"..we don't need no thought control."
I recently got a message from a rather lovely friend asking me to start blogging again. Isn't that sweet? I've only written a handful of posts and they are mostly pretty trashy. But maybe I should try harder...
Last month saw the inaugural International Day of Happiness. What a lovely idea, but does it really mean anything? One of the things organisers are encouraging people to do it to make a Happiness Day Resolution and choose an action to support and develop their happiness over the coming year. Well for once I was tired of my default critical perspective, decided to throw my lot in with an ideal and ditch my "dark sarcasm*" in favour for the pursuit of happiness. And so I announce to you:
My name is Philly, and I am a learnaholic. (That's right, I have made up a word.)
Basically, I've always been a sponge for knowledge. I am a swot, a geek, a boffin, a nerd. Always have been, always will be. Innit. I remember cheering in primary school when they told us we would be getting homework...I will never forget the looks I got from my fellow students around me... Learning makes me happy, and so I chose to actively pursue this over the course of this year. I looked into options such as a distance learning degree or adult learning classes, but I couldn't really sign up with bankrupting myself of time and money. Which I didn't think would make me very happy. Happily (see what I did there?) I found MOOC, or Massive Open Online Courses, and have currently enrolled on one about Gender in Comic Books - an issue close to my heart in one of my favourite mediums. I'm only in week one at the moment, but hopefully when I'm a bit further in I'll be able to post about some of my thoughts....won't that be fun for you?
So please excuse my very brief, very self-centred post today, but I think I need to dip my toe back into the water before throwing my shoes in. (That's another song reference, but I think I'll save it for a future post)
*Quote from Pink Floyd
