One of the greatest things about this adventure is the constant sense of newness. Even the old stuff has been reincarnated into a Brazilian version of what we used to know. I first noticed it with reading. I loved books as a young person but somewhere during grad school I lost the love. I would read on planes or if I had to but I stopped reading for fun. Now, I'm reading books in Portuguese and they transport me to new places and inspire fresh thoughts and, just like when I was a kid, I want to read them all. Similarly with sports. I love snowboarding. Back in the day, I never wanted to miss a minute but 30 years in, some of the stoke has faded and I often take long lunches or arrive late or leave early. Here, I'm learning to ride a different kind of board and the stoke is back, I fight for every minute in the water and even if the riding is crap, it still leaves me wanting more. The learning curves are sharp and being a perpetual neophyte is humbling but feeling brand new in everything is priceless.
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