Are you on the same time side of YouTube that I am? I’ve been on the side of YouTube, where people are creating their own curricula and teaching themselves how to do things that they want to learn. Here I am over here homeschooling my son with curriculum, and I’m not even thinking about doing it for myself. So why is learning as an adult important?
For years now, I’ve had it stuck in my head that an old dog can’t learn new tricks. I’m not calling myself old because I’m truly not. Your thirties have never been old. What pops into my head when it comes to thinking about being old is being in your seventies, eighties, or ninties. But for some reason, all of my life, in a way, I kind of classified myself in that small group. I don’t see myself as old, but I always thought that I couldn’t be taught new tricks.
It’s crazy how I always thought that, and it’s put me in a bit of a rut when it comes to learning new things. I never pushed myself into learning new things becasue why would I? I couldn’t do it anyway. And yes, to an extent, I have always had this kind of mindset. I’m working on it, and I’m slowly starting to see the importance of learning as an adult is important. So why is learning as an adult important?
Importance of adult learning
There’s a lot of importance of adult learning. There are so many lifelong learning benefits for adults. I’ve been seeing a lot of videos and articles about how the importance of adult learning is helping your brain stay active. Learning new things is, in a way, exercising your brain. We all know that exercising helps our bodies. Well it’s the same thing with learning with our brain.
I also feel like one benefit of lifelong learning for adults is that it gives you a sense of purpose. If you’re learning about things that you really enjoy, then it gives you something to be excited about. Also, the older we get, and when we stop doing things, then our minds will start to decline. But giving our mind something to do and learn will help keep it active and healthy for a longer period of time.
I know if you’re just getting out of college or highschool for that matter, then you’re probably looking at me like I’m nuts. Why would you keep learning when you just got done with school? Part of me would agree with you. I would probably take a little break, so you aren’t getting into any sort of funk because learning has been kind of non stop for you. BUT! I would try eventually finding things to learn about. I say this because now you have the power to learn what you want. It doesn’t have to be boring math anymore (that is, unless you like math).
Learning can actually be fun. It just usually never is because we’re learning things we don’t care about, and sometimes the teachers can be pretty boring.
So, why is learning as an adult important?
Can you learn at any age?
Honestly, I find this question a little silly. Mostly because I’ve been in this sort of mindset before, and I’m not even that old! Learning can be done at each and every single hage. That is, as long as you’re fully capable of doing it. What I mean by this is if you want to learn to crochet, but you have a broken arm, then that’s seriously going to hinder you with learning that. All that I’m saying is that if you want to learn something, you need to make sure that you have the “abilities” capable of doing what needs to be done.
But most importantly, YES YOU CAN LEARN NEW THINGS.
Conclusion on why learning as an adult is important
There are so many perks to learning new things in adulthood. Not only does it work out your mind, but I feel like it also makes you adaptable. Once you realize that you’re able to accomplish new things, then in a way it ultimately makes you happier. Accomplishing things always gives us a little bit of endorphins and makes us more well-rounded.
What are some things you want to learn? if you like this post, then maybe you’ll like these as well. If you need something to write down the things that you want to learn, then you can find it here.