Creating Time for Learning

Creating Time for Learning – It cannot be stated more often and more simply that time is needed to learn. Often individual state that they don’t have any time to learn. Yet, despite the busyness of life there can always be found a few stolen moments to learn something new provided there is it desire. There are a variety of methods to sneak in a few moments to learn something. How about listening to a podcast? There are many different topics.

Here are some other great ideas to find time to learn:

• Listening to a podcast, book or other audio item while going to work. (This can be done whether you drive, walk, bike or ride to work.)
• Carry a book with you.
• Read while waiting to pick up or drop off someone.
• Ponder and reflect during quiet moments.
• Do you watch television daily? Give up one program to read during that time.
• Keep a learning journal.
• Seek out answers to questions that come to your mind. For instance, have you ever really wondered why the sky is blue?
• Download an eBook to your smartphone or tablet.
• Talk to others. While waiting in the doctor’s office or in a line, visit with the person next to you. What do they do for a living and what can you learn from them about it? What about their life experiences which may be different than yours?
• Turn off technology -especially the cellphone and email.
• Pause for a moment and make a list of ways in which learning can be incorporated into an individual’s life despite time constraints. Record these ideas in your learning journal.

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By Tracy Atkinson

Tracy Atkinson, mother of six, lives in the Midwest with her husband and spirited long-haired miniature dachshunds. She is a teacher, having taught elementary school to higher education, holding degrees in elementary education and a master’s in higher education. Her passion is researching, studying and investigating the attributes related to self-directed learners and learning styles. She has published several titles, including MBTI Learning Styles: A Practical Approach, The Art of Learning Journals, Calais: The Annals of the Hidden, Lemosa: The Annals of the Hidden, Book Two, Rachel’s 8 and Securing Your Tent. She is currently working on a non-fiction text exploring the attributes of self-directed learners: The Five Characteristics of Self-directed Learners. Check out her courses on Udemy.