Unintended Consequences of ≈2,000 Finnish Learning Hours
How language learning has ‘spilled over’ into other areas of my life
I’m rapidly closing in on 1,000 documented Finnish learning hours. Before my time-tracking system started, I had an estimated 1,000 additional undocumented learning hours.
The impacts of language learning on your mind are well documented.
But the most beautiful outcomes are always created by the unintended consequences of life.
These triumphs and imperfections make learning a language worth fighting for:
My perseverance ‘muscle’ is back
The waves of time mold your soul, occasionally crashing like a storm breaking on the rocks. In more stable times, these waves gently lap over you like a creaky old wooden boat dock bobbing up and down in the tides.
Do I give in to circumstances and accept the “default conditions” of my life? Or do I fight for a better future?
I often feel like a sandcastle confronting a rising tide. All the systems of the world want me to settle for less in life.
But defying a rising tide activates something ancient within the human spirit. Defying…
