It is too often that we let the years pass in anticipation for the next. It is too often that we group each individual year of our lives into stages: your teens, your twenties, your thirties, and your god-knows-how-oldies. It may be fair to epitomize one's social development into such categories, but one's academic development- that's a crime.
The human brain is not a limitless space in which you can retrieve information encoded years or decades ago without effort. The phrase "Use it, or lose it" applies perfectly here. Neural interconnections made from processing information must be strengthened.
We, as intellectual beings, deserve to treat our brains to more than just 180 days of learning. We deserve to understand life to the fullest. To study life to the fullest. To make the most of our time and to test our brains' capacities.
Let's see how much we can learn in one year.
"But we already learn at school, and this isn't exactly new material that you're covering." Call it what you want, but my purpose is not just to learn, but rather reflect.
Think of this of a public diary regarding my academic interests (with a hint of teenage philosophy).
My New Year's Resolution is to write at least one blog post each day, and by the end of the year, to have expanded my knowledge and understanding of History and Literature.
Let's learn together.
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