one of the major reasons i stopped learning new computer games was because i started translating the time spent/invested into terms of actual life skills, just like learning a new language. back when everyone was crazy about starcraft 2 or dota 2 all i could think was 'a game with 90 heroes and endless builds and items? that's a new language right there'. feelings of guilt and disgust quickly follow.
i quite like learning new languages, even to conversational level. it's easy to feel embarrassed or frustated; but more often it's just fun to be so goofy and dumb at something. like a baby. it's humbling and also stretches your mind to a new dimension. enter oliver wendell holmes quotation.
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