Keep on Learning

My biggest issue with graduating college and going to work full time is that I don't feel challenged the daily activities required by my job. I feel that I could have performed my necessary duties as a human resources assistant as a high school student. Perhaps I'm giving my young, former self too much credit, but I can't help but truly believe it.

There is no time to learn anything not related to my company, our employees, human resources or recruiting. I am proud to say, though, that I try to keep up with my mind in the evenings. It doesn't always happen (darn, time goes by so quickly), but I sure give an effort. My newest adventure? I'm teaching myself Hungarian. I've wanted to learn it since I read about its various noun tenses in Bite the Wax Tadpole. So, you can imagine my raw excitement when I stumbled upon a "teach yourself Hungarian" book on the Barnes and Noble shelf this weekend - I knew it had to be fate. I figure, if I can be trusted to teach children to perform better in school than I did, in subjects that I have not studied in 5+ years and don't remember, well then I can certainly teach myself a language I know nothing about.

Tonight was my first lesson: pronunciation of the alphabet. This language has 14 vowels and about half dozen consonants that are 2-3 characters in length. It may be too soon to tell, but I'm pretty positive I'm in love already. I just wanted to share my most recent exciting escapade in learning. I'll keep you posted. Until later, happy learning:)

K