Releasing Myself from Comparison

And the new steps I'm taking to learn Italian that are working much better.

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So the good news is that I am improving in my Italian speaking. At least since the last time I wrote here about how I am a true beginner and how I was struggling with making mistakes everyday. The not so good news is that I’m still pretty terrible. But that’s okay.

The truth is that being a beginner at anything is so, so hard for me because I have a deep, deep fear of looking stupid. I think this fear goes back to when I was a child. Being the only black child in an all white community means that I grew up comparing myself to everyone around me and I never felt like I was good enough.