I've just read a post from my friend about his English learning journey and I've got inspired to write a few words about mine. The thing is that despite being motivated to reach another level I found myself in the moment of my life when I don't have enough time to do everything I wish. Partly because of that I've been less active on Journaly for the last few weeks. I still have a lot to share with you here but it just takes a lot of time to be satisfied enough to publish an article, and unfortunately, I don't have much of it to spare. Similarily to my friend who found a great real-life opportunity to develop his language skills further I've seamlessly and unnoticeably started living my English as well. I've been working in an international company for a couple of years now and only recently I've gotten a lot of opportunities to progress professionally. I don't know if I've gotten them because I learned English that well or if they're just a coincidence and they would have happened anyway, but I like to think that's my merit. Maybe someone just noticed that I'd developed my language skills and soft skills - as a by-product of having a lot of conversations - and decided to give me a chance to show off professionally and boost my career to another level. Either way, the bottom line is that I'm still learning but in a slightly different way. I'm gonna embrace it as when I think back on when I started my learning journey it was one of my goals to remove the language barrier from my professional career path. I did it, but it seems that reaching the goal isn't that exciting. The words that I heard some time ago were never as true as today - "It's not about the destination, it's about the journey". That's why despite reaching the goal I still crave more. I've just become passionate about the process and I don't want it yet to stop. I know it's gonna be hard to keep up with all the activities but I'm fine with that. I can write shorter articles, and I can limit the number of conversations but I'll never end the journey.
The reason why the excitement wears off sometimes is that you've become fluent and of course, you've become like your genuine self while expressing in another language. For what it's worth, you got to this point because you embraced the small changes in your English, and over time, all these changes accumulated to a large extent. I'm also proud to hear that English gave you a good impression in your professional work life. Your efforts and persistence are eventually paid off whether your progress is big or small. Thanks for this inspiring story!