Tired Dot Com 😪

It's day 315 of documenting 2025.

50 days to 2026!

Like right now....I'm super tired 😴

We had lectures today from 10am till 4pm!

Can you imagine?

(I think you can)

And the rains fell this evening.

The first rains I saw in the hostel.

The weather actually got kinda cool, and I was able to save up on water because I wasn't so hot that I had to take my bath.

This post will be short.

Let's just get into highlights and then I'll share a few more thoughts.

365 Days With Self-discipline

📌 On the Cost of Education and Ignorance

"If you think education is expensive; try ignorance."

Quote by Ann Landers

One of the worst excuses you can use to rationalize that you can’t educate yourself is to say that you don’t have the money needed to do so.

For one, ignorance is more expensive than education. 

One valuable piece of advice from a book can recoup its price a thousand times or more, while committing one big mistake (that educating yourself might have prevented) can lead to devastating losses.

A person who has never taken the time to learn how to eat healthily; something a $15 book can rectify; can ultimately pay for it with their life, while a person new to fitness may pay for their ignorance with a painful injury...something they could have prevented by watching a few free videos on proper form.

Second, in today’s world, education is available freely to anyone who has

access to the Internet. While a private teacher can help you immensely, you can

also learn a lot (on your own) from free videos, tutorials, articles, and books.

For example, I taught myself how to write (I’ve never taken any formal courses, yet I’m now a bestselling author), how to create and modify websites (I’m not a programmer, yet I can design a professional website, using available

resources), or how to promote my books (even though I don’t have a degree in

marketing).

It’s important to escape the paradigm of “education equals a college degree.” You aren’t educated merely because a piece of a paper says so. 

In fact, it’s often the opposite. 

Many students treat college as an extension of their childhood instead of an opportunity to learn and gain experience. 

Meanwhile, those who skip going to college often gain valuable, real-world experience that they can build upon.

When hiring contractors to help me in my business, I never look at their formal education. All I care about is their reviews, portfolio, and proposal specifying how they can help me. 

It’s what they can specifically do for me that counts, not mere words that may or may not confirm that they’re educated.

If you aren’t sure where to find high-quality education online for free or for a low price, check out Udemy, Coursera, Khan Academy, Stanford Online, Harvard Extension, Open Yale Courses, Codecademy, or simply look for the

topic that interests you on YouTube, Amazon or in the iTunes store.

This is actually self explanatory...

I don't even have a specific takeaway to share from it.

So, let's leave it at that.

Other thoughts to share? A few 🤔

My brother called this evening and later came to my hostel.

Mainly for my bread and butter, but it was still nice to see him.

He's a softie....but he doesn't like to show it. Well, he can't hide from me.

In other news, I also called my dad and we chatted for more than 10 minutes.

My call credit was almost exhausted, but it didn't matter.

It was very nice talking to him.

He actually thinks we don't miss him, me and my brother.

But it's the opposite ☺️

I think that would be all for today's post.

Thanks for reading 🎀

Twas pretty short, I know...

But I'm beginning to realize that university life is more complex than I thought.

I'm still learning how to key into the complexity, and the sooner I learn how to manage my time and energy, the better.

See you in the next post 💜

PS. Don't mind the mix of blue and black text color...I don't know what's wrong with my editor 😒