30 Day Challenge (13-30) After thirteen days of writing random texts in English, it seems as if I were running out of imagination. I understand that the idea behind this challenge is to make people improve their writing skills as a means to improve the language they're learning. One thing that I notice over these last fourteen days is that I keep using the same words and expressions over and over again regardless of the subject I am writing about. A week or so ago I wrote a text in which I mention the fact that people usually have their active and passive vocabulary and how much I wished that the gap between the two weren’t so big. I'm not sure I wrote that last bit, but anyway I do wish that nonetheless. Watching movies, listening to the radio, reading magazines and newspapers are all things I usually do without any major problem. Actually it gets to a point where sometimes I don't even know if I’ve read an article in English or in my native language a week earlier. Looking up for a word I don't know the meaning is something that I rarely need to do since I'm usually able to at least get the gist of the story I’m reading or listening to. But when it comes to express myself it’s another story. Basic words and expressions that I am so used to hear and read simply won’t come to me easily and that causes me a huge frustration. In theory, one should try to add up new words to his active vocabulary gradually and that’s exactly what I’m doing, but I have to confess that I’m not sure I’m achieving anything big if I’m honest. I’ll keep trying, though because at this point I guess it’s too late to give up.