I can’t say I will never live in a non-English speaking place, but since I have no particular plans to at the moment, I have no reason to learn any particular language out of hundreds, either.
As I said elsewhere, learning a language is likely to make it easier to learn another one later on; also, some languages are more influential than others, so if you choose to learn German or French (if you’re in Europe) or Spanish (in America) you have a non-negligible probability of finding the very language you chose useful in the future.
I can’t say I will never live in a non-English speaking place, but since I have no particular plans to at the moment, I have no reason to learn any particular language out of hundreds, either.
As I said elsewhere, learning a language is likely to make it easier to learn another one later on; also, some languages are more influential than others, so if you choose to learn German or French (if you’re in Europe) or Spanish (in America) you have a non-negligible probability of finding the very language you chose useful in the future.
So, the plan is: invest 1000 hours now, so that when you actually need to learn a language you only have to invest 800 hours then?
Anyway, I hear you saying that you have intrinsic motivation here, so these kind of calculations aren’t really relevant to you, which I understand.