Learn to produce not just consume
Learning has always been something easy for me to do and helps to satisfy my curiosity. The last few years have shown me just how much capacity I have for learning as well as something I am now considering the darker side of my learning. Here in the US, we live in a society that is so focused on consumption for so long that it is easy to view this as normal. As I grow and age and learn, I realize that consumption is not terrible or evil, but like so many things, it is just part of the story. In order for me to consume, there has to be someone that has produced.
That is what I am calling the darker side of my learning. I have been a life long consumer of learning and knowledge, but I have not really been a producer. I have not given back. In fact, for many of the things that I have learned, I have even failed to practice those ideas or skills and instead, they sit in the back corner of my mind gathering cobwebs and wanting for attention.
EternalQuerent will be one step in becoming a producer, someone that adds value to the community. The act of sharing some of my learning experiences will help to reinforce the concepts and along the way, if I learn some additional skills like effective writing or blog marketing, then all the better for me.
So, I encourage anyone that finds this little corner of the internet to follow suit. Let your curiosity take you down many weird and wonderful paths. Try to learn something new at least once a week. Above all, don’t treat the things that you learn like some precious metal that needs to be coveted and protected. Share your knowledge with others. Start your own blog, volunteer within your community to share your unique skills, become a mentor.