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"Worry"? That seems like a strong word here.

This is a game that I enjoy playing. I have never tracked how long I take. Many days, I do only a single lesson. That's less than 5 minutes, sometimes less than 3.

I'm not trying to be fluent. I'm not really _trying_ to achieve anything. The closest I have to a goal is that I enjoy having another language's vocabulary that I can use when speaking around my children.



In that case, sticking with a premade Anki deck would likely be more effective for that amount of time.


But a lot less fun!:-)


Such is the nature of language learning. It's not really sexy or fun to study vocab or shadow along to something you're watching for the 10th time. I see language learning exactly the same as working out- it's just a lot of consistent hard work over years. ;-)




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