Discussion 5 blog

At age 55, there are some challenges of being a learner at this age. The main challenges are having enough time and having a desire to study after a day’s work in the job and allocating time for the family. In addition, other work-related activities and social and family commitments consume the time allocated for learning. The age-related challenges include the length of time I can study without breaks. I take at least two breaks per hour and limit the maximum continuous study time for 4 hours.
The joy of being a learner at this age comes from learning new things and staying current with technology. For example, I have never used a blogger until today and it made me happy to have learned it and added another skill into my abilities. Also, I am thrilled about the progress that I made in writing scholarly papers and in the discussion board. Learning also gives me some measure of my mental capacity compared to earlier stages in my life and I feel good that I am able to process knowledge as good as I did ten years ago.

My advice for anyone at my age is to enroll into a learning program that gives them opportunity to learn and develop a skill that they always wanted to gain. After completing high school, I enrolled into Kufu Karate class and surprisingly there was a man at his sixties in the class with us. He continued for months and developed the same skills like the rest of the younger members. There was no dull moment for him and he was very happy.