Studying Your Way Towards A Career

� 2007 By Peter Durant
All Rights Reserved. Printed with Permission

When people think of the favorite things they like to do, studying is not one of them. A necessary element to learning anything, some people will always find it easier than others to study properly. Whether it's cramming in data for a math or science test, or learning how to properly conjugate a verb, very few of us enjoy the necessary act of studying. There are many ways to actually learn how to study better and these can be very helpful and make lessons much easier to learn and retain. Retention of learned facts seems to be the biggest problem many of us have with trying to study. Like anything else though, with practice comes success.

If studying isn't a problem for you, then learning a course or starting a career from your home can be a very real possibility for you. Maybe you have some aptitude for taking pictures and people are always commenting on how well you compose your shots. Then an online course in photography could be a natural course of study for you. There is a real sense of flexibility and freedom when learning a course online or in your home. Studying at home means that you can set your own pace and learn as much or as little as you want in your spare time. You can still keep your day job, learn the lessons of your course at home after work and still have time to spend with your family. Not having to worry about that long commute to school and back every day is just one more perk of learning from your home. But maybe photography just isn't for you, or at least isn't enough of an interest for you to take a course on. Thankfully, there are many other courses available for you to take at home or through online learning.

Advertising and marketing courses are always popular choices as they are always interesting and deal very directly with the world around us. Being able to translate lessons that you've learned, into the real world can make for a very exciting course. Because communications are such a large part of any marketing and advertising curriculum, this probably won't be a good choice for you if you've always had trouble remembering how to spell words or have trouble getting your opinions across. All companies, both small and large, need to sell their products in order to succeed in business. They use the methods of marketing to push their products into the world through a staggering variety of media.

If you find yourself thinking about changing the look of a room or suite of rooms by changing the color of the walls or adding wallpaper or other accents, then taking a course in interior decorating may be a very interesting choice. Usually very interactive and always hands-on lessons, the course allows the student a high degree of personal creativity. One of the advantages of having this type of subject as an online course is that you can apply many of the lessons you learn in your own apartment or house as soon as you learn them. This is also a very interesting field of study because of the ever-changing trends in designs that sweep the country. Whenever people want to keep up with the latest trends, they'll always have the need for an interior designer.

There are many varied and interesting courses for you to choose from online and they all offer you the ability to learn from the comfort of your home and at your own pace. There will be fewer distractions (generally) for you when studying in your own home, provided you learn to shut off the television or video games long enough to focus on your lessons. Many online courses also encourage you to set your own pace because it's been proven that if you're not under a lot of stress while being taught, you'll usually end up retaining much more of your lessons. The cost of these online courses is much lower than comparable training offered through community colleges and the lessons are crafted to be as interactive as possible, even though your instructor isn't there with you. But make no mistake, many community colleges also offer their courses as online subjects, simply because there are many rural areas that don't have the necessary facilities in which to teach these courses to its citizens. This is one way that these colleges can offer their courses to these areas.

It's a big step to take but having the power to change your future simply by applying yourself and learning an interesting new skill set will ultimately pay off by allowing you to have a career that's more fulfilling and interesting. Many people apply for and receive student loans to help them out financially at first, but this is something that a great many people need to do as well. The general increase in your salary after graduating to a new career will help you to pay this loan back without much trouble.

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Peter Durant is an artist and writer living in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. For the past four years he has been a professional proofreader and is working on several short stories and screenplays in his spare time. His wife, Renee, recently earned her Bachelor of Business degree, and so he has some experience with career choices and decisions.

A self-taught man for most of his life, Mr. Durant enjoys many aspects of the arts including music, painting, sculpting and carving, and of course, the literary arts. He has only recently tried his hand at writing articles professionally and finds the work both interesting and rewarding.

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