Isn't it odd that we take for granted that the time required to obtain a functional entry-level education *in every field* — from comparative literature to statistics to agricultural science — is four years?
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Doing my own research project for the last few months — at many points *lazily* & w/ many distractions & side pursuits —has convinced me that there are a tremendous number of things you can become a formidable expert on in 6-18 months w/ a stack of books + smart, curious friends
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I often feel guilty for the paltry "work" I've done on a given day, but I'm totally confident in saying that I'm at least an order of magnitude more productive than in college. I'm doing a LOT more reading & thinking. Observing, thinking, musing, integrating thoughtful responses
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Twitter is a good example of a widely under-appreciated & (sadly) squandered cognitive tool — many of my tweets come from little synergistic + serendipitous "click" moments that come w/o warning, & fortunately I have a device + platform to capture them & get real-time feedback!
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In my 6 years of university education I never stayed awake until 4 am researching something. For my blog, quite a lot of times. The power of doing what one really likes!
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Much of the 4 years is probably meta. It's easier to get into the second field than to get into the first one, because you learned the meta-skill 'how to get into a field'
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I feel this exactly not sure what I learned in college mostly how to fail to learn to my own satisfaction and fail classes in despair and then adjust my schedule until I could "learn" enough to regurgitate words in a way resembling intelligence without integrating the material
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