I am the kind of person that goes on wikipedia binges for entertainment so that is usually what I do when I'm curious about a subject. But I want to speak french. I can speak a bit of it and I do it on duolingo when I get the urge but I would really like to speak french fluently. I would like to draw/paint better. I like doing it but I don't do it enough or practice it these days. I would like to go a creative writing course. I really, really like writing and I am quite good at it. (I had a wonderful high school teacher in Swedish who really encouraged me. She made the 12 year olds write crime novels every year.) I don't do creative writing in school anymore because IB does literary analys which is super fun but also not creative writing. I'd like to learn to play piano. I can play a bit and so, but I'd like to learn to play it properly and well. I'd like to learn to sing properly. I like singing and learning theory and to read notes feels like it would be hugely rewarding.
Those are mutually exclusive, unless you aim for speaking French after you're ninety. The truth is, either you get the work done, or it isn't getting any doner. The best way to go is immersion. Move to France; if not possible, find as many French books, newspapers, podcasts and songs as you can lay hands on and start reading and listening (just to get some grasp on verbal syntax - your subconscious will do it for you for now, just read and listen), find people who speak French and would like to learn Swedish (there are some resources online for that: /r/languageexchange on Reddit and GoVoluble) and speak French with them everyday, no matter how broken it is and how stupid it feels. In a year or two, if university programs are any indication, you'd be able to communicate more or less freely.and I do it on duolingo when I get the urge but I would really like to speak french fluently.
I realize that I was kinda rude, I'll try again - I don't mind having to wait until 90. It'll give me something to do to to keep my mind alert.
I don't care that much if I'm honest. Knowing a few french words is enough for me.
I will propose that we start doing this. Thanks for the inspiration.I would like to draw/paint better. I like doing it but I don't do it enough or practice it these days.
me too. I think so much if it depends on having the materials available and set up. I think it would be fun to paint with my wife. She's a pretty good artist and doesn't do it enough.
Yeah, I'm going in a shopping binge at an artstore with my birthday money/students allowance/salary from the daycare center. I've already done the "hair stuff" shopping binge. I've now actually got a proper comb.