The myth of speed

Have you ever found your­self think­ing: “I read so slow­ly. At this pace, I’ll nev­er get through a real book.”

This myth of speed is a trap that turns learn­ing into a race against a clock that does­n’t exist. It cre­ates anx­i­ety and pres­sure, forc­ing you to rush past the very details that build true under­stand­ing.

But this ignores the real pur­pose of read­ing.

What if the goal was­n’t speed, but depth? What if the real vic­to­ry is…

💫 The moment you pause to enjoy a beau­ti­ful­ly craft­ed sen­tence?

💫 The qui­et sat­is­fac­tion of see­ing how a com­plex sen­tence works?

💫 The sim­ple act of fin­ish­ing one para­graph with full com­pre­hen­sion, no mat­ter how long it took?

The truth is, flu­en­cy isn’t about how fast you can scan a page. It’s about how deeply you can under­stand it. Speed is a byprod­uct of deep under­stand­ing, not the goal itself.

Imag­ine learn­ing Latin not as a race to the fin­ish line, but as a leisure­ly walk through a beau­ti­ful muse­um. Enjoy the process. The goal is to com­pre­hend, not just to fin­ish.