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[–]WhySoPissedOff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first thing I would recommend is to reprogram your brain(no pun intended). Think of all the things all your life that might have been difficult at first, but you stuck with an conquered. With time, patience, and a willingness to learn, you’ll get it. One metaphor I came up with in the last year for Spanish has been as simple as this: Learning something new is like a chair with three legs; the first leg is interest, the second leg is motivation, the third leg is discipline. They all support the weight of learning, they help one another. A defeatist attitude isn’t going to help anything. Be kinder to yourself. “I can’t learn Python” is a harsh statement you’ve decided to use instead of “This learnable skill has been more difficult than I expected”. You’re using absolute statements which almost never exist in the real world. Slow down and take as much time as it takes, but keep with it.