide to learn something new as adults.
That may sound crazy to you. After all, many of us are just trying to keep up with the things we must do, and don’t have time for anything we’d like to do.
But making time to learn something is easier than you think and more important than you know.
I am a huge fan of John Maxwell, a bestselling author, speaker and leadership expert. John says two very important things about learning and continuing to grow as a person:
- “Growth is the only guarantee that tomorrow will get better.”
- “Once you’re done with your formal education, you must take complete ownership of the growth process, because nobody else will do it for you.”
So, if your tomorrows aren’t getting better, perhaps it’s because you haven’t taken ownership of your growth. And, one way to grow is to learn something new.
Learning something new after so many years may feel foreign or uncomfortable, and you may not even know what you would like to learn.
Well, if there is anything I can help you with, it is this. I love learning. I recently told my husband that if we were as rich as Donald Trump, I would spend all my money on online courses. Ha!
So here are some ideas of things you might like to learn to get your wheels turning.
- Speak a new language
- Sew, knit, crochet or embroider
- Make jewelry
- Do a new makeup technique
- Decorate your home
- Cook a new recipe
- Organize your closet
- Build a floating shelf
- Paint using watercolors
- Hand lettering
- Write a book
- Take beautiful photographs
- Change a tire
- Create a budget
- Play an instrument
- Travel cheap
- Self defense
- History
Now that you have a couple of ideas of what you’d like to learn, where do you go from here? Thanks to the internet, it is a breeze to learn more about anything you are interested in. But before you start skimming page after page of Google search results, take a look at these sources first:
- Instructables– Great for woodworking, electronics and crafts
- Udemy– Everything from business courses to hobbies
- Lynda– Best for professional courses like web design, photography, business
- The Great Courses- My husband loves these. They are offered through the library and cover a wide range of topics from the Civil War to dog training to paleontology.
- Podcasts- Just go to your podcast app and search for the topic you are interested in.
- Books- Amazon can help you find a book on any topic under the sun.
- YouTube- Use YouTube to find videos that teach you what you want to know step-by-step.
- Pinterest- Pinterest is a great resource to find blog posts about your topic.
- Online influencers you like- Many of your favorite online business owners offer online courses or mastermind groups.
No matter what you decide to learn, make time for it in your busy schedule by doing it little by little. One video, 10 pages of a book, 15 minutes of a podcast—use your small pockets of down time to learn.
Ok, who is taking this challenge and committing to learn something new this school year? Email me or message me on Instagram and let me know.
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