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M E M B E R S O N LY
2015
JUNE
06
WHY YOUR WORST DAYS
ARE THE BEST DAYS TO
STUDY LANGUAGE
Welcome to the Inner Circle,
listeners.
Last time, you learned all about
tipping points. In other words,
small victories or signs that let you
know you’re on the right track.
For example, studying language
on a Friday night. Or when your
free time gets consumed by
language and your goal outweighs
everything else you normally do.
This time, we’re talking about
why
your worst days are the best time
to study a language.
In other
words, the dog days of learning
a language. Sounds odd, right?
In this Inner Circle Lesson, you
will learn...
Your worst days
are the best time
to study a language.
1
Why Bad Days Happen With
Language Learning
2
Why You’ll Get Your Best Work
Done on Your Worst Days.
Does that mean that I finally
lapsed after a good streak of
hitting my monthly goals?
ALMOST. I BARELY HIT MY 13-MINUTE SPANISH CONVERSATION
GOAL AT LAST FRIDAY’S TIMED TEST.
But in general, my e ort started to
wane. Assignments to my Premium
PLUS teachers were delayed and
delayed. Why? Life wasn’t really getting
in the way. Nothing really changed.
It’s just that there were days when I
didn’t want to sit down and work on my
Spanish. And I’m sure you’ve
experienced this too – days where you
simply don’t want to do anything. Just
because you don’t want to.
I call them bad days. The sun is shining.
There’s no bad news. Nothing
particularly stressful. No urgent tasks.
There’s no “legitimate” excuse so, it’s just
a waste of a day.
However, I’ve realized these are some
of the BEST times to sit down and study.
Why? You’ll find out soon enough. But
first, let’s get into the bad days
themselves. Why do they happen?
ear
Goody
1
Why Bad Days Happen With Language Learning
Or at least, why they’ve started
happening to me. You may have your
own reasons. However, let me give you
the background story.
Up until now, my learning routines have
been expanding. That’s how I hit the
tipping points. More of my free time
started leaning heavily towards my goals.
On weekday nights,
Monday to
Thursday, I’ll fit in another 30 to 40
minutes of self-study. This involves
SpanishPod101 lessons, my textbook
and assignments from my Premium
PLUS teacher.
On Fridays,
I’ll do a 1-hour lesson
with my Skype teacher. This is when
I get most of my Spanish conversation
practice done. And it’s when I take my
conversation timed tests.
Weekends are generally unplanned.
Oftentimes, I’ll start on a new
Premium PLUS assignment, but it’s
very relaxed. I’ll watch Spanish TV
as down-time, passive practice.
I don’t count weekends as part
of my routine.
For the most part, that’s 5 days a week
and over 6 hours a week in total. So as
you can see, my routines have grown
these past few months. But there’s a
flipside to that.
The other side of tipping points is that
you have a bigger workload.
It starts to feel like hard, repetitive work.
And some days, you just don’t want to do
it at all. At least, that was my case.
Here’s another example. Think of eating
pizza for 5 days out of the week. The first
slice tastes amazing. The second one is
pretty great, too. By your third, you’re
already feeling unhealthy and greasy.
And this is still day one! It becomes work!
HERE’S WHAT MY ROUTINES LOOK LIKE:
On weekday mornings,
I do 30
minutes of SpanishPod101 lessons
on my commute with the Innovative
Language 101 App. That’s 5 days
a week.

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