Writing took a back seat to study this week.
And also I needed to catch up on sleep (8pm bedtimes are incredible!)
But I did have the time to read, and then rave about, an interesting little picture from Mr James Clear, of Atomic Habits.
The Plateau of Latent Potential
You can read about it by googling “James Clear plateau of latent potential”, so I won’t explain it in detail, except to say this:
Locking in a daily routine of working on your Te Reo Māori is success. Not achieving a particular level of fleuency/competency.
It’s going to feel like you aren’t making as much progress as you expected for a while.
Eventually (and this might be months or years away) you are going to feel like you’ve finally got where you expected to be.
If you keep up the daily routine, you’ll scream right past that point and won’t believe where you are pretty quickly (this might be years, or even months after).
Basically: Cultivating a habitual routine of learning a language sets you up for major wins later. Anyone can work through a textbook or take a class, but the hard work is continuing to extend your skill without the classroom, textbook or motivation.
The Reo Project | Day 142