How to Build a Reading List You Will Actually Finish
Most reading lists are wish lists. Books accumulate faster than they get read, the list grows longer every month, and the whole thing eventually beco…
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How to Journal for Learning and Personal Growth
A learning journal is one of the simplest tools you can add to your self-education practice, and one of the most consistently underused. The idea is …
How to Learn a Musical Instrument as an Adult
Adults who want to learn a musical instrument often believe one of two things: either they should have started as a child and it's too late now, or t…
How to Learn to Draw as an Adult Beginner
Many adults want to learn to draw but talk themselves out of it before they begin. "I'm not a natural." "I didn't take art class." "My kids draw bett…
How to Overcome Perfectionism When Learning New Skills
Perfectionism and learning new skills are a painful combination. Perfectionism tells you that your first attempt should look like your tenth. It make…
How to Stay Motivated to Learn When Progress Feels Invisible
Motivation to keep learning tends to be highest at the start of a new project — a new course, a new language, a new skill — and lowest somewhere in t…
How to Use Spaced Repetition to Remember Anything
You read a chapter. You understand it perfectly. Then, two weeks later, it's gone. If this sounds familiar, the problem isn't your memory — it's your…
Online Learning Fatigue: Signs, Causes and How to Recover
Online learning fatigue is real, it's increasingly common, and it's not a sign that something is wrong with you. If you've enrolled in more online co…
Speed Reading for Adults: Myths and What Actually Works
Speed reading courses promise to triple or quadruple your reading speed with minimal effort. The sales pitch is compelling: imagine absorbing books i…
What Is a Zettelkasten and How to Start One for Self-Learners
If you're a self-learner who takes notes from books, articles, and courses, you've probably hit the same wall at some point: you have hundreds of not…