Have you really committed to learning the language you want to be fluent in?
Have you made a promise to yourself?
Some language learners make the mistake of ‘wanting to’ learn a language but not being fully committed.
This means that they’re more likely to procrastinate, put off their learning sessions and make slower progress.
How to fix it:
Committing to something is really like making a promise to yourself.
Success is about hard work and commitment – these two things go hand in hand. Hard work only is not enough. No one is going to pat you on the back for finishing a difficult learning session. You’re doing it for yourself, after all.
You need to make the conscious choice of committing to learning regularly and making progress.
If you’re struggling with this one, ask yourself the following questions: what’s the minimum you can commit to?
What’s the tiniest thing that you can commit to that will not really sound like a big deal? And do just that. Once you’ve done it consistently over a period of time, increase your time or workload commitment.
You may have heard the saying that if you want to start flossing your teeth regularly, you don’t have to commit to flossing all of them every time. Just commit to flossing one tooth – it’s so easy you won’t even notice the change. But once you’re at it, you will probably be tempted to floss more than one!
