Polyglot Routine: How to Become a Polyglot
To become a polyglot is to take on the lifestyle of a polyglot, to practice day in and day out many languages at many levels all while somehow still managing to function in society as a normal working person with friends and family.
To be a polyglot is to:
spend countless hours studying and practicing language independently only to use it on the rare occasion that you meet a native speaker.
live in a constant state of imperfection and self-improvement, especially after you achieve fluency in multiple languages.
know pain and humility well and embraces language opportunities challenge your confidence and abilities because they lift you to even higher levels of fluency.
to understand how little you actually know and be grateful for every ounce of it.
not magic, not special, not impossible. It’s merely the result of a love of learning languages and perseverance toward goals.
So, how do you become a polyglot, and how do you know once you’re there?
You shift your focus from becoming a polyglot to being a polyglot. You take on the routine and learning style of a polyglot, practicing multiple languages simultaneously, and you persevere through all the challenges and frustrations until one day someone askes you how you became a polyglot.
