While I'm getting (much) older as well, I have found that I'm much more focused when I want to learn something. Unlike when I was 16 and essentially behaving l

While I'm getting (much) older as well, I have found that I'm much more focused when I want to learn something. Unlike when I was 16 and essentially behaving like a sponge, I need to decide that I'm going to learn something, and actively go for it. Once I have turned the switch on, I can learn, and more efficiently than when I was younger since I have some kind of plan/target, and years of experience have taught be when I don't understand/think I know but don't and how to fix it. In other words, I have traded raw natural learning ability for 'I'm slower but more efficient'.