Point #1 is why we shouldn't be at war, why people in power shouldn't be always trying to control the populace, and why there shouldn't be so much poverty
Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight
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#12Have an up-vote for being from Cavan!
Languages should be always acquired wherever possible. On my travels I've picked up Irish, French, Chinese and attempting to learn Nepalese to placate the in-laws for my future wedding speech.
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#13As I've been saying to others regarding startup advice and lessons, it's much more helpful and interesting to read stories. You may think you are extracting out wisdom from your experiences, but really, more often than not, these "life lessons" don't mean much without context. I certainly can't take them for a rule and apply them to my life. It may turn out to be the wrong advice for me and even if it doesn't, I'll a…
This is the only list post I've ever written on my blog, since I was in a reflective mood about a long list of specific things and felt this got my point across clearest. You'll find a lot of stories that expand on and discuss particular parts in greater detail if you follow the links ;)
It's been an amazing experience seeing this go viral (see the counts on the left of the post), but I'll be sticking to my non-list posts for the majority of what I write :)
Also, this isn't advice but what I've learned. I didn't want it to come across as preachy, but actually something I would like to have told myself at age 21 and am thinking aloud.
I hope you enjoy other stories shared on the blog! Here's people's favourite one I've written this year: http://www.fluentin3months.com/speed-dating
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#14Have an up-vote for being from Cavan! Languages should be always acquired wherever possible. On my travels I've picked up Irish, French, Chinese and attempting to learn Nepalese to placate the in-laws for my future wedding speech.
Wa hey! Fellow Cyavan-man? I'll be back for the Fleadh in a month :)
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#15IMHO, different world travellers come up with different life lessons. It all depends on the person's own prejudices. Lessons are not in the world, they're within you. World and societies are just tools to discover our own selves.
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#16Amazing blog, thanks for posting it. Been living in Paris for two weeks now and not really even tried to speak French, my aim by the end of my internship was to become conversationally fluent. Definitely starting this soon: http://www.fluentin3months.com/the-smartest-decision-you-wil...
Another post that you may find more relevant to Paris is my experience in finally learning how to get along with Parisians: http://www.fluentin3months.com/closed-minded/ This is important to keep in mind as it's the only place in the world that my speak-the-language-from-day-one approach needed some tweaking ;) Enjoy the city - my favourite activity there is to stand over the bridge to the Cité and wave at a boat pas…
The concept of closed-mindedness is also heavily cultural; it doesn't always translate or map to local values.
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#17Have an up-vote for being from Cavan! Languages should be always acquired wherever possible. On my travels I've picked up Irish, French, Chinese and attempting to learn Nepalese to placate the in-laws for my future wedding speech.
Wa hey! Fellow Cyavan-man? I'll be back for the Fleadh in a month :)
The aul fellah is from Cavan, being a mongrel with Kerry blood in me I had the misfortune of living in the Faithful county for many a year.
Out in Sydney now.
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#18but what if i ENJOY watching tv? or being on the internet for hours? why is outdoors better by definition?
this fits nicely into the "what white people like" stereotype. go outside! why? maybe i want to read a book and be left alone. maybe i don't like dancing and singing.
how about: do whatever you like, but please, don't preach. we are different.
/white, like travel and outdoors, but love to consume art
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Another post that you may find more relevant to Paris is my experience in finally learning how to get along with Parisians: http://www.fluentin3months.com/closed-minded/ This is important to keep in mind as it's the only place in the world that my speak-the-language-from-day-one approach needed some tweaking ;) Enjoy the city - my favourite activity there is to stand over the bridge to the Cité and wave at a boat pas…
The concept of closed-mindedness is also heavily cultural; it doesn't always translate or map to local values.
As I said in the post, closed-mindedness is something that people have to realise lies within themselves. This post wasn't calling Parisians closed minded.
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#20but what if i ENJOY watching tv? or being on the internet for hours? why is outdoors better by definition? this fits nicely into the "what white people like" stereotype. go outside! why? maybe i want to read a book and be left alone. maybe i don't like dancing and singing. how about: do whatever you like, but please, don't preach. we are different. /white, like travel and outdoors, but love to consume art
If after spending many hours watching TV you feel your life has been enhanced in some way, then by all means keep it up. In my opinion people don't feel this way (I certainly never did and grew up glued to my TV) and would have spent their time better in other activities rather than following hours of reality TV shows etc.
Doing "whatever you like" doesn't necessarily enrich your life. It's just immediate pleasure. Sometimes doing whatever is BEST for you (which you should of course decide) is way more important. If people really sat down and thought about it, a lot of them would realise that, as much as they like it, TV is NOT best for them.