I keep putting off learning Spanish just because I remember how hellish it was for me to master Thai. People say that it is a lot easier than languages that use other script like Thai but honestly, learning languages in not my area of expertise at all and never has been.

I'm on my 3rd attempt at DuoLingo. I think I just need to buckle down and accept that it isn't going to be easy nor something that happens overnight. I have quite a few friends that live in expat areas of the Spanish speaking world and the ability to communicate just a little bit makes everything a lot easier. I know that in Thailand I am able to get things done a lot easier than the average foreigner just by being able to talk.

Maybe I should make a schedule and stick to it and put in an hour a day of studying.

About your Mexican accent I have heard that is a very real thing that people who are native speakers can identify almost immediately kind of like how I can tell after just a few sentences whether someone is Canadian or American - maybe it is even more profound given the distance between Spain and all the rest of the Spanish speaking world. I know that I accidentally ended up with a southern accent in Thai and the Thai people get a real kick out of that since the southern accent is considered the "lower class" accent of the country.