You know that if you don’t study, your chances of feeling well in Beijing will be seriously diminished. If you need to speak Chinese for your six-month solo trip to China, you have made * not studying* the path of least resistance. Now it’s keeping you from achieving many things that could enrich your life beyond your wildest imagination. All emotional forces within yourself will try to push you back to the safety of the path of least resistance. If you take a different road, you will be severely challenged. We are wired to take the path of least resistance. They were successful to me every single time.
Now, if you prepared everything right - and if you educated yourself on what it takes to learn a new language - a big slice of the frustration will already be conquered.īut every new session brings with it its challenges, and thus negative feelings.Īlmost every language study session I’ve ever had was somewhat painful - I’m a naturally lazy guy with little patience - but bit by bit, I learned how to manage them and how to apply specific antidotes to the disturbing emotions.
You start your study all excited, but once the excitement wears off, you’re in the middle of reality. You may keep trying, but the same thing will happen again and again. If you don’t learn to deal with the negative experiences that bother you during your language learning, you will never learn a new language.
It doesn’t seem that you’ll hold out for much longer. You want to study but can’t even think straight. 9 Techniques to Get You Through the Difficult Language Study Sessions.