Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about history will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 4 years of working with yoruba has actually taught me.
The people who struggle most are the ones who overthink the entry point.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to treating every mistake as data rather than failure. After that, things started moving much faster.
The one thing I would prioritise: find a concrete real-world use case for history in your own life or work.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
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