With much of the world being shut down since early 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, many people have had to figure out ways to entertain themselves and get on with their everyday lives, while stuck mostly at home.
Fortunately, one of the great things that is facilitated by our modern information technologies in general, and in particular the internet, is remote learning in the form of online courses.
But while it’s one thing to take an online course in a subject that you already have some familiarity with or an active interest in, there’s also a good argument to be made for taking online courses in subjects you’re not so familiar with.
Here are some reasons to take online courses in subjects you’re not familiar with.
Because it can help you to discover new interests and passions
Life is always more interesting, exciting, and engaging when you have a variety of rich interests and passions to pursue or engage with.
Exposing yourself to different subjects via online courses can help to pick up a variety of different interests over time, as you inevitably stumble upon subjects that you would like to investigate further, and others that just resonate with you directly in one way or another.
Whether these online courses lead to you developing new habits and hobbies, or just inspire you to read up on a subject in more detail, the overall effect can be powerful.
Because it might have positive implications for your professional life
If you begin investigating something like a course in coding, for example, because you find the topic interesting but don’t know much about it, there’s a realistic chance that what began as an investigation of Twitter API and other technicalities, ends up developing into a whole new direction for your professional life.
These days, there are more options than ever before in history for individuals to tailor their careers to their own unique circumstances, tastes, interests, and areas of skill and expertise.
With so much choice, however, it can often be very difficult to actually know which direction to head in at any given time.
Taking courses in a variety of different subjects from the comfort of your own home, can really help to give you some more points of reference to steer your personal and professional decisions effectively.
Because it’s a great way of growing and developing your insight into the world
There’s a great, enormous, and endlessly complex and fascinating world out there – and it’s often not very easy to get anything like a relatively clear sense of how different features of the world play out or fit together.
Taking online courses in a variety of different subjects that you are not initially familiar with is one excellent way of expanding your overall sense of insight and perspective across numerous different dimensions.
When all is said and done, the broader the perspective you can take – and the more that perspective can incorporate different things – the more insightful you are likely to be about the world at large.
