The education of a man is never completed until he dies. — Robert E. Lee

My Take – We begin learning while we are still in the womb.  My children knew their mother’s voice in the first day of life, and they learned mine soon thereafter.  We should continue learning until we take our last breath.

The trap I find myself running into is that I gain a skill, practice it to what I consider a good level of competence, then move onto something new to the detriment of the old.   I have to remind myself to continually practice and improve the basics, even while learning more advanced things.  This goes for computers, doing stuff around the house, self-defense, shooting, or whatever.  Life is supposed to be a continual learning experience, and just when I think I’ve got a handle on just about everything I need, something new, difficult, and fascinating pops up.  I’ll know that I’m at the very tail end of life when I lose interest in learning.  So long as my mind wants new things to chew on, I will never truly be old.