I’ve been going through it people – daily or nearly daily visits to “home care” to address wound healing and just so much strain on my body – it’s affecting my mind and mood, something fierce and not in a good way.
So I get up super early every day, do my little Wordle and then scroll through Duolingo lessons in 4 languages. I’ve been at Spanish for almost three years, just started Italian and keep my Hungarian fresh.
Duolingo claims I’m pretty much fluent in French but that’s ’cause Duolingo is a little delusional I guess.
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Spanish is 3 years in with a strong beginner level unlocked… yikes!
And I’ve just started Italian but it’s gonna go real fast ’cause I was once fluent as a kid.
Maybe it’s just me, and it’s not easy keeping them straight, but I find this relaxing and seems to help keep me sharp throughout the day – for some unknown reason.
UPDATE NOV 7 2025 – Just as the wounds have healed by and large I reach 1000 days of DUOLINGO – a solid milestone to be celebrated!!
• Called to the Bar (1992)
• U of T Law grad (1990)
• Sole practitioner (33 years)
• Partner in small law firm (Hiltz Szigeti) 2002 - 2013
• Mom to two astonishing kids, Scarlett (20+) and Sebastian (20-)
• (Founding) Chair of Mental Health Legal Committee for ten years (1997 to 2007)
* Founding President of Law and Mental Disorder Association - LAMDA since 2017
* Founder and Secretary to Women in Canadian Criminal Defence - WiCCD - since 2022
• Counsel to clients with serious mental health issues before administrative tribunals and on appeals
• Former Chair, current member of LAO’s mental health law advisory committee
• Educator, lecturer, widely published author (including 5 text books on consent and capacity law, Canadian civil mental health law, the criminal law of mental disorder, a law school casebook and a massive Anthology on all things mental health and the law)
• Thirty+ years’ experience as counsel to almost exclusively legally aided clients
• Frequently appointed amicus curiae
• Fearless advocate
• Not entirely humourless
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