In my 30s I learned how to learn

14 Nov, 2025

I learned (literally) F all at school.

• Never did homework
• Listened to music in every class
• And was effectively left to rot

As a teenager (with ADHD) perhaps my brain wasn't 'ready' to learn.

In my 20s I held onto this belief — that I couldn't learn anything that didn't come easily. So I stayed in my lane.

There were several subjects I REALLY wanted to master:

• Spanish
• Physics
• Maths

But I avoided them all because I was stuck in this pattern that "I can't learn HARD things because my brain doesn't work like that".

I'm now realising that narrative was total BS.

As I get older I'm finding it MUCH easier to learn.

Yet, I don't think this has anything to do with how my brain works. I think it's the story I've been telling myself. A story that was woven into my psyche as a teenager.

A story that I can't learn.

I'm happy to say that for the past few months I've been teaching myself Spanish. And to my shock, my progress is rapid.

Can you relate?