Last week I’ve been to Austria. I spent a couple days in Vienna and in Innsbruck. The main reason I visited Innsbruck was an AI event. It was all about learning, connecting and networking to leverage AI at work. In German. I registered in advance. ‘What a cool opportunity to practice my German skills on a topic I like!’ I thought. I welcome and appreciate these occasions when I’m abroad. And I also feel anxious, unsure, unprepared, and many other things. Both excitement and fear can coexist. As I considered joining this event (and as the day got closer) these were the other thoughts that went through my mind: - “This is not for you: you’re not a native German speaker” - “This is not intended for tourists, it’s for locals” - “AI is not your niche, you’re not a developer or business owner using Claude Code and agents all day long. What are you even doing there?” - “Your German is not good enough for this” - “You don’t know essential AI vocabulary in German. What makes you think this is a good idea?” - “Why are you wasting your time going to an event in a foreign language when you could go to a proper activity or excursion in the mountains (in English)?” - “Why do you need to stretch yourself like this?” I could go on, but let’s leave it there. I could also agree with some of these thoughts and voices. There might be some truth here. And that doesn’t mean that I should follow these thoughts or stop doing it just because the voice says it so. I can create distance and space, and consider it calmly and slowly. Also, I can interact with these thoughts. ​ ➡️ “This is not for you: you’re not a native German speaker” Says who? The event organizer? The part of me that loves selling me short? The perfectionist, the purist? Nobody said this is only for Austrians or for native German speakers. It could well be the case that +95% of the participants of past events were native German speakers, because this is a networking event that takes place in Innsbruck (Austria), in German, and is on a specific topic. The day I participated, I think I was the only person who wasn’t from Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. I was up for the challenge. With fear and everything.

Today's tasks: ✅ Watch the video training in the Classroom ✅ Read and/or listen for at least 1 minute ✅ Fill in Day 2 of the challenge tracker ✅ Share your Input activities of the day Template: - Something I enjoyed in Spanish today: - What was easy about today: - What was challenging about today:

Today's tasks: ✅ Watch the video training below (I added a second 2-min video, watch both!) ✅ Pick one piece of Spanish content ✅ Read and/or listen for at least 1 minute ✅ Copy the challenge tracker ✅ Fill in Day 1 on the tracker ✅ Post declaration comment below Template: - This challenge matters because (Share your deeper why): - My Goal is (What do you want to achieve): - Declaration (Can be as short as “¡Estoy listo! Allá vamos”): ✅ Optional: Share a screenshot of the piece of content you're using today (book, audio, video, etc).

La semana pasada se abrieron las inscripciones para el Polyglot Gathering 2026, uno de los eventos más grandes del mundo para quienes amamos aprender y enseñar idiomas 🌍💬 En el año 2023, participé en la edición que se hizo en Teresin (Polonia) y también di una charla en italiano y alemán (Hobby in lingue straniere: Spaß muss sein! - dejo el link de YouTube). El año que viene habrá dos ediciones: 📅 5 al 9 de marzo (online) 📍 27 al 31 de mayo en Brno, República Checa 🎟️ Inscripciones al Polyglot Gathering Es una excelente oportunidad para conectar con otros apasionados por los idiomas, practicar, aprender y compartir experiencias sobre el aprendizaje. Yo voy a estar participando y, tal vez, también dando una charla o taller 🙌. Si estás en Europa o pensás viajar en el 2026, ¡sería genial encontrarnos allá o en la versión online!✈️💻 👉 ¿Tenés planeado participar? 👉 ¿Te gustaría ir a este u otro evento de idiomas en 2026? ¡Contanos en los comentarios! 🤓

Contanos las cosas que quieras celebrar, tus victorias de la última semana. Pueden ser: - Logros en tu aprendizaje - Algo que quieras celebrar de tu vida personal - Algo lindo que sucedió y quieras compartir Tus victorias nos motivan a todos 🤓