When I was in school I wasn’t interested in studying and I didn’t do well in school. I didn’t really have much interest in anything, except computers and music. It wasn’t until 2009 when I discovered my mind crush Craig Schuftan did I really start reading and wanting to learn. I started Knowledge Lost because I found my passion and I wanted to write what I’d learned while learning. I know I don’t write on that blog as much as I should but I still love it and want to keep it there to write anything that I learn. When I started Literary Exploration (the blog) it was because in my love for learning I found a love of literature and I wanted a place to document my literary journey without overcrowding Knowledge Lost with book rants. The idea was to have Knowledge Lost to be educational and Literary Exploration to be about literature.
I decided at the beginning of the year that while I was having fun being an autodidact, I wanted to learn more and enrolled in university. I’ve never been to a higher learning facility to learn something I was passionate about but I wanted to explore my passion and hopefully one day land a job in a field relevant to it. I decided a Bachelor of Arts would be a good place to start. It will give me a good overview of the topics I’m interested in and also I can get a degree in English Literature.
I’ve discovered that my love for learning and the arts has been growing and I (not so) secretly want to get so many degrees it’s not funny. While I will focus on the English Literature degree, I’m hoping that I’ll be able to take some classes in other discipline to get an idea about what they are like. Now I’m only doing this part time while working full time which is a shame because at my rate the first degree will take me about ten to twelve years. But if I had the time I would want to dive into some of these disciplines as well (not for a full degree but to have some more information about them);
- Art History
- Criminology
- Journalism
- New Media Studies
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Screen Studies
- Sociology
And the list will probably expand. I know my love for literature will increase with my studies but I wanted to also share my passion of learning and the humanities with you as well. I hope to experience a taste in all these subjects and who knows, maybe one day I might get a chance to share about them over at Knowledge Lost.
I would love people to share about their passions and experiences with studying their passion in the comments below.
I’ve been toying with the idea of going back to study, but I’m terrified of paying full fees for a coursework course. If I were to go back, it would probably be for a Masters by research or maybe a PhD, but they’re huge time commitments that I’m not sure I can agree to at the moment (I’m looking to move overseas within the year). Instead, however, I’ve been listening to podcasts and downloading lecture notes etc on topics that interest me–I’m doing a bit of a crash course in literature and philosophy at the moment.
sounds like a lot of fun
Read your post “What made you start studying again?” and your story sounds a lot like mine. Didn’t like studying, didn’t do well in school,so your story is very inspirational. I recently discovered that one of my passions is writing. I haven’t done anything with it educationally yet but I’m thinking of maybe starting my own blog? Don’t know yet…
Blogging is a good way to practice
If education were free I’d be a perennial student, but the fees are ridiculously high and the focus of courses seem to have narrowed in recent years. Most of the subjects I did in my Arts degree have disappeared from my alma mater. Now it’s all about training people for jobs, which is sad. I’d like to do a PhD, but only full-time enrolment is permitted and I can’t make that commitment. Good luck with your studies!