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As you may or may not remember, I posted a Life List a few weeks back, and have decided it is about time I started crossing some things off. One of the items on my list is to learn Polish (my native tongue – well…my parents’!) and at least one other language. I settled on Spanish for a few reasons: 1) It makes sense to me, 2) I like how it sounds, 3) One of my best friends is Spanish, 4) It is widely used, 5) I wouldn’t mind kicking it in Spain for a while! Recently at BMV (my favourite and most deadly used bookstore – aka. the best thing Toronto has to offer), I picked up a Spanish Dictionary. I have decided that while I don’t have enough time to fully dedicate myself to a language right now, I can start simple by learning one word each day (and writing it in my handy dandy little notebook)! Like I said, my close friend is also Spanish and offered to teach me some helpful phrases along the way. For those of you that are more dedicated to learning a language quickly, here are some useful resources:

- Tim Ferris’ blog post on learning any language in 3 months (I admire this guy so much)

- livemocha.com – a website that pairs you up with a person from the opposite speaking language so that you can actually teach each-other…cool!

Good luck! (Or should I say buena suerte!)