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When was the last time you learned a new skill?
Most adults hate learning new things. Go on, push yourself a little.
Learning new things is hard for everyone and as adults, we are severely out of practice and avoid new skills like they’re toxic.
I have tried many times to learn how to code. I started writing code when I was about 10 or 11 years old and throughout high school, I continued to study but then switched to a degree in journalism, politics, and philosophy at university.
I stayed in the technology field and have built businesses that require a knowledge of developing and the surrounding skills but I am not a developer by any definition.
If like me, you are in your 30’s then you were probably taught the worst version of learning; you were forced to learn things out of a textbook that you didn’t enjoy and had no interest in. I spent years learning physics and chemistry in high school but knew with absolute certainty that I was never going to be able to apply the formula in my daily life. It was laborious and I scraped through high school science with a 35% pass. I was bored because I hated it.
Throughout your teen years, you are told what to study, how to study it and where it may be applicable. We are not allowed to follow our passions. We are forced to…
