temris

Why is it so hard to go back to your habits sometimes?

For someone who always says that they love learning languages, I've been slacking on my studies for far too long. I haven't properly studied Japanese in probably more than 2 years, apart from translating some doujinshis on my own, and a single chapter of a josei manga I liked the look of. Same thing with Korean - I don't think I've done any proper studying for the same amount of time but translating one fanfic. I always say I'm always too busy, usually on PC working on my several projects, but I'm thinking of going back to Japanese, and maybe also start learning Russian (people say it's one of the hardest languages to learn but I always loved working on the hardest ones 😋).

There's also the problem with guilt - if I can't bring good results in a short amount of time I feel like I'm wasting my time, which can't be any more wrong about learning languages imo. Because it's a lifelong process, yk! But it's the years of conditioning I've subjected myself into, and the pressure I've felt from people around me.

If I start learning Russian, I'll try writing here myself 🤗