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But you do raise an interesting point which I don’t think has been adequately addressed here or on any other blog I’ve read: What is fun?

I don’t imply, or at least I think I don’t, that fun equates to joyful, blissful, easy effort. Some of the most enjoyable things are very difficult.

I’ve seen several heated discussions come up over what people mean when they say ‘fun’. I’ll try to clarify my thoughts in another post.

There are some people who can just do things well, their first time. God built that into them. So, they’re not very helpful when asked “How can I learn to sing as well as you?” Their answer is “you just open your mouth and music comes out”.

I’m just not convinced that “trying” is evil.

http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/secrets-to-smoother-srsing-part-1-the-srs-is-a-servant-not-a-master

It’s certainly not my intent to blast anyone’s post so I apologize for any offense - I try to use quotes to construct straw men that I use for discussion. People are off limits but ideas are fair game

My mission here is to discuss and dig to the core of learning a language. To find the most important element for “sticking with it”.

Thus far it seems to be a combination of interest and variety. And when you consider how often words and phrases like drudgery, boredom, depression, mind-numbing, soul-crushing and headache-inducing are used to describe parts of the language learning experience, this combination is not as obvious as it would seem.

And laziness is good! All great inventions come from people too lazy to do it the old way

In regards to this post, I’m grateful that I am naturally lazy. I’m not much of a sentence miner and definitely don’t look up words in a dictionary while I read. The reason? It’s too much of a chore, even though I usually have an electronic dictionary, laptop, or real dictionary within arm’s reach.

They just don’t call it studying, they call it “practicing public speaking”, blogging, creative writing or reading the classics

My mantra for learning is, in the beginning, only make an effort to memorize:
high frequency words and recurring patterns. Then start reading or listening to what you enjoy. Sit back and relax.Don’t try to understand everything. You don’t even in your native language.