MAKING A COMMITTED DECISION TO LEARN

Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin, everyone. I hope you are doing well and I hope you had a wonderful summer.

To start off the 2025-2026 academic year (our 23rd year of Daily Vitamins), we're going to focus on mentality and tools that you can use to be more successful at learning English.

If you want to improve your English this academic year, the first step is to make the decision to do so.

My mentor, Bob Proctor, used to say: “The only prerequisite to making a decision is desire... You don’t need to know how. The how will come after the decision.”

Many English learners delay action because they don’t feel ready. They’re waiting for the perfect method, the perfect time, or the perfect conditions. But improvement doesn’t start with conditions—it starts with commitment.

Once you make a real decision to improve your English, it’s as if your brain starts searching for ways to make it happen. You’ll find the time; you’ll make the effort; you’ll be more consistent, even on difficult days.

Important Note: If you say, “I’ll try to improve my English,” or “I’ll try to be consistent with my English practice,” you haven’t really decided. Trying implies hesitation. Deciding means doing. No excuses. No turning back.

Ask yourself: Have I truly decided to learn English this year? Or am I still thinking from the perspective of “trying”?

Remember: Trying gives you an excuse to stop. Deciding gives you a reason to continue.

➡️ Mini Challenge: write down your decision related to your English learning and post it where you’ll see it every day.

Example: I have decided that I want to reach an advanced (C1) level of English; I will do something every day to practice my English, even if only 5 minutes.

👉 I encourage you to share your mini challenge with us on one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky). We will comment on your challenge as soon as we can.

We'll see you tomorrow with some more ideas that can help you to make a mental shift in the learning process. 

All the best!