It has been about six months that I started learning French very seriously. And by that I mean all it. Everyday and every moment. Whenever I could have found any time to do, I did it, I studied and practiced, even as passive as just listening to some podcasts.
And the results were magical, astonishing and unbelievable.
I was so obsessed with the language that I used every opportunity I had to learn it and practice it.
And now I am happy. Now I am surprised how much it was really worth. It was worth every minute of it.
Even if as simple as just to show up for ten minutes to do it, it is completely worth it.
I think this is the only secret to progress in anything, find time everyday, as short as ten minutes to just show up and do the work. No matter how busy you are, or how unmotivated you feel, do it everyday until you see the big results and big improvements after months of practice.
I have personally underestimated the power of this technique, but I can see it now that it works. It worked for me with French, to my surprise, now I can understand almost anything in this language and this is a great great progress for me.
I would like to try the same with piano, and as well with my photography.
If I take out my camera out everyday and try to shoot something, I will be able to gather around after a while some interesting footage.
And if I do the same with piano, I can see that I will be able to do it after a while. I will be able to play some of my favourite songs.
Last word is I have been feeling very down and unhappy recently, and the main reason is for job burnout, I found myself very unsatisfied for my career and have been looking to find something new and now I am even more unsatisfied and burned out in the interview process. It is soul-sucking and very frustrating to go through all the HR BS and try to find something interesting, write resumes, go to interviews, show the best version of yourself and then after the interview, you find that you have been ghosted!
Anyways, enough of complaining, I just wanted to empty my mind and write my daily ten minutes.
In these dark days, the only thing that makes me happy is following these small hobbies and creating routines that keeps me sharp and going.