{"id":399,"date":"2025-01-27T12:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daringpursuitscoaching.com\/?p=399"},"modified":"2025-03-12T15:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:42:39","slug":"a-year-of-learning-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daringpursuitscoaching.com\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"A Year of Learning – January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I hate the slogan “New Year, New You.” It might be a new year, but I don’t expect to be a new person just because the calendar has reset. It’s still the same me, with the same achievements, skills, and struggles. Normally, I balance this idea with the idea that I should be slightly better this year than I was last year.

I’ve noticed that over the past few months, I’ve struggled with feeling like I’m not as productive as I should be. When I feel this way at the end of the day, it usually results in me putting on a tv show and half watching it while playing a game on my phone. To be fair, that was a lot of my time between Thanksgiving and Christmas as a means to deal with the overwhelm and exhaustion of the holidays.

I also wondered how much of this is not recognizing some of the things that I naturally do throughout the day. I am constantly Googling topics that are related to things I’m reading or watching. Later, these topics come up in conversation or during our homeschool lessons, but I don’t really know when or how I learned those things. This year, I decided to write down something I learned each day. This may also include just the mention of a documentary, audiobook, or podcast if it includes research or information about a topic. Maybe listing these things will reinforce for me that even learning one thing a day makes me a better person today than I was yesterday, last month, or last year.

(Key Located at the bottom)

January<\/strong>
1\/1 – Lowland streaked Tenrec<\/a> and other strange animals
1\/2 – Frontline Documentary: Plastic Wars
1\/3 – Weird Medical Treatments (Tobacco Enemas)<\/a> (SM)
1\/4 – Diphenhydramine and possible ties to Dementia<\/a> (Con.)
1\/5 – Pizza Hut removed salad bars from restaurants in China after Salad Stacking <\/a> (SM)
1\/6 – German words like “Backpfeifengesicht<\/a>” meaning a face in need of a punch (or a face begging for a slap) (SM)
1\/7 – Difference between direct unionism and traditional union activity (SM)
1\/8 – James Madison’s Health <\/a>(Hamilton)
1\/9 – Split Skirts <\/a>and other fashion (SM)
1\/10 – Kalash People <\/a> (BK – The Moonlit Cage)
1\/11 – Afghani Horse Breed (Kabuli) and an old Afghani sport Buzkashi<\/a> <\/strong>(BK – The Moonlit Cage)
1\/12 – Khaal (Harques in the book) – Facial tattoos among the tribal woman of Afghanistan (BK – The Moonlit Cage)
1\/13 – Parsis Community (BK – The Moonlit Cage)
1\/14 – Netflix documentary about Jerry Springer Show (Fights, Camera, Action) and murder associated with guests from the show<\/a>.
1\/15 – Frontline Documentary: South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning
1\/16 – Stone circle under Lake Michigan and general mysterious events on the lake<\/a>. (SM)
1\/17 – Weird Al’s life story (after watching movie Weird)
1\/18 – Scoliosis and its correlation with ADHD (Con.)
1\/19 – Barreleye Fish<\/a> (which are horrifying) (SO)
1\/20 – “Even the Royals” Podcast: “Catherine the Great Part 1”
1\/21 – “Even the Royals” Podcast: “Catherine the Great Part 2”
1\/22 – “Even the Royals” Podcast: “Catherine the Great Part 3”
1\/23 – Whitney Houston Documentary “Whitney” on Nextflix
1\/24 – Edith Wharton’s life<\/a> after watching The Buccaneers (1995)
1\/25 – Sebaceous filaments and how they’re different from blackheads (SM)
1\/26 – Sociology of Jealousy<\/a> (after seeing it as a listed subject of study under Sociology)
1\/27 – Ostriches do not stick their head in the sand<\/a>, but it’s still a great metaphor (SM)
1\/28 – Heart health: How sleep and stress impact your heart
1\/29 – Organic waste research: microplastics and ways to reduce exposure through soil and water
1\/30 – Hair and DNA extraction (SO)
1\/31 – Impact of Biodiversity on Ecological Sustainability (SO)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspiration Key:
(Con.) – Conversation I had with someone else
(Doc) – Extension of something I saw on a documentary.
(BK) – Something in a book I’m reading inspired me to look more up about it. Followed by title.
(SM) – Social media post or video|
(WK) – Work related
(SO) – This topic related to one of my children’s Science Olympiad events and the topics they are studying. These will often be related to forensic science, glaciers, ecology, cryptography, or engineering.
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