Posts Tagged ‘motivation’
Oct
Oct
You are what you do
This post isn’t just about language learning, but it applies to language learning. The is really a post about everything you do in your life. This is a post about what you are, and what you want to be. It’s about why you’re not there yet, and how you can get there.
Your body is…
Nov
Nov
Walk to the edge, and then step over
This is a post about going too far. It’s about stepping over the line. It’s about pushing your boundaries. This is a post about stepping beyond what you know. It’s about crossing past your comfort zone. And most of all, it’s about choosing to do that willingly.
I just had lunch with a friend, and…
Mar
Mar
Stop trying to control everything and just let go
You may recognize that title as a quote from the movie Fight Club. As movies go, Fight Club… is perhaps over-quoted, but there’s a reason for that: people quote things that make sense. In that movie, the character played by Edward Norton learns exactly how fickle the world can be, and how useless it
Apr
Apr
Just get interested, the rest will come
When I was a kid, I remember how excited my family got around the time of the Super Bowl. If you’re not from the United States, or just are not into football, you might be able to relate to a similar excitement with the World Cup, or the Stanley Cup, or the Olympics, but the…
Apr
Apr
How can you learn when all you do is study?
I recently saw a comment on a friend’s Facebook. He was at a coffee shop and saw an old man seated nearby with a Spanish workbook, a huge Spanish-English dictionary, and one of those giant books of 500 Spanish verbs. He guessed this old man was in his 80s, and he found inspiration in this…
May
May
Good Days Gone Bad
This is a guest post written by Zane the Experimenter. Zane is the author of Life by Experimentation. His blog uses science and self-testing to quantify improving the quality of life, including everything from how to sleep two hours less per night to how to actually save money while traveling.…
It has happened to us
Jun
Jun
Do what you love, don’t worry about perfection
Recently, a friend posted a recording on Facebook of a song she had arranged and sung, along with the text: “I arranged, performed, recorded, and mixed a pretty song. It ain’t perfect, but that’s okay.”
I played the song, and yes, there were mistakes. Exactly as she said, it’s not perfect. But it’s still lovely.…
Dec
Dec
Turkish update
Those of you who have followed this site regularly will have noticed that I haven’t been writing much over the last 5 months. It’s not a grand coincidence that I started a new job 6 months ago.
I will never be one to make the excuse that I don’t have time. My first year on…