What I wish I’d known earlier, and what I’m still thinking about now:
Fluency isn’t just about mastering vocabulary or grammar. It starts when you care more about what you’re saying than how you’re saying it—and it deepens when you care more about who you’re speaking with than even the message itself.
Word count or CEFR levels matter less than emotional intelligence in the long run.
Language fluency → Message fluency → Relational fluency