I feel my lifetime is not enough to learn all the things that I want to know?

Question

I'm 21 years old. I'm an artist primarily in drawing since I was a little kid. I join different competitions and contests in my elementary and highschool days and I think its one of my inborn talent. But Since I go to college I lose time to draw and improve my skills. Additionally I was an advanced magician and actually thought of making money from my skills and of course its never ending learning and focus. Plus I like to be an advanced English speaker and I want to learn spanish as my 3rd language beside my Tagalog. I was really hooked with photography and find myself that I have a huge potential and I have the talent. Plus I'm learning about Investing and financial matters so I can make money in the market, and of course it takes alot of time to be widely educated and be a wise investor. Currently I'm a Nursing student and of course I need to focus and learn and upgrade my knowledge endlessly. I found life to be extremely exciting to learn all this things but I just got overwhelmed sometimes.

Answer 1

No, your lifetime should NOT be long enough to learn EVERYTHING you want to know. But the things you listed I think could be accomplished. Of course some of the things you may have to do less of in order to give more time to the others. As you learn more you may find that you enjoy some things more than others. You could be a nurse who does art and photography and magic on the side and learning spanish and advanced English could be a hobby and you could learn financing to help yourself with your finances. You may want to make some sort of an estimated timeline for what you would like to do with your life. For example, while your in college and young, it would be a great idea to make some extra money on the side as a magician. And as you grow older you might move from magic to photography... Whatever works for you. Just remember you are still young so maybe you should put your efforts into the things you need to learn while your mind is still sharp, like the languages and the investing stuff. The photography and the drawing could wait a few years while you brush up on the time consuming stuff... Cause you said those were like natural talents so you don't have to spend as much time learning about them. So I hope that helps, Good Luck

Answer 2

You're lucky in that you'll never need to be bored.

I'm 66, and still learning.

Some advice:

Pick one or two fields to know well, and let the rest be amusement.

Lack of focus can do you harm.

You'll never learn it all.

Try to pick that which will be useful.

Answer 3

Of course it isn't! There is more to learn than you could Possibly find the time for.

Try to focus your energy in a few less directions so as not to feel so overwhelmed. Narrow your course of study a little. You can't give your full attention to that many concepts at the same time.

Keep learning, but keep a healthy balance.

Answer 4

This endless pursuit of knowledge you are describing,if you feel you can handle it, can be very rewarding, but it is endlessly futile(you could say it's stupid) to feel that you need to know EVERYTHING (or having a feeling close to that).There is a never ending amount of knowledge, experiences,information etc out there for you--one should feel happy everytime they learn something new and start afresh for the next, without having senseless ambitions.

One should concentrate on fewer fields instead,excelling in those.

Answer 5

Hey hang in there!  I understand:  I'm a 40+ mom who went back to school in my mid-30's to finish up my degree. Got into teaching, now working on my master's all the while raising two kids and remaining a loving wife.  I keep a non-fiction book in both bathrooms and a novel going for relaxation at night.  I try to attend my students' sports activities, my own kids' and I go to school several nights a week; plus a bible study two nights a month.  When people ask me how I do it, I tell them "one day at a time". Ten years ago I could never, would never, have imagined that I could do all I do and still have time for myself.  You just have to leave some pockets of time in there to let yourself get almost bored.  I used to think something was wrong with me because everyone I knew said, "I don't have time for___" (fill in the blank).  Well, I am the busiest person I know, bar none, and I have time to do what I want to do.  It is when other people start controlling your time that you will feel bad about it.  You are a smart person, you will be reading and learning something the rest of your life; you are just choosing to learn nursing, art, and finance; whereas many people choose to spend their time on American Idol, The Hills, NASCAR, partying, whatever.  Most of the time, it's not my learning that stresses me out, it's other people trying to use my time in ways that I don't want to.