Ok, does anyone else remember Thing 1 and Thing 2 from the Dr. Seuss books? The Cat in the Hat, I believe? Creepy little things with a mop of red hair and red and white striped union suits? I'm really going to have to move beyond that association, leaving childhood fears and fodder for nightmares behind...
On to the posting - lifelong learning. This,my friends, is not hard for me: interest and enthusiasm are definite strengths. There is always something more I want to learn about language and linguistics, literature, writing, religion and Christianity, cooking, running, health and wellness.
The tension between having a solid foundation of knowledge in any one of those areas while still staying current keeps me thinking and reading, reading and thinking. Yet this same tension lends itself to my greatest weakness, as well: follow-through and completion of projects. Though I seek this "whole understanding" of whatever I am studying - past, present, and future contexts and applications- I often find myself overwhelmed by the scope of the undertaking, pressed by time constraints, and left with just enough knowledge to be classified as "dangerous."
On to the posting - lifelong learning. This,my friends, is not hard for me: interest and enthusiasm are definite strengths. There is always something more I want to learn about language and linguistics, literature, writing, religion and Christianity, cooking, running, health and wellness.
The tension between having a solid foundation of knowledge in any one of those areas while still staying current keeps me thinking and reading, reading and thinking. Yet this same tension lends itself to my greatest weakness, as well: follow-through and completion of projects. Though I seek this "whole understanding" of whatever I am studying - past, present, and future contexts and applications- I often find myself overwhelmed by the scope of the undertaking, pressed by time constraints, and left with just enough knowledge to be classified as "dangerous."
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