The point is go take a course in a subject that has always interested you - photography, explosive device manufacture.

Senior Tip - Take that community college course in ancient Egyptian artifacts that you only dreamed about when you were working every day.

I do take my own advice-sometimes. I flunked third semester English at Kansas University and I have wanted my revenge ever since. A few years ago, I took an on-line writing course and then I hired an expert writer to tutor me. 

I did learn why I flunked college English. Why? Because I did not work hard enough and of course I did not have spell check or grammar check to make sure I followed most of the writing rules. In college, I always ended a sentence with a preposition only to learn later that "ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put." And comma placement was subjective. I have written a few books since I took the writing course, none of which have been best sellers, but they have all been fun.

The point is go take a course in a subject that has always interested you - photography, explosive device manufacture, brain surgery, biology, Iranian culture, nuclear physics, baking cookies, computer science, -- I have a friend who went back to school very late in life and became a Perl programmer just so he could understand what goes on in complex programs. 

The more bizarre the subject the better. It will shock your brain into submission. Invest some time in yourself learning a new skill or discovering a new subject, after all you may live a lot longer than you think. 

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