Learning a language isn’t hard. At all. In any way. What’s hard is taking all the mental beatings you give yourself. Stop the beatings and it’s all smooth sailing. In fact, it becomes so easy that you’ll be using “learning” (getting used to) a language as your escape activity, to get away from and out…
Mental Tools
All Choices Are Binary
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series The First World Problem is Choice“Don’t make the right decision; make the decision right” Dunno who first said it, but I heard it from Ali Brown Once, a little while ago, I can’t be bothered to go look for the exact comment text but, a…
The Intermediate Phase Is Like Tepid Tea, But That’s Fine, Because Tepid Tea is Hotter Than Ice Tea
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 14 of 14 in the series Intermediate AngstSo, I have three older sisters, which means that I grew up in a house full of women. Why does Khatz act like a girl doing an impression of a guy? Now you know. The youngest of my sisters, my little big sister (Oliver…
Mediocre Excellence, Or, Excellence By Mediocrity: How To Achieve Greatly By Doing Almost Nothing
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 1 of 11 in the series Mediocre Excellence“What would be really interesting to see…is how beautiful things grow out of s##t. Because nobody ever believes that. Everybody thinks that Beethoven had his string quartets completely in his head—they’d somehow appeared there and formed in his head—before he, and all he had…
How to Make Big SRS Changes Smoothly: The Darwinian Game
by khatzumoto
You know what? I’ll just come out and say it: I like Darwin as much as anyone from where I’m from can like a Victorian Era English gentleman — economically. I’m not proud. He’s a man; I’m a man; I like him. What? We’re all adults here. But I’m not a big fan of Darwinism.…
What Dave Chappelle and Stalkers Can Teach You About Learning Languages
by khatzumoto
You’re thinking this is going to be one of those creepier posts about “stalking” Japanese people. Not so. It’s far worse than that. A good friend of mine, let’s call her Amy, has a stalker. Pretty girl problems, but problems nonetheless. He got a hold of her phone number through unofficial means, and sends her…