Suddenly, It’s 2019
When I started thinking about my goals for 2019, I was initially at a loss. I did a lot in 2018 and feel good about it. I don’t necessarily need to do any...
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Hello, 2018
2017 was a very full year. It seemed like I had something going on every weekend, which is not my normal way of living, but it worked out. We have my work-from-...
Reading Harry Potter in Spanish
Canny readers may have noticed a few mentions of Harry Potter on the list of books I read in 2016. Last year, I made it my goal to read the entire Harry Potter ...
2016: The Year Ahead
As is my end-of-year custom, I am looking at whether I met my goals for 2015 and considering goals for 2016. I like to set goals for the year because they seem ...
Icelandic Update, or Is It Really an Update If I Haven’t Told You Before Now?
Here’s the thing: I decided to start learning Icelandic in January of this year. I had every intention of writing about the process. As even a cursory gla...
On Fluency: Spanish, BYU, and All the Words
My first Spanish class in college was during the fall. It was my second year at Brigham Young University (a year which was unexpectedly abbreviated due to havin...