First Post- Habits of Life Long Learners!

The seven habits of a life long learner...

Habit 1: Begin with the end in mind
Habit 2: Accept responsibility for your own learning
Habit 3: View problems as challenges
Habit 4: Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner
Habit 5: Create your own learning toolbox
Habit 6: Use technology to your advantage
Habit 7: Teach/mentor others
Habit 7 ½: Play

The first and easiest thing for me to write about is the easiest task in the seven and a half...and that would be goal seven and a half...PLAYING!! I try to have fun with everything I do..whether it be work or school or just my free time. Truly i think this is one of the most important things because if you can't have fun and make a good time of everything that you are doing or you'll struggle through life. Laugh with others, laugh at yourself and most importantly don't take things too seriously....

The thing that i would have the most difficulty achieving has got to be goal number one...I am not very good at doing things with an end result in mind. Sure the larger things in life are planned ahead..like college and career goals...but the day to day things are not done with the end in mind. I take things as they come and prefer not to get too preoccupied with end results...if you look too far to the end i feel you may miss what is going by you. It's like a road trip...your goal is to get to your destination but if you don't stop along the way who knows...you could miss the World's Largegest Yarn Ball!



Dylane!