Our neighborhood is on a year-round school calendar and today is my oldest daughter, Ava’s, first day of kindergarten. She’s been looking forward to this day, literally, for four months.
Ava’s been telling us all the things she’s going to learn and do and can barely contain her excitement. She woke up early this morning, ready to make her own lunch.
Ava took two years of preschool and ate it up. She asks for homework constantly and I’m forced to print worksheets from the internet and compile them in a 2″ binder. She worked through 90% of the last 50+ page set a few hours into our last road trip.
Desire to Learn
What I love about Ava is her desire to learn. Studies have shown the majority of college grads haven’t read a single non-fiction book since college. It’s like we get comfortable in life and just stop learning and growing. We stop achieving and switch to just getting by.
I find it odd that many people also hate their jobs. Some even hate their lives. If you’re in that boat, shouldn’t you be doing something about it?
I’m Doing Something About it
Me? I read a book nearly every week. Right now I’m reading Don Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years and can’t put it down. I take classes. I subscribe to magazines. I talk to people and hire coaches. I never stop learning because I know I’d be going backwards.
I want to be like Ava. I want an appetite for new things. I want my life to be as exciting as a movie. I want to star in my own reality TV show. I know that my life won’t be exciting and full of learning unless I do something about it.
Are you doing something about it?
(Photo credit MMMMichelle)
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Remember when imagination and creativity used to involve putting things together with your hands? We used to build castles in the sand, cars out of building blocks, and forts out of blankets and pillow. Now it usually involves a mouse or touch screen.
