Maximize your learning motivation by connecting your hobbies, interests, and passion projects

Do you find it difficult to pursue every interest and hobby? As a working adult with a family, I know how hard this is...at times it seems impossible, but I prioritize in order: family, work, then hobbies - and try to maintain the difficult balance with this. I have so many interests that I have to sideline several and laser focus into the ones I can maximize on while still retaining a sense of 'self'. I would like to highlight this and explain some background on how I started my hobbies and passion projects along with how I started putting the pieces of the puzzles together. In this video, I'm not singing, practicing karate, talking rock music, or doing language learning...but talking about why I'm so passionate about these things and how they actually make me WANT learn. Where I draw inspiration from and how I use this to get over the Learning Plateau that we all fall victim to.

Your interests may be very different from mine, but the method can be the same. For those who know me personally, they know my interests are all over the place and "SEEMINGLY UNRELATED"...but I've found ways to connect them together so I can do the proverbial "kill two birds with one stone" versus the other proverbial "If you chase two hares, then you will catch neither". You may do some of this already without realizing it, but once awareness is there - you can start thinking of ways to become more efficient in these topics. Of course, not everything can be done in this manner, but if you come up with a way to do it, please share in the comments section below. I'm always interested in sharing ideas.

Disclaimer - when I refer to things in the martial arts, music, fitness world are based off of my own experiences and may be different from your experience or knowledge base. Also, I would like to share links to two documentaries of people who personally inspired me to begin kobudo (I am interested in so many marital arts, but cannot pursue them all) - first in Karate and Kobudo is Kyoshi Stolsmark of Waukesha, WI, Auradon Sensei (my awesome teacher) and Hidetada Ishiki of Nanjo, Okinawa. Finally, I would say that the two people that really got me interested in singing (for fun) is ‪@SebastianBachOfficial‬ originally of Skid Row, and ‪@BruceDickinsonYT‬ of Iron Maiden. There are many other martial artists and musicians that have inspired me, but they're at the top. I'll give links to my favorite vocal examples as well.

I think by watching both documentaries by Chris Wilson, you can see the passion and warmth of personality in both individuals!
Kobudo:
Ishiki Hidetada
   • SENSEI: Masters of Okinawan Karate Se...  

Karate/Kobudo
Neil Stolsmark
   • Sensei: Masters of Okinawan Karate - ...  

Rock Vocals:
Quicksand Jesus - Sebastian Bach Vocals
   • Skid Row - Quicksand Jesus (Official ...  

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Hallowed by thy Name - Bruce Dickenson Vocals
   • Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (l...