The purpose of learning something new is to open doors for yourself.
Once a new door opens up, it is up to you to walk through and get the most out of the opportunities that lie inside the awaiting room.
If you completed new learning (like a course or a workshop) and then decide not to step inside an open door (not putting the things you learned into action), it’s a choice with repercussions. It probably means you wasted time and money learning things you won’t use.
At first, you might think that by learning, and not stepping through the open door, you’d still be keeping the door open for the future. But that rarely happens.
When you move on from one set of learning to another, without practically using all that you learned, you tend to quickly forget that learning. After a few years, the knowledge you gained has a large likelihood of becoming outdated.
So, when you decide to learn new things, choose those subjects carefully, with a purpose. Know that after you finish the learning, you will have an open door to walk through, where you can put your learning into practice.
New learning is useful only when the knowledge you gained translates into wisdom and intelligence. And that can only happen after practice, after walking through many open doors.
So, if you have chosen to undertake some new learning, stay committed, not only until the learning process ends but also beyond it—up until the moment you put it into practical use and reap the real benefits.