Regardless of your line of profession, we need to learn new skills continuously.

Learning has various costs. Even when you think something is free, there is an invisible cost that we cannot see: time. Unfortunately, time scarcity is often overlooked as a hidden cost of learning.

Let me tell you why your education will always have a cost.

Time is a scarce, non-renewable resource.

We live in an information-rich world; there is plenty of free information.

The hidden cost is the time taken to find and sequence the relevant information. Luckily, plenty of people and services have already done this for us. Even luckier is that people have done reviews of such learning platforms.

Find the best learning resource for your budget by looking up other people's reviews.

Everyone needs their solution.

We are all shaped by different experiences and work in different contexts.

If someone gets something done quickly on their own, it doesn't mean that you can't ask for help. Also, the type of help you need might be very different. People who struggle usually have the most exciting suggestions on what to do.

Everything Takes Time and/or Resources

Everything will take a little bit of work.

If something comes easy, you probably were lucky enough to work on it earlier in your life. If you are struggling with something, now is the time to put in the work. You might not remember the struggle you put in the past, but it's more of the same.

Ultimately, you need to decide what tradeoff you want to make between your time and money.

• Time is a scarce, non-renewable resource.

• Everything takes time.

• Everything costs something - Nothing is free.