I said that phrase SO MANY (more like TOO MANY) times when I was living in Chile.
Or, at least, that’s what I told myself because I thought I was getting annoying, but, turns out people didn’t mind answering my questions; and I learned so much by asking all those questions during those 3 months.
Ask all the questions you could possibly ask in a day. It’s the only way you’ll learn and remember anything!
Asking questions will get you so much farther than thinking you know everything ever will!
This post: Una Publicación en Español
Was not just written overnight. It took 3 months of hard work and dedication.
You see, I lived in Chile for 3 months and asked way more than 10 questions per day about the language and culture. And, I did my best to speak Spanish as much as I could, whenever I could. And, one day, a few weeks before I was set to depart, my chilean family told me that my Spanish had improved since they first met me, months ago. And, they told me that I speak well (when I finally have enough courage to say something), which made me happy and proud of myself because it was the moment I realized it was all worth it, and that I definitely wanted to continue learning Spanish. So, I decided to write a short post to show myself how far I came in those 3 months full of questions and doubts (those questions and doubts led to fluency).
At first, I was super afraid of being judge for my accent and my knowledge of the language because whenever I didn’t know something I didn’t feel worthy to speak the language. And, so, for the first few weeks I didn’t say much, I just observed. And, soon after, I decided to start asking people about the things I didn’t know. And, whether or not I got a serious answer, I would inevitably learn something, everyday. So, I did this everyday, for 3 months. And, by the end, I was having conversations in Spanish.
I spoke Spanish.
I heard Spanish.
I saw spanish.
I listened to music in Spanish.
I watched movies in Spanish.
I participated in Spanish conversations.
I lived in a Spanish country; I lived Spanish (Chilean), for 3 months.
Instead of telling myself that I wasn’t worthy of speaking the language or that I would just be made fun of, so I shouldn’t try to learn the language; I told myself to ask at least 1 question per day (that quickly turned into 10). And, before I knew it I was becoming fluent in Spanish.
So, my point in sharing that story was to tell you that, if you ever find yourself in a situation where you feel dumb, and you feel like you’re not worthy of knowing the answer, or you’re scared of not being good enough; just start Asking all the questions and Learn something new everyday!
Thanks for reading! And remember:
You must strive to better yourself everyday because you’ll soon realize that, deep down, you knew the answers all along.
-LiveForAdventure! 🙂
