I've often struggled with being too interested in too many things and thus have had trouble committing to mastering anything very well. I've often feared tying myself down to one thing....which is kind of silly because if you can master one thing, you'll have a vocation (hopefully) and then have more time to develop your other interests. Anyways, it's taken me awhile to figure that out and I'm at the point in my life now where I'm going to do what I can.
I will be finishing school hopefully in the next year or so but while I'm at it, there are some other things I would like to work on for personal enrichment and the interesting possibilities that could arise out of them. I think the key with these will be doing a little bit at a time and not biting off more than I can chew.
I will be finishing school hopefully in the next year or so but while I'm at it, there are some other things I would like to work on for personal enrichment and the interesting possibilities that could arise out of them. I think the key with these will be doing a little bit at a time and not biting off more than I can chew.
- For one, I am hoping to start working on my geodesic greenhouse once we get moved into our new place. I would like to buy some pvc pipe and just begin cutting the lengths and shaping the ends. Slowly but surely I want this project to come together. I think on weekends especially I'll be able to cut pipes for a few hours and get it done.
- We have some language CDs lying around the house that I have never finished. Two of them are Pimsleur's strictly audio in Korean and modern Hebrew. The other is an interactive set in Spanish that we got on sale a year or two ago. Now, I'm pretty sure all these are extremely proper versions of the languages and not exactly conversational but I got to thinking that there's no real reason why I shouldn't try and finish these. Even if they're too proper (which a Korean friend told me the Korean phrases were), I figure learning something of these is better than nothing and who knows what it could lead to. So, I figure I can put the audio CD's in my car, since I do enough driving, and once I'm done with those, I can start the Spanish CD's while I'm at home. http://lifehacker.com/5895128/learning-a-second-language-can-give-your-brain-a-boost?tag=mindhacks
- Another thing that bugs me is that we have a lot of books in our house that I've never read. Too many times, I've seen things that looked interesting but never bothered to really read them once I got them home (or friends and family got them for me....same story). Honestly, I think there's a really good "unacredited" education lying dormant in my own house. I have books on history, books on apologetics, science, natural remedies, etc. I really ought to start reading these and try to keep myself from getting anything new and using what we have already. I bet I could learn so much! I bet I could really enrich my knowledge base (and feel less wasteful). But again, I think I'll haev to take this slowly and read things when I have time, one at a time. Right now I have started "Reasoning from the Scriptures with Catholics" by Ron Rhodes. I had better finish that before I start anything else.