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author | Katharina Fey <kookie@spacekookie.de> | 2020-01-01 00:03:29 +0100 |
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committer | Katharina Fey <kookie@spacekookie.de> | 2020-01-01 00:03:29 +0100 |
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diff --git a/content/blog/113_another_decade.md b/content/blog/113_another_decade.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..28b3b3a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/113_another_decade.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +Title: Another decade down the drain +Category: Blog +Tags: /dev/diary +Date: 2019-12-31 + +Today, on the last day of this decade, there's some things I want to +write about. I do this less so for others, and more for myself. +Around this time of year, people usually make new year's resolutions, +which is not quite what this is. Instead, I want to reflect on what +the last ten years have meant for me, and some plans I have for the +next decade. + +I graduated school in 2011, started uni twice, dropped out twice (for +consistency), and found computer science and programming as my +passion. I moved to Berlin, worked many jobs, at a bunch of different +companies and finally, towards the end of this year, made myself +independent as a freelancer. + +Why am I mentioning any of this? Well, I don't think it's really +possible to plan for the future, so I won't try. Instead, I want to +set myself a goal for the next ten years. Something that has nothing +to do with my career, or even a hobby that I hold right now. But let +me back up a bit… + +Over 15 years ago (oof) I did an exchange program, which had me living +in France for six months. During this time I became pretty fluent in +French. Over time, unfortunately I forgot a lot of it again. Then, +over the last few years I started learning a few other languages, +apart from English and German (I consider myself bilingual). I am +conversational in French and Esperanto, and can understand a few words +of Russian. + +So what's my goal for 2030? Easy: I want to learn ten languages well. +This includes becoming fluent in the languages I already know +partially (French, Esperanto, Russian), as well as learning a few new +languages entirly. Some that I am interested in are Arabic, Catalan, +Spanish, Scottish Gaelic and Kurdish. I don't know if it will be this +exact set that I will end up learning, but it's a good starting point. + +Most importantly, I think that a decade is enough time to undertake +this venture. I don't know where I will be in ten years, or what I'll +be doing and neither do I think that it's ever really possible for me +to guess. But whatever my life looks lke, I hope that I'll be +speaking a lot more languages. diff --git a/content/blog/xxx_another_decade.md b/content/blog/xxx_another_decade.md deleted file mode 100644 index cc877d6..0000000 --- a/content/blog/xxx_another_decade.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -Title: Another decade down the drain -Category: Blog -Tags: /dev/diary -Date: 2019-12-31 -Status: Draft - -Today, on the last day of this decade, there's some things I want to -write about. I do this less so for others, and more for myself. Around -this time of year, people usually make new years resolutions, which is -not quite what this is. Instead, I want to reflect on what the last -ten years have meant for me, and some plans I have for the next -decade. - -I graduated school in 2011, started uni twice, dropped out twice (for -consistency), and found computer science and programming as my -passion. I moved to Berlin, worked many jobs, at a bunch of different -companies and finally, towards the end of this year, made myself -independent as a freelancer. - -Why am I mentioning any of this? I don't think it's really possible to -plan for the future, so I won't try. Instead, I want to set myself a -goal for the next ten years. Something that has nothing to do with my -career, or even a hobby that I hold right now. But let me back up a -bit... - -Over 15 years ago (oof) I did an exchange program, which had me living -in France for six months. During this time I became pretty fluent in -French. Over time, unfortunately I forgot a lot of it again. Over the -last few years I started learning a few other languages, apart from -English and German (I consider myself bilingual). I am conversational -in French and Esperanto, and can understand a few words of Russian. - -So what's my goal for 2030? Easy: I want to learn ten languages -well. This includes becoming fluent in the languages I already know -partially (French, Esperanto, Russian), as well as learning a few new -languages entirly. Some that I am interested in are Arabic, Catalan, -Spanish, Scottish Gaelic and Kurdish. I don't know if it will be this -exact set that I will end up learning, but it's a good starting point. - -Most importantly, I think that a decade is enough time to undertake -this venture. I don't know where I will be in ten years, or what I'll -be doing and neither do I think that it's ever really possible for me -to guess. But I hope that I'll be speaking a lot more languages. |