A documentation of my journey to improve my life
Tag: culture
I came to the realization recently that my whole world has basically started and stopped in my own backyard. I grew up here in Canada, I have mostly Canadian friends and everything I know about my life has basically been developed through the lens of North American pop culture (thank you Simpsons, John Hughes, and Alt Rock music). This may seem fine and pretty normal for our culture but when you realize that Canada and the United States collectively only...
Learning a new language can be one of the greatest things you accomplish in your life. It’s rewarding, insightful and inspiring, but if it isn’t done correctly, it can also be one of the most intense, overwhelming and frustrating challenges you’ll ever undertake. As I continue my challenge to learn Chinese in a month, here is Part 2 of my… 10 tips to learning a language in 30 days. Practice Practice Practice If you want to be great at anything, you...
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” Ludwig Wittgenstein Like most of us, I was given the opportunity to learn a new language as one of my chosen electives back in high school. Having just been forced to suffer through basic french all through middle school and not really enjoying the process I quickly dismissed the idea of tackling a new more challenging language. I had no connection to Mandarin, Cantonese, or Spanish; to me, they seemed...
