If you’ve gone through the school system or have attended a university in the U.S., chances are you’ve spent some time in a foreign language class. What’s more, unless you majored in that specific language, you probably don’t speak it all that well for having spent so much time in class. In fact most people, when asked, could barely function in the language they studied.

So why is it that most traditional language classes fail, and what do we do to fix it?

When it comes to health related things here we tend to focus on the best ways to get leaner, faster, stronger and more fit. What if you want the opposite though? What if instead of being strong and healthy you want to be massive and riddled with health problems?

If you’re the kind of person who dreams of one day having to buy two tickets every time you fly on an airplane, than you’re in luck – I’ve put together a basic guide on how to get fat.

This is late in coming, but it occurred to me recently that we had missed our annual review this year. It turned out to be somewhat fortuitous though – this came out to be our official 100th post since starting Road to Epic. It seemed fitting then to have my annual review now and see where I’ve succeeded, where I’ve failed and what things I need to change for my next year on Earth.

If you have no idea what I’m talking about when I say ‘annual review’, you can find last year’s annual review here along with a quick explanation.

First, let’s look at last year’s list of goals.

Everyone talks about fluency. They say this method is guaranteed to make you fluent. This course will make you fluent. This computer program is the key to fluency. Become fluent in 10 easy steps. Or maybe they’re one of the people who claim only children can reach ‘true’ fluency in a language. The thing is, no one actually takes the time to explain what fluency means!

Why is that a problem? It’s a problem because in my experience ‘fluency’ is one of those words where if you ask three people on the street what it means you’ll get five different answers. To clear up any potential confusion when we talk about fluency here, I’ve decided to explain what we mean when we say ‘fluent’.