🥋 Con-stan-ci-a

For the past 8 or 9 years I have been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a martial art.

It was through my Brazilian instructor that I discovered Portuñol.

For those that don’t know, Portuñol is a sort of Spanish-Portuguese fusion.

So to say I understood every word he said would be a lie.

However, there were certain words he would repeat again and again, always in his own idiosyncratic way.

These included:

And as I sit down to write this, I’ve realised something rather fitting:

This is the 150th edition of Crystal Clear English Weekly.

That means that for 150 weeks in a row, I’ve sat down and written this newsletter.

So perhaps constaancia has been drilled into my brain more than I realised.

When it comes to improving at almost anything, consistency is vital.

Not just language learning.

I remind myself of this every day with the following screensaver on my computer:

September is about to begin, and for many of us that means getting back into a routine after the summer.

Whatever aspect of your life you want to improve over the coming months, remember:

You don’t have to be perfect.

But you do have to keep showing up.

Or, as my coach would say:

Con-stan-ci-a.

See you next week,

Keep learning,

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