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I am looking for a self-improvement alternative to doom scrolling social media in my downtime. In the past, I have done mostly career oriented courses (tech/computer science), but I'm tired of those, want to branch out. Has anyone taken a MOOC class, not necessarily for any specific objectibe, that was especially good?

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[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Study physics. It never hurts to know some physics.

[-] cr0nic_s0nic@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

i liked the 'introduction to mathmatical thinking' mooc from stanford. its free on coursera

[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 3 points 14 hours ago

Cant recommend meditation enough.

[-] multicolorKnight@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I pursued Zen seriously for a while, I still practice at times, should do it more.

[-] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Programming. It's really fun. Learn the concepts of programming and maybe study CS. Then learn a programming language.

Start with the simple ones then try the "harder" ones. For example I started with Python and I now primarily use Rust for every project, big or small.

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 16 hours ago

Fits like this on my phone

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago

Fits like this on my phone

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Stanford and Harvard both have all sorts of interesting lecture series online! Harvard has stuff like urban design, religious history, art history, the relationship between cooking and physics, biology, Chinese history and much more!

https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free

Haven't taken any with Stanford but here's a link to their catalogue:

https://online.stanford.edu/free-courses

[-] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 4 points 22 hours ago

I’m basically in the same boat as OP but this reminded me that I love learning languages.

Mandarin is a huge challenge but after programming all day, it’s actually incredible the way my brain feels after practicing with a tutor for an hour. Originally I meant to get away from the computer but ended up using an online service.

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Learn "Toki Pona" language, it's the worlds tiniest language with only 120 words.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

What are you passionate about?

[-] multicolorKnight@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Music (but not a very good musician), other cultures and international travel, history.

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Have you thought of trying to pick up another language? Started learning Spanish 4 years ago and now I can go on vacation and have conversations with locals. Also, I'm more interested in their local history because I can read it/listen to it in Spanish and practice the language at the same time.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Hey I'm not a good musician either, maybe we should collaborate! Either way join us at !musicproduction@sh.itjust.works

[-] multicolorKnight@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I did, thanks!

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Sweet, what kind of music do you like or play? Any instrument?

[-] multicolorKnight@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I play keyboards, have a decent electronic piand which doubles as a MIDI controller. I like prog, the nerdier end of techno/electronica/hip-hop, and classical. LCD Soundsystem, Stereolab, King Crimson.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Sounds like we would have some stylistic overlap then. What DAW do you use?

[-] Hackworth@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Have you tried video editing? You can do a lot with a good song and curiosity.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Learn an instrument! An hour of noodling a day will get you to pretty good quite quickly. An hour of real, hard practice, doing etudes, drills, and scales will make you a virtuoso one day.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Oxford Continuing Education has a lot of interesting courses. I did one in Inequality & Labour Markets to give me a taster of what a masters would be like, and if I was able to consistently devote time to studying each week.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

You can download Great Lectures on many high-level topics

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago

Literally anything you find interesting.

Learning begets learning. The more you learn the easier learning becomes.

So start learning things that are interesting... then worry about things tha are "valuable".

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