It was exactly the break we needed AND I got to try out my 140-day streak Italiano I’ve been learning on Duolingo. The weekend before that I spent three days in Birmingham catching up with my gamer pals some of whom I only ever see once a year (but chat to on mic at least ...
Instead of pitching the idea with biologists, Lamarck would’ve definitely performed better with a crowd of philosophers or anthropologists; studying a different side: an arguably more important side of human evolution, social evolution. Darwin’s theory of evolution certainly does not tell the whole...
Something old: Well, not that old, but never you mind. Kate runs a very fun‘Scribble Challenge’on her blog. This weekly writing prompt encourages you to hush your inner critic because you’re on a time crunch – you only have 15 minutes. Let your creativity wander in whatever wacky an...
Make it Obvious: Duolingo is one of only about 4 apps on my phone that I allow to notify me. It pops up periodically throughout the day to remind me if I haven’t done a lesson yet. Another habit I want to make sure I achieve is to take my vitamin supplements. So I keep them ...
He’s also been a highly successful angel investor, with well-timed rounds in Uber, Twitter, Alibaba, Shopify, Duolingo, and Facebook, among many others. In person, he appears precisely as his fans would expect him to: fit, rested, ready to banter, caffeinated, and thoughtful. In a ...
1500 Day Duolingo Streak!! Posted on December 4, 2024 by lifewithlilred Standard Howdy!!! As most of you know, I thrive on having a strict routine. It brings me a lot of comfort to know ahead of time what my day is going to look like and I rarely stray far from it outside of...
the weekend with your brother in France before having a ham and cheese sandwich and asking a stranger where the toilets are despite the fact that the ‘WC’ symbol for public toilets is the same as it is in Britain as it is in France, then you go ahead and download that Duolingo, ...
China Harbin’s winter is for the brave ones—the average temperature is 1.8°F- but those who brave the cold will be rewarded with experiencing one of the world’s largest winter festivals. 2021 marks the 37th Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (January-March), when massive...
Learn a new language…Spanish, French, Mandarin or even Irish perhaps?! There are online learning platforms offering free language skills including Babbel, Duolingo, Busuu, Learn a Language. Teach a class. I love to cook and have started using social media as a way of connecting to others wh...
P.S. Besides focusing on writing for the next year, I’ve decided to try to learn German and Italian using the free online program known asDuolingo. This is either a great idea or completely insane (I will be updating you on it, down’t worry). ...