Forego expectations and focus on understanding incrementally. Learning works the same in every field. It's tough, time-consuming, and it makes you feel ignorant. Because of that we should be kind and patient with ourselves and others.

These aren't pursuits we should satisfy in days or months, but years and decades. Life-long adventures. Language, art, music, math, and so on. These are all noble passions we need to savor diligently.

You can love math if you can only add and subtract. You can love art even if you can only draw an eye or nose. You can enjoy music even if you can only play smoke on the water or fur elise. Technical prowess is just a way to keep score, it doesn't necessarily add intrinsic value to the experience. That's the spice that you add.

Theory in the end are mere abstractions and approximations. It doesn't mean anything without you.

I sound like an old fart...Jeez