The comparison trap

Have you ever scrolled online and seen some­one else’s progress in Latin and thought: “Wow, they are so far ahead of me. I’ll nev­er catch up.”

This is the Com­par­i­son Trap, and it is one of the fastest ways to steal your joy and moti­va­tion. It mea­sures your unique, per­son­al jour­ney against some­one else’s.

But this assumes every­one’s path is the same.

What if the only progress that mat­tered was your own? What if you focused on…

✨ The sim­ple vic­to­ry of open­ing the app and read­ing for 10 min­utes today?

✨ The fact that you under­stood one more para­graph this week than you did last week?

✨ The per­son­al sat­is­fac­tion of fin­ish­ing your first book, no mat­ter how sim­ple?

✨ The knowl­edge that you are fur­ther along today than you were when you start­ed?

The truth is, your Latin jour­ney is yours alone. It has its own time­line, its own chal­lenges, and its own tri­umphs. It can­not be com­pared.

Imag­ine learn­ing Latin not as a com­pe­ti­tion, but as a per­son­al craft you are slow­ly and patient­ly devel­op­ing. Run your own race. Your progress is the only one that mat­ters.