Welcome

Whatever your reason for learning a foreign language, be it to pass a class, get by in a foreign country, eavesdrop on your neighbors, or to impress a girl (or guy), you should be commended. Language learning is a very difficult endeavor, but is also a hell of a lot of fun. The most IMPORTANT thing, and I cannot stress it enough, is to be MOTIVATED. You simply HAVE to want to learn it, if you are teaching yourself especially, or you never will. I will mention motivation a lot! MOTIVATION! See?
Over the course of the next few days, months and hopefully years, I hope to give some tips on how to study smartly and how to stay motivated. I also hope to gain valuable insight by contributions from other cunning linguists. Speaking of which, if you didn't catch that play on words, then you may be a linguist, but not a cunning one yet. Don't worry we'll get you there!