So far so good, and interesting at the same time. After having started sharing the first few of my recent units on youtube, I have found that I am assimilating these lessons much faster than before. It's not that I'm talking directly to anyone. I don't really have anyone here I can practice or share things like that with, it's just that, somehow by having shared, I have improved much faster. A combination of determination, hardwork and the willingness to be vulnerable could be it. But it's not really vulnerability if you doing something in your element, even if you stumble and may seem to look silly. It's in this case, I'm doing something I have complete confidence in, in which those things, those judgements don't really bother me that much. I'm sharing of my own free will and giving many the opportunity to see the progress as each video will be made.
Enough of that!
Unit 6... because of all I had pratised and as a result of me sharing, I have made aLOT of progress. So much so, that, today's practise of 6.2 has left me confident to move on to personal studying and mastering of unit 7. But there is a small snag, and it's extremely minor. It's this simple phrase "Wir ko**nnen die Rechnung nicht bezahlen." No it's not hard to say slow, or to even remember what it means. No, my tripping point is saying it normal speed. As mentioned many times, there is always an undercurrent anxiety, excitement, and this ,if not controlled, can cause me to tense up and trip up as a result. So when I say the phrase, I find there is a 1 second hesitation, before I can catch myself and then I usually say the phrase completely through. It's that need to say it propely to make sure I am understood, and those thoughts rush in in that one second, I must quickly return my focus to just saying the phrase and starting over if I mess up, versus messing myself up before I can even say the phrase. Get it?
Verbal self-sabotage. I'm coining that to mean those times when we must say something important, or we are on stage and must sing, dance, etc and that one moment that can make or break. Although having said that, how you handle after that is also important.
I remember very recently, out of my wonderful curiousity, searching about what is a opera singer's nutrition. And in some of the other questions below, I saw "Has an opera singer ever burped on stage?". Being me, i quickly looked to see what the answer was. Most mentioned it's possible, but they try to avoid fizzy drinks and foods, especially before going on stage. However, there was one person who mentioned seeing a stage performance where a singer actually belched, and caught everyone off guard for the few moments, but instantly and without making much of a fuss, continue singing their part and all was well.
Quite interesting!
So having said that, in the case of practicing a foreign phrase, there is that moment of hesitation that could arise, the thoughts, the tension try to choke you. However, in that split second you have to pause that and move on with the sentence. If you mess up after then you try again, if you mess up before and you are able to, the laugh it off. Now I say if you are able to, because if you are doing this as your passion, your mistakes will mean nothing to you, but a little stumbling block. However if you are doing this, because you need a better job, or because it's required, and you find it a bit of a chore, you may not be able to stop the frustration from rising. That doesn't mean you can't learn the performer technique, it just means it'll be a bit more difficult.
Thus, in my case, I have to use this technique to temper it so that, just like the previous phrases, I can file it in my head and say it with ease and accomplishment.
Having said that, I deem Unit 6 completed!
Write you all again soon, Happy Learning!
I overcame that, by making my self-study work live. That way I could practise 
