8) When you look at a catalog of courses that you could take in your town or city (or on the internet), which subject really interest you? Add any ideas to your list.

I remember keeping a mailing from https://www.thegreatcourses.com/ somewhere but I’m not sure where it is. So I’ll just answer this by checking out their website and choosing from their top-rated courses for this question.

Understanding Greek and Roman Technology: From Catapult to the Pantheon

Outdoor Fundamentals: Everything You Need to Know to Stay Safe

Elevate Your Everyday Cooking with Curtis Stone

How to Turn Your Passion Into Profit

Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy

Everyday Engineering: Understanding the Marvels of Daily Life

Mastering the Fundamentals of Mathematics

How to Play Chess: Lessons from an International Master

Medical School for Everyone: Grand Rounds Cases

The Everyday Gourmet: Cooking With Vegetables

Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome

Macroeconomics Made Clear

The Everyday Gourmet: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Cooking

Understanding the Brain

Latin 101: Learning a Classical Language

Thinking Like an Economist: A Guide to Rational Decision Making

Discovering Your Roots: An Introduction to Genealogy

Qigong for Better Health and Wellness

I could go on but the common theme is a comprehensive introduction to practical subjects I have not looked into. A better indicator might be the courses that I noted that I skipped over because I have some background in them such as:

The Art of Negotiating the Best Deal

Effective Editing: How to Take Your Writing to the Next Level

Mindfulness for the Workplace – because I feel like I don’t have a problem with this

The Power of Storytelling with Ari Shapiro – but actually, after clicking on this, I might learn something

Law School for Everyone: Corporate Law

The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida – because of the classes I took in college – not that I remember anything much

Reason & Faith: Philosophy in the Middle Ages – just because I don’t want any repeats of things I already know, although it’s not specific to that time period

Cultural Literacy for Religion: Everything the Well-Educated Person Should Know – I definitely know a lot more than the average person on this subject of Christianity