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Me llamo Richard. Estoy aprendiendo español.

I have been learning Spanish through Duolingo, an app that teaches languages. I recently hit my 500th consecutive day. It seemed just out of reach for the two weeks prior to 500 days. I got more and more excited the closer I got.

I was so excited that time seemed to slow down. The day finally came, and I hit 500 consecutive days of Spanish! It was super exciting. The next day, something interesting happened. I’m not judging your math skills, but the next day was Five Oh One. 501 days, and I did not care. The big milestone went away so much faster than it came. Hundreds of days building up to it and one day for the emotion to drop off completely.

I still complete my daily lessons, and my Spanish is improving. The milestone was a nice celebration, but it really wasn’t the goal. My goal wasn’t to get to 500 days. My goal is to learn to speak fluent Spanish. My effort is for the progress, not the placement. Goals need to be waypoints, not endpoints.

Do I build systems for accomplishing what I want instead of targeting fixed goals? Can I celebrate my milestones as waypoints and keep moving ahead? Will I focus on doing instead of being?

Be curious, be kind, be whole, do good things.