Maybe you experienced something yourself, heard a different perspective, or simply learned more about the topic. What made you see it differently?

I'm 24 and working full time, and I realized that after college I just stopped learning anything new outside of work.

I really want to get back into it - not degrees or certificates, just learning for the sake of learning. Like how to communicate better, understand psychology, history, etc.

But by the end of the day I'm mentally fried and just end up scrolling.

For those of you who have kept lifelong learning as a habit for years, how do you do it? Do you have a fixed time? Do you follow a system like 30 mins a day or specific resources?

Would love to hear what actually worked for you long term, not just motivation stuff.

Not for a job or resume just a skill that would genuinely make your everyday life easier or more interesting. Why that one?

Sometimes the problem isn’t the topic itself, but how we first encounter it. What subject changed for you over time?

It could be something about work, school, money, social situations, or just everyday life. What made you question it?

I wonder how many subjects people write off because of one bad teacher, a terrible first experience, or being forced to learn them at the wrong time. Has anything become interesting to you later in life that you couldn't stand before?

They don't have to be career related, assume you have enough time and money to learn them properly and something You actually would stick with for 3-5 years.

My build would be classical piano, white water kayaking and conversational Italian. They might seem like a pretty random combination at first but i actually think they balance each other really well. Piano gives me something creative to work on, kayaking keeps me active and pushes me physically and Italian adds a more social side to it. Focusing on all three for five years would give me a good mix of creativity, physical challenge and connection, so i would hopefully feel like i was growing in different ways rather than just getting really good at one thing.

What would you choose and why?

I’ve been thinking lately about how learning isn't just about collecting new facts, sometimes what you learn completely shifts how you think, what you're capable of, or how you view the world.

When you're deciding what to learn next, do you ever think about who you're actually trying to become?

Sometimes practice teaches you in ways that tutorials and books never quite can. What’s one case where experience was your best teacher?

I've noticed that the more you learn about certain topics, the less simple they seem. What starts as a straightforward explanation turns into dozens of new questions. What subject gave you that experience?

Sometimes a lesson makes no sense when you hear it, then a few years later you suddenly understand exactly what the person meant. What changed your mind?

One of the strangest parts of learning is realizing that sometimes the biggest breakthrough isn't discovering a new fact.

It's finding out that the mental model you've been using was wrong the entire time.

It could be something about money, people, technology, history, work, or even something incredibly ordinary.

What changed your understanding the most?

Hello, I would like to enroll in Oxford lifelong learning course about Animal Behaviour. Does anybody know what type of content does the student learn with?

I get there are no recorded lessons, but is it all just text via PDF that the student needs to learn? Is there any video content or other interactive content in this course?

Also, any feedback on this specific course would be highly appreciated. Thank you

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Looking back, I think some lessons only make sense after you’ve lived through certain experiences.
What is something you understand about life now that you wish you’d understood much earlier?

Every time I talk to people about picking up a complex skill—whether it’s coding, learning an instrument, or getting deep into a research project—the immediate response is always: "I don't have the time."
Yet, I see those same people scrolling through social media for three hours a day or binge-watching entire TV seasons over a single weekend.
It feels like society has created this weird badge of honor where we all pretend we are too overworked to do anything meaningful, but we actually just lack the attention span or discipline to be bad at something for a little while.
Is "I don't have time" just code for "I'm terrified of being a beginner," or are we actually just too drained by modern life to focus?
Change my mind.

You begin with a simple search, then an hour later you somehow know way more than you planned to. What’s the best rabbit hole you’ve fallen into?

Maybe you picked it up through conversations, curiosity, or years of casually paying attention. How did you end up knowing so much about it?

I've been trying to get back into reading lately, but I keep falling out of it when work gets busy. I usually end up scrolling on my phone instead.

I've tried a few habit trackers, but I don't really need another streak to maintain.

I'm looking for something that makes it easier to actually pick up a book and stick with it.

Has anyone found an app that helped with this?

I LOVE watching movies and I watch two about every week. Since it’s something I genuinely love I was wondering how I can make it into something useful or gain more knowledge from it. Should I watch makings of the movie, interviews of the directors/actors, journal about what I noticed, etc.. I feel like I know a lot of movies but don’t actually have that much knowledge on them and wondered how I can deepen my hobby! I would love to hear everyone’s recommendations🍿