Golden Girls

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I vaguely remember an episode of the Golden Girls from a couple of decades ago in which one of the Girls (Rose?) was in hospital and the other Girls and the older Mother character were by her side reminiscing. The old lady said she was going to go back to college and finish getting her law degree. It was pointed out to her by one of the girls that she would be ninety-three years old by the time she graduated, but she said that she was going to be ninety-three anyway, with or without a law degree, so she might as well have a law degree.

I've been thinking (the smoke set off the fire alarm ) that there are 168 hours in a week. Take away sleep+ablutions+meals+ whatever, and there are still a lot of hours left. Hours I tend to waste.

I might be unemployed til I'm old enough to retire (in 22 years time), or I might score a job that I find stressful and unfulfilling.

OR I might use as many free hours as possible to skill up. So that's what I'm going to do. I'll learn a language, master mathematics, whatever. And in 22 years time I'll be a very skilled person, which is a different outcome to the life I have been living. And I hope this course of action will lead me more in the direction I wish to go re. employment.

Here's the challenge for anyone who thinks it might help. Work out how many hours in YOUR week (same 24 X 7 as everyone else including Bill Gates). Subtract sleep hours and other necessities. Subtract a little social time and recreation. How many hours left. You HAVE TO do the time anyway, so why not fill it with LEARNING. Tailor a learning programme to coincide with a desired outcome, e.g. employment. Fill the time.

I think that's a great idea and I love the reference to the Golden Girls.
There's another saying that luck is where preparation meets opportunity.
When that opportunity comes along, you will have the perfect preparation.
Good luck

And the good thing is that there is so much learning that would be useful that doesn't need a formalised structure, payment or certification to be useful. Learning a second (third, fourth, etc) language (use library, cd, radio or tv programmes, etc), mathematics, drafting theory, fixing things, anything a friend could teach, voluntary work... so many opportunities. I've heard of folk who sit in on university lectures where there are so many students that the person doesn't stand out. Same with uni libraries.

So many things online. Free courses in anything from computer programing to logic to maths to making rope out of grass to cake decorating. Indeed it would be possible to become a cake decorator on what can be learned from free resources. Someone is always getting married.

And it's all useful for work. Learn sign language or braille. Great on a resume.