Lifelong Learning

Lifelong Learning

As we get older, our organic opportunities for learning new skills can be less available - but the documented benefits of learning on your brain health are significant, and so worth the effort.

Let these journaling prompts help you think about what new topic, skill or practice gets you excited and how it could fit into your current lifestyle.

  • Think Back.  We can have skills and interests, but they are not always the same things! But when your talent and passion do intersect, sparks really fly!  What were you good at (school, clubs, sports, etc.), and what did you love doing?  Can you bring them back into your adult life?
  • Where do you feel the flow?  Being in flow means when you are doing something and time seems to fly by because you are in the ‘zone’. What activities give you this feeling today and is there room in your week to do more of it?
  • Where does your curiosity lead?  Forget what you’re ‘supposed’ to be doing, where do you find yourself going online, on social media or in the magazine racks at the store?
  • Dream beyond the barriers.  We all face constraints that can make us feel like pursuing our interests is a challenge. Ask yourself powerful questions that eliminate circumstantial interference. “If I could start all over, I’d go (back) to school for…” or “If I had all the time/money in the world and no fear, I’d learn to…”
  • How do you value learning?  If you could learn (or further grow) the skill or knowledge you’d like - how would that feel?  What would this mean to you and the impact it would have on your life? What are some very small ways you can start to explore what learning this skill entails?
  • Small moments can hold big lessons.  Think back to a seemingly small incident or encounter that in that moment, was a big lesson for you, and you’ve never forgotten. What was the lesson and why did it have such a huge impact on you at that time?
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