I will give you 4 words, honestly, only 4 words, which will make you sound more natural instantly. They are words all my students know, but never use!!

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. Agree or disagree?

Never give up learning even when you are tired and down.

Maybe it's better to carry on learning even though I am stressed because every bit counts? I remember this poem : Little drops of water Little grains of sand Make the mighty ocean and the beauteous land.

What sums me up best when I am stressed is that I just modify my learning for the day into something simpler to understand. Do you do this too?

Everyone feels tired and stressed now and then, but does this mean that we abandon our learning?

When I am tired, I still try to learn but I give myself some space to simplify my learning for the day.

Is less more ultimately? Or is more less?

My mother used to say that a little house-cleaning is better than no cleaning done at all. I agree with her and applied her words of wisdom to my own language learning - a little learnt is better than none!