This summer Jay and I have been so lucky to meet, in-person, people from our online practice groups. We have been studying with many of these people on a weekly basis for a few years now, and I am continually impressed, humbled and inspired by everyone’s dedication. For learners like us, we know it’s not easy or fast to move toward fluency, so sticking with our learning for the long-run will make or break our ability to achieve our language goals. This means that cultivating resilience becomes a key aspect of the learning process. In this post, I will discuss why resilience is important for learning Chamorro and share 3 key mindsets, gleaned from my fellow language-learners, that can help us build our resilience.