How fearlessness helps us to learn languages (writing day 14) When we start to learn a new language (or to improve any new skill), we are full of fears - fear of making errors, or to making a fool of ourselves, or maybe of disappointing yourself (if you think that you are not making any progress). Also, you have to start from being like a baby again, to learn a lot of simple words, and you are unable to express yourself naturally yet. So, you can decide not to use this language as long as you don't feel more confident, and you could wait for it forever, because there’s no such thing as a perfect moment. As a result, you are immobilized by destructive fear. Fearlessness is very helpful because it pushes you out of your comfort zone. You start to use language as much as possible, and yes, of course, you make mistakes, but you can learn from them and move on. However, you can't become a fearless person in one day, it is a long journey, but each, even small, victory over fear adds to your confidence and helps you to overcome anxiety.