Learning New Things

I signed up for a class and it is filled with people who are a lot younger than I am.

In real life I look a lot younger than my age, it is how it has been for my entire life. But now that I am surrounded by people who are assuredly younger than me, it is an odd feeling.

It is also odd to be in an environment where I am not the smartest and most proficient. I have experienced this, in college and sporadically with friends or when watching someone work in a field they have mastery in. but this day in and day out constant reminder that I have to actually try, that I have to listen and tune in and pay attention. It is a challenge.

One of my biggest challenges with it, is that I don't know where it will lead. I don't know where I will end up. I want to know with assurance the end of the journey. I am not good at suspense or the knowledge that there is a surprise around the corner. I have been known to read the last chapter or two just to assure myself of the predicted ending.

But maybe that is the fun thing about life, the mystery and the not knowing.