My Soul Still Carries a School Bag

Are you a lifelong learner?

Before anyone asks what I do for a living, I hope they ask me something far more interesting: “Are you a lifelong learner?” My answer arrives before the question is finished—Yes. Without a doubt.

Learning has never felt like homework to me. It feels like opening a window in a room I didn’t know existed.

Books have become my favourite teachers. Some whisper courage, some quietly expose my blind spots, and some simply remind me that everyone is trying to understand life. One day I may be wandering through the clever adventures of Geronimo Stilton, laughing like a child. The next day I’m reflecting on the gentle wisdom of The Alchemist or the practical lessons in Atomic Habits. Every book leaves behind a small souvenir—an idea that quietly changes me.

Learning isn’t always serious, though. My search history probably confuses the internet. One minute it’s “How do octopuses sleep?” The next it’s “Why do onions make us cry?” followed by “Best way to fold fitted bedsheets”… a mystery I still believe belongs in the unsolved cases department.

Someone once said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Those words never grow old because curiosity never does.

I don’t want to know everything. That sounds exhausting. I simply want to end each day knowing one thing I didn’t know yesterday. Tiny lessons have a strange habit of becoming big transformations.

Thought to Ponder

Perhaps the richest people are not those who own the most things, but those who never stop collecting ideas. After all, a curious mind never grows old—it only keeps finding new sunrises.