Dreaming Spanish has inspired me and changed what I thought was possible in life

Hi Everyone,

Been using DS since about March 2024 and closing in on 400 hours.

Finding Dreaming Spanish and learning about comprehensible input has been a revelation for me. I always had the desire but was very unsure whether I'd be able to learn another language, but now I feel like it's more a matter of time, or a matter of 'when', rather than 'if'.

However, another positive externality of consuming DS content is that the content itself has inspired me greatly. Specifically, I'm talking about the personal life trajectories of the teachers. Pablo living in Japan for years and then completely switching his career focus and moving to Thailand, Andrea moving to Canada to pursue acting, or Sandra with her stories teaching in China / living in Turkey.

These stories combined with realizing I can learn a foreign language have completely opened my eyes to the fact that I too can pursue life in another country. As someone who grew up and lives in the US, the idea of living abroad (perhaps in Europe), always sounded cool and interesting, but also a bit obscure. Now, the idea feels much more tangible.

It would obviously take a lot of work to be able to immigrate to another country and integrate into society, and I'm not close to making that move, but I am incredibly thankful to have had my perspective opened by DS, and that I can now think about my destiny / life path in a whole different way.

This was a bit of a ramble but have been thinking about it for a while and wanted to share. Also would love to hear if others have had similar thoughts or have generally been inspired by the lives and stories of the DS teachers.

Cheers and happy listening!