Everyone has something that motivates and drives them. Of course my family is a big motivation for me, like most mothers. But now that my children are older I have more time to pursue some things just for me, and I have found that the biggest thing that propels me is simple curiosity and a desire for knowledge. I enjoy searching for information, learning new things, and challenging myself, even if what I am learning is not something I need to know right now.Last spring I volunteered to help out with the high school chemistry class at my local homeschool co-op. I knew they were without a teacher, and I did take chemistry in college many years ago. It turned out that no one else was volunteered, so I ended up teaching the entire class. I am enjoying relearning the science, planning experiments and working with the kids. I am having so much fun I am researching new chemistry curriculums and ways to make the course better next year. Who knew chemistry was this interesting?
Then a few weeks ago I decided to take an online class to learn to program in Python. The programming class is all about designing a search engine, and while that is fascinating it is not likely I am going to be creating anything to rival Google anytime soon. But I love the intellectual challenge and the fun of making a program do what I want it to do. I also enjoy having a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes on the internet, since I spend so much time online. I don’t really have an extra 6-10 hours a week to spend on this class, but I am doing it anyway, and in fact I recently signed up for a second course which will start when this one ends.
And of course blogging is a constant learning process. There is always more to learn about SEO, coding, doing graphics, plugins, social media and so much more. I have an entire list of things I want to learn how to do, such as designing plugins. One of the things I enjoy most about blogging is the constant variety and the unexpected things you learn.
So learning and knowledge are what motivates and propels me, how about you?
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I also believe in life long learning. I’m currently taking a photography course to learn to take better pictures. There’s so much I don’t know!!
This is awesome! I love to learn and think if you ever stop learning, you just get stagnant! Curiosity is a great motivator for all of us!
I also believe that learning through-out your life is very necessary!
For me curiosity is even more important than knowledge. Curiosity is an engine that drives us to innovation. You cannot know something but you should never be indifferent.