by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation
I’m learning to do freestanding handstands. I’m no expert yet. I started about two years ago; I’m one of those people that does handstands in the park and looks pretty silly. When I started, I looked up a quick guide on techniques on the Internet, then just went out...
by Adam David Broughton | | Education, Psychology of learning
We have a store room in our house, the trastero as it’s called here in Spain. I’m almost scared to go in there. Not because there are ghosts in it or anything, but because I have no idea what’s in there. Actually, I have an idea what’s in there but I prefer not to...
by Adam David Broughton | | Practice, Pronunciation
“No thanks, Adam. I don’t need any Viagra. Hahaha” Well that was the last email I expected to get from my wife’s uncle. I wondered why he thought I was trying to sell him Viagra. I don’t sell Viagra. Honestly. Then I noticed that his email to me was a reply from an...
by Adam David Broughton | | Psychology of learning, Vocabulary
I was lying on a sun lounger next to the swimming pool in the baking heat, with only the sound of the crickets in the August air. I started munching on the figs I’d just plucked from the branches of the fig tree next to the pool. I felt I’d earned them. I’d just...
by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation
Is it me, or is the future pretty disappointing? I don’t mean that in a negative, pessimistic way. Let me explain… I grew up in the 80s, and I was told to expect some pretty awesome futuristic stuff in the early 21st century. I’m still waiting for my hoverboard...
