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Nudge Challenge Week 78 = Espanol

NUDGED: "Learn and use Spanish this week" BACKSTORY: I took four semesters of Spanish in college and really enjoyed it. It was difficult to learn at first but got easier the more I studied it. Unfortunately, I haven't many opportunities to use Spanish after I graduated so some of it was forgotten. Becoming and staying fluent is one of my goals so I have been working on it little-by-little each day. My goal has been to spend 10 minutes a day of Spanish lessons with the free Duolingo app. Some days I rush through the lesson and complete it in a shorter time. My nudge this week is to commit to learning the language (including trying out new features in the app) and speaking it as much as I could. QUOTE: "Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things." - Flora Lewis HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: To commit to 10 minutes a day, I actually set a timer and made sure I worked on Spa...