I got my unicycle on the 30th of January 2016, and have spent a few hours in the saddle thus far, trying to learn.  Here's the story thus far.  The day numbers are the days I practiced, and are not successive days.

Day 1 (hours 0-2): Unboxed the bike and assembled my 36er Nimbus Nightfox. I'd been told that learning on a 36er would be harder than learning on a smaller unicycle, but there were also some minor advantages. I leaned it against my living room wall and awkwardly hoisted myself up. This was after seeing a lot of youtube videos and reading an accompanying manual, which stressed upon the need to not remove the lower foot off the pedal for any reason, and it paid off. Was able to get on top, without the uni skittering away from beneath me. Now, the advantage of the extremely large wheel size was that I could easily grab the wheel with my hand, a feat that's impossible on other unicycles, without a lot of bending; this meant that I could use my hand as the brake, holding the wheel firm. I was now able to inch forward, by pushing down on the pedals, and releasing a little bit of the wheel each time I did. Even with all these precautions, I saw that it was incredibly easy to lose the unicycle from beneath me. The first few times were rather terrifying, as I was sitting higher on the saddle than I'd ever done before, on any bike. Before long, I had already got quite a few tire marks on my living room wall, and realized that it was probably a dumb idea to practice with that monster indoors.  20 " and 24 " unicycles ought to be easy to practice upon, indoors while 36ers definitely not! I stepped outside with my unicycle and headed over to a place called the 'allaktivitetshus' (All Activities House) which is a community building, as it has a long wall without any obstacles on the ground level. It even had a window sill at a convenient height. I could get on the uni, hold the sill and practice. I spent the next hour or so practicing, and by the end of the hour, I'd stopped holding the wheel in my hands; I was able to move small distance, with a quarter revolution or so of the crank.

Day 2: (hours 2-4) The weather was great; 9+ °C, light winds.  Got more comfortable with not holding down the wheel, and made steady progress. Since my body was doing way more work than on any bike, particularly with all of the compensation for the rocking,  I was expending a lot of energy! I'd hop on the bike, move a couple of feet, slide off and repeat the process, with my calf muscles fully taut when on the saddle. Within the hour, I was feeling zapped.  After two hours, though I was enthusiastic to practice more, I simply had to call it quits as I was quite exhausted, but I was now able move through half revolutions of the crank,

Day 3: (hours 4-7) Spent more time practicing, and for the first time, I was able to pedal along the entire length of the wall, without having to dismount. This was a significant achievement. Dismounting fewer times means less exertion due to repeated mounting, and I was able to practice an additional hour. I tried to see if I could pedal away from the wall, but only sustained a bad fall. I was still quite afraid to set off, leaving the wall.

Day 4: (hours 7-9) I was quite determined to be able to step away from the wall.  I also changed my posture. Instead of gripping the window sill with my fingers, I was now only leaning myself against the wall, using my hands to ensure seperation from the wall, while leaning in all the time. I tried to do sections of the revolutions without my hand actually touching the wall, and it worked. Though I still didn't think I was ready to step away from the wall, I was also beginning to get a little concerned about the wall becoming an impediment to progress. I moved from the wall to a clump of trees on some grass, on an 'island' near my apartment; here, supporting myself against a tree, I'd attemp to push off and complete a full revolution.  I told myself that every fall would still help me shake off the fear. I counted the falls; when I had around 18, I was able to go slightly over three quarters of a revolution. When I was 20 something, I had my first revolution.

Day 5: (hours 9-10) I resumed at the tree, instead of the wall.  I was still not at the point where I could do a full revolution on each attempt, so sustained many more falls, in the process. Now, while these falls were only my getting off the unicycle rather fast, and not really getting tangled up, I was hitting the ground on my feet hard, sometimes with bent knees, other times straight, and this meant that my back and knees were feeling a bit sore. I stopped practice.

After the day 5 practice, I got severe back pain; I've had a history of lower back pains, and the high number of falls while doing the practice away from the wall had obviously triggered a bout of pain. Three days later, my back is now slowly recovering, but I still haven't had another session on the unicycle just yet. I think I'll go back to the wall for a few more sessions, before attempting to step away from the wall, as I believe I'll have more control, which might mean fewer dismounts.  The key to learning this is patience, and the ability to overcome the urge to go on to the next step, even if one is not fully ready.  Hopefully, I'll get some practice over this weekend.