Learning is for Life

I have been thinking about the reality that learning never stops from when we take out first to when we take our last breath.

Even when I just think about language learning, I am amazed at how much I have learned:

1. To use an incredibly complex language to communicate my needs and thoughts. 
2. To formulate questions in such a way that many people have been willing to serve and help me to do a whole range of things like open a bank account, give me  directions when I am lost, and explain a new process or skills at work.  
3. To read people's non-verbal language with a great deal of accuracy. 
4. To prepare for a test or an interview or a meeting. 

When I stop and reflect, I can detail specific ways I learn best.

I have been aware lately that while I learn general ideas just by reading, and I like written instructions as a back-up when I am learning a new skill, what works best for me is hearing someone explain a new skill while demonstrating the process. And to ensure learning, I copy the process along with the 'instructor', or do the new task immediately after.

Today, I willingly spent over an hour listening to, and watching my drawing instructor show how to draw a building.  As he he drew, I drew the drawings below. I stopped the video whenever I needed extra time. This was a rather perfect way for me to learn a new skill.

This is some of what I know my own learning style to be. I believe we all can, with reflection, and perhaps a bit of help, learn to express ways that we each learn well.

Affirmation

I have learned all my life. I know how to learn. My current self is the living proof that I can and do learn.