People never stop learning, or at least they shouldn’t. If you keep your mind open, you will find new knowledge rushing in like air filling a vacuum.
I was contemplating this phenomenon as the New Year approached. Thinking back over the past year, I tried to identify things I know now that I didn’t know a year ago. I didn’t have to think too hard before a long list began to unfold. I’m going to share a few of these things with you, even though some of this new-found knowledge is so basic I’m embarrassed to reveal that I didn’t learn it until recently. Embarrassing or not, better late than never, so here are a few of the things I learned just last year —