Back in my student days, this was not a compliment. It implied that you were a dilettante, that you’d overstayed your welcome and should stop sponging off your parents. Today there’s a recognized psychological condition known as Eternal Student Syndrome.  That’s bad, right?  And yet, surely, it’s a wonderful thing to continue learning, forever. This is part of what I like so much about my profession: I am continually cajoled into learning things I wasn’t even remotely interested in to begin with. It’s what I tell students or others interested in interpreting as a profession:  you need to have a healthy sense of curiosity!

And surely in our personal life, there’s always room for growth. And opportunities to overcome old anchored fears and assumptions. Here are a few of the things I have been ‘studying’ of late, both formally and informally, some intensely, some more sporadically, some joyfully, some trepidatiously:

Tai Chi, Computer Stuff, Watercolor Painting, Language Enhancement, More Computer Stuff, World War II Research, Meditation (much needed after the foregoing, and before the next one), International Tax Treaties. And by the time you read this, there will, surely be further curiosities to explore.