It also rewires your brain.

Bilinguals outscore monolinguals in linguistic and non-linguistic areas across the board.

I had this friend in college who was a rare and wonderful intellectual rival. He had the scholarship above mine, the only scholarship above mine.

I once told him I knew I was smarter and he asked how. I told him:

We obviously know approximately the same amount of information. We could spar about almost any topic with relative fluency. But I know all of that in French too.

He added a French minor the next semester.

Learn a language. Not just a few words. Not “Hello, my name is ______.” Not Duolingo. Immerse yourself in it and let it change you from the inside out.

There’s no better way to level up your mind.