Thing #1 Lifelong Learning

Hello Internet! I'll risk a little vulnerability here by saying this is my first blog.  Before this I had a rather negative opinion of blogging and most internet culture in general.  As a longtime gamer I have seen some of the worst things the internet has to offer. But, with this project I hope to change my view of the blogosphere and make my internet experience more complete. 

The first topic in this project covers lifelong learning.  It includes a list of "7 1/2" habits of lifelong learners and asks us to select two of them: the one tha is the hardest and the one that is the easist for you to do.  The one that is easist for me is "Begin with the end in mind."  I have always been able to visualize my goals for a class or learning activity be it a blacksmithing class or music appreciation.  I know what I want from a learning experience before I partake in it.  The hardest one for me is "Accept responsibility for my own learning."  As much a s I know what I want from something I sometimes fall victim to the instant gratification impulse that so plagues my generation.  This is often a problem for me in my field of history; especially when trying to research a very specific topic independently.  When I go to a class I walk in sit down and my brain says "OK, lay it on me."  Then I go home with my books or research project and my brain says "Wellll, I already spent two hours in class today with this.  How much more do I really need? I'll do it later. Oh look! Skyrim!"  It has put me in a tight spot more than once now and is something I struggle with in a very real sense.  Somehow I trick myself into thinking that I can just hit the books really hard for a few days learn it all, but that is not how I learn.  I have to cultivate my knowledge over a considerable period of time for it to stick in my head.  The reality has started to set in with these past few classes though. So the next attempt should be tempered by experience, right? Fifty times bitten twice shy?

Well that is all the time I have for today.  I'll see you next time here on Constructive Cognition Collection Project with some updates on constructing this blog.

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