hola amigos

this last week was a little bit different from the previous focus of learning to program.

i set myself the goal of becoming fluent in spanish within 7 days… it was gnarly.

this is week 30 of the unicorn founder and i am on my way to head over to san francisco soon.

today’s menu:
→ spanish in 7 days
→ san fran
→ plans going forward

SPANISH IN 7 DAYS

on monday morning last week i made the decision to go all in on learning spanish because on the 15th of dec i will be flying out to guatemalaaaa… oh yeah.

first time hitting up the americas, gonna be interesting.

i have learnt several languages in my very very long life so far… and it was time to push the limits of what is possible.

today is my seventh day of learning, the final stand to see how much i can finish these 7 days with.

how i have been learning:

→ smash duolingo for 2 hours
→ spend 30 minutes recalling everything by writing it all out on paper
→ coffee + pushups + pullups (great for the brain)
→ rinse and repeat minimum 4x per day.

simple right?

yep.

i also added in going for walks with a podcast on, listening to spanish music in the gym, and speaking to random strangers and waiters in spanish (that was the most fun by far)

how fluent do i think i am?

not too far off.

i have vocabulary for pretty much most things in our lives:
→ transportation
→ interests
→ schedules/routines
→ work
→ at home
→ family

the main thing i need to hit now is just learning how to speak in the past tense and the future tense.

then, we’re in a pretty good spot to speak A LOT with people and in that process, the speed of learning just becomes incredibly exponential.

SAN FRAN

alright alright, silicon valley has been calling me since the beginning of 2023, and now it’s time to answer her call.

jan 5th i’m gonna bounce outta guatemala and hit the bay area.

keen is an understatement.

over the last year and a bit i have been slowlyyyy building some solid relationships with people there + people who bounce in and out of the bay area.

→ priming myself to be in the best position to arrive in a place that moves at a thousand miles per second every day.

really keen to keep you all updated on the successes, the struggles, the good, the bad, and everything between those two extremes of being there on the ground.

fun shtuff.

PLANS GOING FORWARD

alright, so ideal scenario is to become fluent in spanish in 7 weeks → that is the urgency

but, i didn’t tell you this, i have an additional week to continue smashing through the spanish.

the one week goal is for me what i go after, but experience has taught me that (and this has literally happened every single time) when i set a goal, it takes 2x the time i set to achieve it.

→ i wanted to complete a 4-year degree in 1 month, took me 2 months (i know, so long)
→ i wanted to build my startup’s website in 3 days, it took me 6 days.
→ i wanted to make the first $1k revenue in the startup in 1 week, it took 2 weeks.

and so forth, this has been the pattern...

haha, but in any case, i am using it as a good measure for keeping my ambition “in check”

whatever that means 🤷‍♂️

so, to pull things back into an understandable format:

content creation

honestly, i love love love making content.

gives me a really good excuse to just yap away — something i can do on command hahaha.

really looking into creating more youtube long form content, seem to be getting some good traction with the language learning

and just in general, i love documenting my life. it’s so much fun. even if nobody watches.

🕺 alrightyyyy, that’s that, sorry for being one day late, but we’re still here oh yes.

check out LinkedIn, X, IG, TikTok for daily updates/thoughts/ideas… and even YouTube for some longer form content I am putting out

connect with me there, or reply here.

Peace and Wholeness : )
ethan