u/Scared_Fondant6494

Today, on this Purnima, I am beginning to approach Sanskrit again. After a lifetime of avoiding the language, I took the first baby step towards learning Sanskrit and had my first lesson. I have a 3-year timeline at which point I wish to be able to read and understand scriptures of Vedanta directly. I'll study every day for 3 hours. 1.5 hours in the morning before work. 1.5 hours before bed.

Is that a realistic timeline, first of all?

Second of all, could you reassure me a bit? I studied Sanskrit at school and was thoroughly daunted by it. Barely scraping through higher secondary. Now, I am starting as a middle-aged person, with Ruppel's CIS Text. Do I even have a chance? Thank you!