The more rewards and achievements and levels I acquire on Duolingo, the less motivated I become to continue.
There's nothing quite as powerful as the quiet determination to acquire a new skill (in this case, a new language).
But this isn't measurable, so it can't be managed.
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. has a good point about this: if it needs to be 'gamified' to be interesting, you're teaching yourself that the act isn't intrinsically motivating
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His talk was *exactly* what I was thinking about when I observed my declining motivation!