Life-Long Learning
When should we stop learning? I asked my wife this the other day. I know plenty of people who would say I am too old to be taking university courses in programming and continuously learning. One might ask why are you doing it? Are you trying to get a job? I thought about it for a few hours and now I believe I have my answer.
Learning is good for your brain and memory. I love researching and learning new things. I like computer programming, writing, and researching current events and science. When I was in high school I was too cool to admit I liked learning and during the 1980’s it was not cool to be a nerd.
A nerd was anyone who took science or computers too seriously. Everyone thought the jocks were the cool ones. I became a jock nerd hybrid with my nerd life secret. Now, most of those jocks work for the nerds. Funny how life turns out.
Here are some benefits of learning a new skill: Improved self-confidence, career advances, do it yourself projects(save money), and keeping your brain in shape. Dr. Papp of Harvard University had this to say:
Dr. Papp says we don’t know the exact reasons why mental and social engagement may protect our thinking skills, but we do have some ideas. “Until the mid-1990s, we thought that people were born with however many brain cells they would die with. We now know that the growth of new cells — a…
