An honest trial gives you permission to learn without promising to continue forever.

Deciding in advance that something is a trial removes the weight that stops most people starting. Without it, every new class, job, or habit arrives carrying an implied lifetime commitment, so quitting later would mean you were wrong to begin. That fear is what keeps people circling an idea for years. A stated experiment changes the question from will I keep this up to what will I learn by March.

Give the next thing you are curious about a fixed length and a clear end date. Tell people it is a trial so nobody, including you, treats stopping as failure. When the date arrives, decide honestly rather than by default.