I'd definitely echo the sentiment of travelling somewhere, especially somewhere you don't know the language and isn't overrun with (at least international) tourists... where you need to go days without meeting anyone who knows more than a few passing phrases of English.
The other recommendation would be diving into creating some big work of art (of any type... written, music, visual, digital...). Just get lost in the creative process for months on end, wrestle with something that is entirely of your own making but which is somehow larger than you can ever get your mind around.
|