Thanks, Anora. Language has always been very important me in many ways. In addition to studying English and several foreign languages, I’ve also always believed that thoroughly understanding and utilizing the language of any subject is crucial to fully understanding the subject. Every hobby, field of study, and even interpersonal relationship has its own unique jargon and usage policies, which must be mastered just as the craft, topic, or connection must be in order to fully find success in it.

I was especially intrigued with your phrase: “hours and hours and hours of practicing the language of the lifestyle”. When we’re creating new paths, making our way through unknown territory, new languaging is involved. Your clear emphasis of how much it needs to be practiced hit home. “Practicing the language” works both with the actual use of words, and as a metaphor for the new ways of thinking, feeling and being that we are forging. – Anora