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No matter your level of formal education, from high school G.E.D to University Ph.D., you are always capable of learning more. In fact, continuous education holds numerous benefits in your professional and personal life. You do not need to enroll in college courses to expand your knowledge. Even just sparing a few minutes from your daily routine to devote to knowledge-enhancing activities is a great place to start. 

 

Why Keep Learning? 

No matter the industry of your profession, most any career will require training and learning to upkeep the necessary skills and abilities needed to competently perform a job. Your professional performance will likely be measured on your capabilities to quickly learn and adapt to change within the company, and how well you handle assignments given to you. 

With advancing technology making way into many industries, a company will value a fast learner who can then turn around and be a mentor or teacher to their peers. It is also important for a strong worker to keep their skills and abilities up to date when searching for a new career path. Many skills are transferable between professions but vary in their applications. 

Outside of a career, continuous learning can provide benefits to your personal life as well. Learning keeps your mind sharp and attentive, allowing you to make quick and smart decisions. Just as your body needs to be exercised to remain healthy and functioning at top performance, as does your mind. Exercising your mind helps you to upkeep practical life skills while retaining your memory and other mental proficiencies.

 

How to Keep Learning?

Keeping up with the appropriate level of continuous learning can be done with as little or as much time as you decide to allocate to it. Using more expensive or time-consuming resources, you can opt to take courses on any number of subjects at a local or online university. The courses do not need to be taken in pursuit of a whole degree, rather just to serve as a credit towards exercising your intellect.

Depending on your career, writing is often a lost art outside of work emails or the occasional holiday card. However, practicing your creative writing can bestow a number of benefits. Try writing for an online community blog, dabbling with poetry or short story writing on a creative writing website, or documenting professional notes from mentoring or interview opportunities. Not only will this exercise your mental whit and expand your vocabulary, but writing publicly solicits professional feedback.