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Learning Eternally

When I was graduated from university, people said that the real life has just begun. And the common question always came to me was: where will you work? Why dont you try to get a job at bla bla bla. Even when I was a student, when people asked me what my major is and I replied 'mathematics', they will react like : oh, so you will be a teacher? Or, where's the possible place to work?

Ok people, let me tell you about this. When I went to university, at first I thought the same with you guys. Get my bachelors degree and then go find a job, earn money, and have enough saving for my old-life. But, as the time went by, I found out something. Life is not about getting money, getting house, or anything you guys mentioned. For me, life should be more life-able.

Well actually having money, house, cars or gadget is very life-able. But sometimes, we are too busy doing routines, and get nothing but boredom. Why? Because our mindset defines life as bills to pay, certificates of degree, showing off how success you are or how far you have achieved, getting married, raising kids, giving them the best education, or all about democracy, achievements, corruption, who's the next president, and so on and so on. Ok, it's out of the topic. But what I want to show you is, in our mind, the life-able set as money, money and money.

You go to elementary in order to enter the secondary school. You go to the secondary school in order to enter the high school. You go to the high school in order to enter the university.
You go to the university in order to get your bachelor degree. And then, you can easily get a fine job, and of course, earn money.

Well, it's your right to define your life, but my point is, if you are happy with the life you live, why bother people to do the same? You set your life, and let other set theirs.

That's why when my family and friends asked me about what I'm going to do, I just answer that I want to keep on learning. There are many things I want to know.

When I watch the news about the change rate of IDR and USD, I want to learn Economics. When I watch the news about mysterious sound from the sky, I want to learn Physics. Sometimes I want to learn about Information Technology. Sometimes I want to learn Arabic, Korean, or Japanese. Sometimes I want to learn cooking. This is what they call plinplan-ness, but I call it flexibility.

In fact, as a human, we are never stop learning. We learn every time and everywhere. And for me, as a moslem, I have to learn for the rest of my life. This is a must in Islam to always learn until the day you die.

The most important thing in life to invest in, is not material things, but in your own brain -Desi Anwar-
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