I feel my vocabulary is getting close to migrant level

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Let me preface with: This is all IMO and it got a tiny bit out of hand in scope and word count :)

Audio Books: Listening to an audio book has more educational potential than watching a movie of the same book. I still don't think it's very useful beyond entertainment. No learning at your own pace. Jumping back a to re-listen to a certain part is ok, but can rarely replace re-reading a paragraph or a chapter. Also, you'll miss out on the whole spelling and grammar aspect. Do a search for "tens and purposes" and you will see what I mean.

Reading that same book yourselves will benefit you a lot more. You decide how fast you go.

Next level is reading and taking notes. Writing stuff down is helpful to create long-term memories. That's why they make you do it in school. It's also why remote learning, at least the way it's done currently, is a bad idea. Note taking also helps you to make sense of what's going on in your own head. What you understood, what needs more work. Nothing wrong with using paper but I like a simple text editor, where I go over something multiple times, until I feel that a third party would understand what I'm trying to say.

Finally, if you can, discuss the above with other passionate people. Many of these to be found right here.

And that's the most important part of it all. Passion. Find an engaging subject matter. Something that grabs you and doesn't let go. Learning is work. It goes a whole lot easier if you're interested and curious about an area of knowledge.

Trying to learn without that inner drive to know will not only frustrate, it will ultimately leave you with just a few, potentially quickly forgotten lexical facts.

For example, if you're into history, there's a cornucopia of editions of "Mein Kampf" to be found on archive.org. The Leuchter report is very engaging. Give anything left wing a wide berth for, at least until you have fortified your mind enough to not be influenced by such nonsensical garbage. :) Kidding, that's really none of my business. You be you.

Good luck on your quest of self improvement. Don't become arrogant. Listen to others (Within reason, some people will just waste your time, but you'll learn to differentiate.) Avoid getting to a state of mind in which you successfully convince yourself that you have it all figured out.

Let me preface with: This is all IMO and it got a tiny bit out of hand in scope and word count :) Audio Books: Listening to an audio book has more educational potential than watching a movie of the same book. I still don't think it's very useful beyond entertainment. No learning at your own pace. Jumping back a to re-listen to a certain part is ok, but can rarely replace re-reading a paragraph or a chapter. Also, you'll miss out on the whole spelling and grammar aspect. Do a search for "tens and purposes" and you will see what I mean. Reading that same book yourselves will benefit you a lot more. You decide how fast you go. Next level is reading and taking notes. Writing stuff down is helpful to create long-term memories. That's why they make you do it in school. It's also why remote learning, at least the way it's done currently, is a bad idea. Note taking also helps you to make sense of what's going on in your own head. What you understood, what needs more work. Nothing wrong with using paper but I like a simple text editor, where I go over something multiple times, until I feel that a third party would understand what I'm trying to say. Finally, if you can, discuss the above with other passionate people. Many of these to be found right here. And that's the most important part of it all. Passion. Find an engaging subject matter. Something that grabs you and doesn't let go. Learning is work. It goes a whole lot easier if you're interested and curious about an area of knowledge. Trying to learn without that inner drive to know will not only frustrate, it will ultimately leave you with just a few, potentially quickly forgotten lexical facts. For example, if you're into history, there's a cornucopia of editions of "Mein Kampf" to be found on archive.org. The Leuchter report is very engaging. Give anything left wing a wide berth for, at least until you have fortified your mind enough to not be influenced by such nonsensical garbage. :) Kidding, that's really none of my business. You be you. Good luck on your quest of self improvement. Don't become arrogant. Listen to others (Within reason, some people will just waste your time, but you'll learn to differentiate.) Avoid getting to a state of mind in which you successfully convince yourself that you have it all figured out.

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Very good points thank you. Currently I listen to fiction on audiobooks and I have regular books for my reading. I'll try to read every day, at least five pages and I'll do about 10 minutes of the audiobook. I absolutely understand what you say about how audiobooks are like watching TV for the years. I'm reading a book right now about Captain Cook and his travels around the world. When I go home to visit my parents in the summer there's a really amazing book sale in one of the country towns north of their house. I picked up about 15 books, managed to stuff all of them inside a priority Mail box and ship them to myself. I have books for about 2 years now, lol. I think what you said about writing things down is interesting and I do need to do that more. because I've learned over the last decade of my life that my writing has been crippled as I'm sure you see here.

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