Learn Something New
Hi Everyone!
Today, I am sharing with you one of my favorite self-care activities: learning something new. Learning new things can help propel you forward in many aspects of your life. According to LinkedIn, “Just like food nourishes our bodies, information and continued learning nourishes our minds.”
So why should we continue to learn new things?
It will help us remain relevant. Have you ever gotten on Instagram and they have changed something up and you can’t figure out how to use it again? I know I have. Learning how to use that feature keeps you relevant for Instagram. I know that seems like a weird example but that can go for many aspects of our lives. We need to keep up with the changes to stay relevant.
It can boost our resume. Learning something new can make us more valuable. If I learned how to use a new computer program or language, I could become more valuable to the company I work for. It will also give me more confidence applying for and being interviewed for a new job.
How can we learn new things?
There are multiple ways to learn new things each day. They don’t have to be extreme like learning a new language, it could be as simple as learning what a word you don’t know means. Next time you are reading something and don’t know what a word means, look it up. When you don’t know about a topic that comes up in conversation, google it or ask questions until you understand it better.
Read everyday. You can read motivational books, fiction books, educational books, etc. You will learn regardless of what it is you are reading.
Listen to podcasts. There are so many beneficial podcasts out there. I listen to about five different podcasts each week and I learn something new every podcast I listen to.
Take an online course. Find something that interests you and take an online course about it. This is actually how I learned to create my blog. I took a course on it. I would have never been able to figure out all the ins and outs without taking the course.
I know this pandemic has created challenges for all of us to overcome. I have decided to use my extra time I have on learning new things to improve myself. I hope that I can help to inspire you to do the same. Please let me know what you think of this post in the comments below. If you love my posts, please subscribe so that I can continue to do them. I would like to leave you with a quote by Albert Einstein, “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and only cease at death.”
