(Chinese Mandarin-Week 3-Post 1: Musings Today is start of Week 3 in Chinese and I am still enjoying it. It was difficult at first to accept that this will be harder to pick up than other languages for English speakers. I am used to working on something and learning it until I know it. But with Chinese, and any future languages, maybe even perhaps all future endeavors, I will not worry about perfecting it first. I will just get it going. Something @ajatt really motivated me to see. Yes I still struggle with 2nd tone, am still learning the right pronounciations for the pinyin, and still sound crazy when I recite them out loud in each tone in the cubicle next to my co-workers. But you know what? Each day I feel progress. Even if it is one word or pinyin, I am proud. I encourage everyone to feel accomplished in your progress, and to not perfect, but practice practice practice. Also practice the sounds next to your coworkers. You can scare them away and study in peace ^_^