Fool around

Don't take yourself or your second language efforts too seriously. The reason being: the harder you try, the worse you perform. Think of the result when one strains to hit a golf ball!

Instead, relax more. I'd even recommend that you fool around! (I originally wrote this post a couple of years before deciding on 'Play-fool Tongue' for this blog's name.)

Several things come under that umbrella: 

• Be lighthearted
• Have fun 
• Enjoy yourself 
• Joke around 
• Experiment
• Get stuck in 
• Mix things up
• Be active

Now then . . . which Google image would do to illustrate this advice?