Overwhelmed by obsession with learning

[nope]

Some may argue that it's good to always want to learn, but I think my interest goes beyond what's healthy or conducive to productivity. In the past I just borrowed books from the library, and if I couldn't read everything I borrowed by the due date I could either extend the due date, return and borrow again, or sometimes just let it go altogether. Recently, though, I discovered lynda.com through a library program, was hooked, and started watching videos whenever I have free time (I haven't used my Netflix since, and I'm paying a monthly fee for that one). And after a couple weeks, that wasn't enough for me, so I started looking for similar websites and signing up for these free online classes, and before I know it I have 10 classes I'm enrolled in that I can't possibly keep up with while maintaining a full-time job I want to advance in.

How do I make myself stop??

 

[Meg12]

Why stop? Learning is awesome! If the classes get to be too much.... prioritize. Maybe I'm the wrong person to help.... reading and learning are my passions!

 

[tree]

nope
Maybe you will learn how.

Seriously.

Maybe you will come across information/techniques
that can help you. There is some reason why you
find it necessary to overextend yourself.

Do these ideas feel familiar?
I should be thoroughly competent, intelligent, and achieving in all possible respects. I must have control over things. It would be horrible if things
didn't work out the way I want them to go....I must do the right thing,
always.....

 

[biblophile]

I had the same problem, so I developed a sort of syllabus to keep every thing in order, and a time table to prevent my self from becoming over whelmed.

 

[Suzanne]

I think what you have to get to appreciate is to learn and save money lol

An obsession for learning is a wonderful gift. I find that when I am obsessed with something, I need to find out all the information on that.

I am obsessed with reading my bible every day and it has to be before midnight, otherwise I would sense that I had missed a day out.

 

[OkRad]

I went insane on learning because they had me in the stupid class based on math. When they did IQ and discovered I was not stupid, I found lists of Great Books and plowed through. In about 25 years, God only knows how many books I read, all primary source material (some in language).

I went on the You Tube and made vids as I read to keep them in my mind, to remember what I had read. Over the years I have opened and closed them. They were like my own personal diaries.

When they were open I about 100 subscribers! That made me very happy to think I encouraged people to read these books

 

[biblophile]

I went insane on learning because they had me in the stupid class based on math. When they did IQ and discovered I was not stupid, I found lists of Great Books and plowed through. In about 25 years, God only knows how many books I read, all primary source material (some in language).

I went on the You Tube and made vids as I read to keep them in my mind, to remember what I had read. Over the years I have opened and closed them. They were like my own personal diaries.

When they were open I about 100 subscribers! That made me very happy to think I encouraged people to read these books

My math scores were also low and I was sent to special ed, not just for math but all subjects. I was bored out of my mind so I skipped a lot of school and stayed home and read, mostly classic Literature, and history. eventually I received my high school equivalency, I just could not go back to school to be treated like an idiot by the teachers.