#(especially because ive actually taken japanese classes)

I was just thinking about how I don’t speak very good Japanese, but I speak more Japanese than most people in the world. And this will probably be true of almost any skill you practice even a little bit. There are many skills out there and we each know only a small subset of them, so if you go out and decide to pick up a new skill you can end up better than 50%, 80%, maybe even 99% of the population pretty quickly. Another example is math. Like, when I’m around other math people, I feel like I basically know nothing. All of math is baffling to me. But realistically I know more math than basically every single person I meet in a non-academic context. So like.

If you are feeling bad about yourself this is a good thing to keep in mind. You’re probably better than most people at something. If you aren’t, you can become better than most people relatively quickly and easily just by giving something a go for a bit.

#important #japanese #language #education #math #mental health #language learning #not dgmn #fandom relevant #positivity #self acceptance #self compassion #please do not derail #ive been thinking about this again too #(especially because ive actually taken Japanese classes)#(there were some things I went back to watch 'raw' again but I realized recently I understood a lot more *now* than I did)#(even when watching things 'raw' as Younger Me)#(and even then I had basic enough understanding especially when watching series like Pokemon or Yugioh {Duel Monsters} 'raw')#(like recently I was watching entire 2hour+ long things raw and I was like 'Im actually understanding a lot more phrases now!!!')#(I still cant write kanji much at all but I can understand *hearing*+listening & for many people it seems even other way around sometimes)#(A mutual acquaintance I was in Japanese class with was that way too who was good with kanji but had a lot of difficulty speaking it)#(Math is more difficult for me personally but not for lack of attempting and whats said here is very good to remember)#(Instead of 'making fun of someone's {language} or {math} skills or whatever I think remembering concepts like this is Way Better)#i dont know who needs to hear this