Hello out there!

Welcome to learnling!

My name is Jon, I'm an information management consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area, but I've also just started a Masters program in Industrial/Organizational and Counseling Psychology. I'm trying to gradually switch the focus of my career from information systems to people and organizations. As I do, I plan to write about the experience; exploring themes of personal renewal and reinvention, mid-life career change, and life long learning.

"Learnling" is a not-quite-made-up word; a half-translation of the German "Lehrling," which means "apprentice." A learnling, basically, is someone who learns; someone who is willing to be a beginner, and to be comfortable with not always knowing all the answers. Learnling the blog will document my effort to cultivate and maintain this state of mind, and, I hope, provide a place for like-minded people to share their experiences as well.