lately i’ve been thinking about something i saw on twitter and it hit a bit too close tbh. i’ve noticed that whenever i try to learn something new or improve at something, there’s always this phase where i feel completly stuck and like i’m not making any progress at all
for a long time i took that feeling as a sign to stop or switch things. but recently i started looking at it differently. instead of seeing it as failure i tried to treat it like part of the process, like maybe that’s actually where the real progress is happening. weirdly, pushing through that phase is what helped me improve this time.
the post i saw was talking about how there are actual neuroscience studies behind this, basically saying that when you feel the most frustrated and close to quitting, your brain is actually going through the biggest changes and learning the most. it just doesn’t feel like it
have you ever felt stuck like this right before getting better at something?
how do you tell the difference between "i should keep going" and "this isn’t for me"
what helps you push through that period without burning out?