Scott Young from PickTheBrain.com recently published an interesting article about setting up a personal university. He gives several thoughtful suggestions for how to start learning on your own. The article may not be for experienced independent learners, but if you’re just starting out it’s worth a look. Here’s a blurb:
“Forming your personal university isn’t just reading a lot of books, just like getting a degree isn’t the result of taking random classes. Taking a more well-thought approach to what you learn in your spare time can give you an edge over the haphazard learner.”
For more suggestions on how to get started with personal learning, take a look at this site’s huge list of ways to explore your self-learning interests. You may also want to take a look at the Introduction to Self Education.
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Maybe its a personality flaw but I have been a self learner all my life and I know many of you have been there too. Exploring in the woods or the field behind my childhood home or mixing different things in the kitchen. As a young adult it showed up in my desire to travel across the country to see new and wonderful places. There is a natural curiosity that lives within each of us. I love to follow that natural curiosity. I hope you will find the pleasure in it as well.