This post takes me back to a day early on in my college career…I was sitting in the office of my theater professor’s office, frustrated with the overwhelming volume of new material I had to learn in my combined course load. “This is too much! I can’t possibly remember all of this! What is the point if I can’t?” My professor simply looked at me and said “You won’t remember every piece of it, but right now you are learning how to learn. Absorbing new content, processing it, keeping what you need for the short-term or long-term (depending on the content) and then doing that over and over again.” Those words stick with me clear as day 25+ years later and l have used them with me son. This post is really a deep dive on that same idea. We overcome confusion by putting forth active effort to learn and flourish! Love it!
Thanks for your comment! I'm glad this post struck such a positive note with you. You and your professor are absolutely right - put forth the effort to learn and flourish!
This makes me think about the people who have nothing to do and the people who always have a million things to do! I’ve always wondered if the perspective of “being interested” is learned or something you are born with. I think I’m going to love your blog!
Thank you for your comment! That's an interesting thought - if being "interested" is inherited or learned. I'm not sure I know the answer. One thing in med school they preach is, that if you find yourself lacking interest in a particular subject, turn to something you DO find interesting (that's related to the subject) and zero in on it. Interest in the rest will follow.
This post takes me back to a day early on in my college career…I was sitting in the office of my theater professor’s office, frustrated with the overwhelming volume of new material I had to learn in my combined course load. “This is too much! I can’t possibly remember all of this! What is the point if I can’t?” My professor simply looked at me and said “You won’t remember every piece of it, but right now you are learning how to learn. Absorbing new content, processing it, keeping what you need for the short-term or long-term (depending on the content) and then doing that over and over again.” Those words stick with me clear as day 25+ years later and l have used them with me son. This post is really a deep dive on that same idea. We overcome confusion by putting forth active effort to learn and flourish! Love it!
Thanks for your comment! I'm glad this post struck such a positive note with you. You and your professor are absolutely right - put forth the effort to learn and flourish!
This makes me think about the people who have nothing to do and the people who always have a million things to do! I’ve always wondered if the perspective of “being interested” is learned or something you are born with. I think I’m going to love your blog!
Thank you for your comment! That's an interesting thought - if being "interested" is inherited or learned. I'm not sure I know the answer. One thing in med school they preach is, that if you find yourself lacking interest in a particular subject, turn to something you DO find interesting (that's related to the subject) and zero in on it. Interest in the rest will follow.
You are FLOURISHING as a med student...and that's NO gobbledygook!!
Hahaha thank you