Scott H Young

A month ago, I started learning my wife’s native language, Macedonian. To do that, we’re only speaking Macedonian at home with each other. Here’s a brief video with subtitles sharing the progress I’ve made so far: I also recorded a longer lesson with my tutor, Jovan, to show what a typical lesson looks like for […]

The hardest things become the easiest once we've fully committed to them. Easy substitutes backfire when they fail to get you where you need to go.

Nearly a month ago, I decided to embark on a project to learn my wife’s native language, Macedonian. To do this, we’re not speaking English to each other at home. This is a brief update on how that project is going in the third week. Last week I had mentioned some hiccups. I found juggling […]

Success in most things boils down to a simple, but easily ignored distinction: do the real thing and stop doing fake alternatives instead.