Articles categorized as Language Learning

[dropcap background=”yes” color=”#333333″]W[/dropcap]e’ve all seen and heard the news about Mexico—on the surface it looks like an insanely dangerous country, ridden with violent drug-related crime—and for the most part, we buy into it. Why? Because humans are fearful creatures, and can be easily manipulated into making (or not making) decisions out of fear. We like to […]

Outlandish Goals

Hiking in Newfoundland. Photo by Laura Hussey of Ash & Vine Photography

Life is amazing. You get only one, and it’s essentially up to you what you want to do with it. There was a moment in late 2012 when I truly realized how profound that statement was, and I began questioning things. Steve Jobs once said, For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and […]

6-month Spanish progress

Well, it’s been just over six months since I began learning Spanish and decided I want to become “fluent” in the language. How have I done, you may wonder — well, given that fluency is a completely relative term, I’d say I’ve roughly achieved my goal. Within six months, I’ve been able to learn well […]