Why is it that we plateau when learning to do/working to get better at things? For example, during lifting why do we plateau at weights then feel like we get weaker over time? Or learning a skill sometimes feels like we are at our peak but know that we should be able to get better?
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I’m a person that loves learning things. From studying plants, to playing musical instruments or study of languages, I’ve hit “walls” many times. In general my walls tend to come from burn out. I study and practice obsessively for months or years, then get burned out from repetition or simple boredom.
This is when I switch things up. I put down the thing I’ve been obsessed with for a while, move to something else. I just give things a little time for some perspective to grow, some other manner of looking at things. When I go back to something I set aside previously, I often have a light bulb moment and things start clicking in a way I hadn’t seen before.
Sometimes, though, there are good reasons to let something slip. Life happens, other interests arise, other things require more time. People grow and change. What “sticks” are the useful things. The things that make your life better and give you purpose.
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