Saturday night we joined some friends at our favorite bar to watch the NFL play-offs. We were also celebrating a friend's birthday and realized that it was at his birthday party last year that we had met all of these people for the first time. It is amazing to think of how different our lives were in January 2009 than they are in 2010. It got us thinking and here are the top 10 things (in no particular order) we have learned after living in Costa Rica for one year...
1) Spanish! (though this is surely still a work in progress)
2) The ability to do nothing and enjoy it
3) A renewed appreciation for the beauty of nature
4) Importance of a simple life, less cluttered by "stuff"
5) How to bake bread
6) What extreme generosity really looks like
7) How to be successful as a married couple (also a work in progress ;-) )
8) How concrete construction works, at least Costa Rican style
9) A whole bunch of new hobbies
10) That sometimes clouds are nice
What's your list look like?
Team Wander
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Hmmm...I loved the list idea. Daniel and I took your question as a challenge and came up with our own top ten lesson of this year. Here goes:
1.What things in life we truly need and what things we can do without
2.How to have fun while camping in a flood
3.How important it is to us to travel – internationally each summer, in the US each winter – that's the goal at least
4.That together, the bad isn't so hard and the good is amazing!
5.How lucky we are to have so many great friends
6.How to play hard after work
7.The importance of volunteering – we sort of forgot this after college
8.How determination really improves your capabilities
9.How to be happy in any situation
10. How incredibly good our lives are
Love you guys!
Ok, I've been brainstorming ten things I learned last year... so here goes, in no particular order:
1. What Costa Rica looks like and a little bit of its culture :)
2. A little more about me and my guitar and what music I like to play
3. What it really means to prepare for a marathon
4. Some people never get it, some people instantly get it... and I can't do anything to change that
5. What life lived downtown looks like
6. Even when you don't get your way, wonderful surprises await (kind of an extension of Jane's #9)
7. Variety is significant & homogeneous cultures are stifling
8. Family matters
9. Watching a cat play is incredibly relaxing
10. Don't burn your bridges
Nice challenge!
We are very impressed with the follow up lists. Thanks for sharing guys, it is always so fun to read your comments.
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