A lifetime study of languages - is it possible?

I would say that it is possible to study languages during your whole lifetime as I myself am an example of a person who is doing this. To do this you need to begin your language studies early in your life ideally in your school age and you need a mixture of passion and intrinsic motivation that means motivation which comes out of yourself. learning languages can be lot of fun but it's always connected with lots of study work, so you have to keep your motivation. In life you have to do one or more professional eductions, if you want look for a partner to live with and get children. And you have to work or be a housewife or househusband. Such circumstances can enrich but also engage your life so much, that there is hardly any time left for language learning. I have read about especially women who were so fullfilled with childcare that they couldn't continue their language studies for a while. I have been a single person so far in my life, so I don't have family distractions from language learning. Another factor is good health. I could imagine some diseases which make it impossible to continue language learning. I have heard that some medicaments exist which for example affect your memory or your concentration. But what you can do for yourself is have a healthy lifestyle with physical exercise and healthy food avoiding smoking and too much alcohol. There is no guarantee that you will avoid any serious disease but it will be more favourable that you remain in good condition and shape so that you can just continue your language studies also at an advanced age. I think that a good work - life balance is favourable for your language studies. The job shouldn't be so overdemanding and stressful that you don't have any more time left for private hobbies such as language learning. Ideally you could try to find a job where language knowledge is useful and apprecietated and if you are lucky you get better payment due to your language skills. So theses are just some aspects you have to consider, if want to make language learning your lifetime occupation. It's not so common that will say that not many people do this, but it's a feasible way of life. What are your thoughts on this topic? Fasulye

Lezersstatistiek juli 2010 - oktober 2012

Graag wil ik weer de actuele statistiek presenteren, want er zijn wat veranderingen. 1. Verenigde Staten: 737 views 2. Brazilië: 275 views 3. Rusland: 247 views 4. Verenigd Koninkrijk: 242 views 5. Nederland: 177 views. Duidelijk dat hier de grote landen in de leiding zijn. Dan komen nog wat landen achteraan: 6. Polen: 93 views 7. Italië: 85 views 8. Frankrijk: 82 views. Ik denk dat mijn blog heel veel lezers heeft die geen Nederlands spreken. I think that my blog has a lot of readers who don't speak Dutch. Ik vind het leuk dat mijn blog zoveel internationaal publiek heeft. I am happy that my blog has such an international audience. Fasulye