What are your learning goals for the rest of 2009, or 2010?
08:50, 16 June 2009
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We live in a world now (and maybe it was really always this way?) where, to stay employable, you must continually grow your skills. You have to always be learning. But even if you didn't have to do it to stay employable, I hope you would still do it: setting goals for yourself, and then achieving those goals, gives you a great sense of personal accomplishment, and helps life become even just a little bit richer every day. And studies have shown that people who constantly learn new skills and engage in new experiences have better health later in life.
My learning goals are a mix of personal and professional goals. I've had small ones, like learning to drive a stick shift (and Dad was right -- once I learned, it's the only kind of car I liked to drive), to large ones, like getting a Master's Degree.
My learning goals that I hope to achieve by the end of the year:
- Taking this free social marketing course via Open University's Open Learn platform.
- Taking this free course from OU as well: Achieving public dialogue (S802_1).
- Taking this free course from Bean Counter's Dave Marshall, called So, you want to learn Bookkeeping!
- Resuming Spanish language studies (I want to take the DELE Nivel Intermedio by November 2010); if anyone has recommendations on a Spanish language school in Mexico that does DELE prep, please contact me.
- Taking an online course or an onsite weekend or week-long course regarding gender and development (I'm more than willing to pay for such, but have not been able to find one).
It's a hefty learning load, I know! I may not get to do them all in 2009. I've tried S802_1 before, and had to abandon it twice when things got busy. But I'm determined to try again. If anyone would like to study with me on any of the above online courses -- we go through the course together and keep each other motivated -- contact me.
A learning goal I'm on track to meet for the summer: to get my motorcycle license and get more comfortable riding a motorcycle.
What are your learning goals for the rest of 2009, or for 2010? Share them here.
