I spent over a full day of my life this past year learning Spanish! About 28.5 hours…
I am not fluent. Not close. What I am is “connected” to those who Speak Spanish in a way that I would not be if I didn’t hear it and read it every day for a few minutes. I am getting the “gist” of tweets by the president of El Salvador and other people I know through Twitter without always having to click translate.
I’m also perhaps at the earliest stage of understanding how certain expressions of courageous conviction like “Seguimos” – We Continue, Persist.
There’s a subtle thing, too. Practicing Spanish also seems to have increased the variety of words I use in English! (At least according to Grammarly).
Anyway, wanted to share.
And remind myself:
When I started Duolingo I had NOTHING I could point to where I was consistent on something ‘not easy’ for me. Over two years later, the part of my identity that used to be ‘Rick can’t be consistent’ has been utterly replaced with 'Rick can absolutely be consistent when he knows why it matters.'
Today will be day 725 of the Morning Mile, too. Duo came first, and for that I am quite grateful!