Mar 6
Weaving studies into days off.
Surprisingly I went through half of my math video teachings today as I waited for the bus to go back home. I enjoyed great chats, and giving a massage this morning then proceeded to my return home, took a nap upon arrival, abondantly read male feminist bloggers, and proceeded to clearing the pill of dishes on my kitchen counter.
Pleasure has returned in my activities without having had a “real day off” which I interprete as saying in pj’s all day and do no chores, work or studies of any sort. This tells me I’m fully adapting to my new life pace. Just like muscle, the brain gets trained. At first it’s hard, and effortful, but with repition it becomes increasingly easier then comes a point where it’s automatic. Bringing my learning skills to that level of simply doing it without conscious efforts is the golden spot I intend reach.
Spead reding is one key part of increasing the ease of learning. I’ll be practicing this essential skill in the months to come to reach a performance level that will liberate tones of time. For the time being, listening my online math classes at double the speed is the best way to maintain my focus, and preserve maximale energy. An interesting concept shared in the book, “Limitless”, by Jim Kwik, is that we can bore our brain by going to slowly, and rely on repetition to learn. Instead, he suggests spead reading as a remedy to having hard time to stay focused. This paradigm shift is transforming my study approach for the better.
My neurospychologist did mention that an intelligent person with learning is like a race car with a missing tire. Until the problem is address, maximum performance can’t be reached. Having suffered from easy boredom my entire life, finding relief in dropping the perfectionnisme of how I should properly study, and simply sprinting through the material is refreshing. No matter how perfectly I think I studying, making mistakes IS learning. The more I juggle with, play, review, and repurpose the information that comes my way, the better I’ll integrate it. Children are fast learners because they don’t confine their education to specific formats, and processes.
The more organicly we let our minds, and bodies assimilate new stimulues, the faster we can imbrace it. Of course, to learn new ways we must force ourselves into uncomfortable methods. But with the a playful mindset, the journey is hardly painful. Cultivating a child like mind that sekks wonderment is after the Dalaï-lama’s number one advice for happiness.
