HAVE FUN WITH IT! Variety can be engaging... Try different things. When you do, you reinforce learning and living. Some of learning comes by doing, some can come by reading, watching or listening. Just be sure to take the time to reflect on the experience and draw your own conclusions.
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Physically visit your library or bookstore. Enrich your life. Expand your horizons. Read, learn and test the waters. Getting the benefit of others' experiences can add confidence and assuredness and when the author(s) share challenges, they can offer insight and preparation as well. Just make it a point to enjoy the process. Dr. Nel Noddings wrote in, HAPPINESS AND EDUCATION, 2004,
"The best homes and schools are happy places. The adults in them recognize that the highest aim of education - and life - is happiness... Happy children growing in their understanding of what happiness is, seize their educational opportunities with delight, and they will contribute to the happiness of others."
I found this quote in a sometimes controversial yet compelling collection of essays and poems from a book called THE LOVE OF THE FIFTH PARADIGM, 2010. Reserving your right and privilege of reflection, introspection and interpretation is usually a wise decision.
To be sure there are many ways to learn and entertain. Video games, books, audios and videos/movies and sports and social activities and even work offer unique and shared benefits. HAVE FUN WITH IT ALL! Poise yourself for better living by finding ways to enjoy yourself as you learn. Put a little bit of your style in your learning. If you like interacting with people, form study groups. If you are visual, add videos to your learning. If you are a hands on person, include activities that teach, to your reading. Need to find strategies for doing this? Check out your local library or bookstore... and Youtube... Do you even have a library card? No problem, you don't need one to visit and a card is usually easy to obtain.
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