Revelation I had: I really don't enjoy actively developing skills when they're low level. I get so frustrated and only seem to progress when I somehow get past that first level of not being shit...

(usually by doing it so infrequently that I don't notice, and doing that until I'm not shit, which takes an age). I've noticed it with piano, guitar, art and now language learning. The weird thing is, I easily pick up the theory and concepts, but just can't retain the basic shit

So with language learning, I can tell you all about the different language learning theories, the intricacies of dialects, techniques to get around weird vowel sounds and the history of a language, but I still can't say 'how was your weekend?' in Norwegian without help.