Thoughts about Lifelong Learning

This is not my first time blogging. I started a blog a couple of years ago to try and keep students informed of what was going on in our library. It wasn't that successful due to my inability to keep up with it. Which brings me to the 7 1/2 habits of lifelong learners. I think that the easiest habit for me is #7 - Teach/Mentor Others. I have experienced in my own life that when I teach something to others, my own skills and knowledge improve. I also seem to learn something new every time I am teaching someone else. It just makes me realize that there is always something to learn.

The hardest habit for me would have to be #4 - Have Confidence in Yourself as a Competent, Effective Learner. I have to say that in the past I have been really hard on myself. I also question my ability to accomplish tasks. I am always second guessing myself and it seems that other people have more confidence in me than I do. I am working on this and learning how to be confident. I have found out that you can't get very far in life without confidence.

My big obstacle for this course and for anything that I do job related is going to be time. However I have already made myself a promise to carve out some time during the day. I may just have to shut my office door - like I have done now. Ah, the quiet.