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Language study involves learning lots of small things and connecting them into a greater whole, a process that I’ve always enjoyed in other areas like, studying ecology or piecing together world-building as I’m reading a book.

This observation is so interesting, and I very much relate! My mind works this way too -- it's something I enjoy -- but I never consciously pinpointed that that's part of what I like about language learning. It's like, every little bit you learn matters, eventually, somehow, and I really like that.

Pleco and Skritter are great. I have always been a perfectionist/completionist when studying, and tend to over-study, so spaced repetition allows me to sort of "let go" and study more efficiently.

As always, it's really interesting to hear about how your auditory processing affects things! I'm also enjoying self-directed study much more than I ever enjoyed studying languages in classes, and I'm glad there are so many tools/courses/self-study tools now that let people learn in a less rigid fashion.