Thing 2

Of the 7 1/2 habits of successful lifelong learners,  I have always found it easiest to take responsibility for my own learning, whether it be fulfilling requirements for graduate degrees, adapting to the ever changing curriculum goals and technology tools, or meeting the certification standards of various states.  The individual is definitely the responsible party for these endeavors. 

The habit that comes hardest is to play.  It is probably a problem of semantics, where I equate "playing" with "wasting time."   If I readjust my definition of "play" to something like "down time", I have several activities which I pursue in my "down time" and some of them are listed in my profile.