Why Struggling Means You’re Learning Something Right
Why Struggling Means You’re Learning Something Right People grow up thinking that if they are struggling then they are doing something wrong. Most associate difficulty with inadequacy, or feeling behind just because they do not immediately comprehend something. Though in most cases, it is true-struggle does indicate that learning is effective. Times of confusion are times of real thinking. When things seem easy, you are most probably within the bounds of what you already know. Struggle sets in just a little way beyond that comfort zone; that is where new connections begin to form and old assumptions get challenged. I have particularly observed this while going over tough subjects. The first attempt is jumbled. Nothing falls into place. One keeps rereading the same line five times and still does not comprehend. It is easy to just call that failure and move on. But when one sits with it-when one struggles with the confusion-that is when understanding begins, slowly, to take shape. ...