And now … the riskiest thing I’ve done.
I’m going to stop studying for a week. Because I’m going to be in Germany.
I’ve given this some though: there is no amount of studying I can do that compares to just the natural immersion of being in Germany. No amount of Anki cards or grammar exercises will be as good, or important, as another 10 minutes going to a store, bar, restaurant or other activity and just trying to soak in all the natural German I can.
So that’s a rule I’m making for myself. No more studying until I get back from the trip. Catching up to a weeks worth of Anki backlog probably will suck though lol.
Very demotivated, I learnt from myself and others’ experience that once you tell people in your surrounding that u are learning sth like a language, you’ll likely fail to keep doing it.
Yeah, I feel this somewhat. When you tell people about what you’re attempting, they just immediately have high regards for you, and it can be demotivating living up to these sorts of unrealistic expectations. I have something coming up later this year and they could very well just have a “everyone stand up and talk about yourself” spiel. I study languages a lot in my free time, but I’m definitely not going to tell any of them that.
2hrs Japanese, 1hr Spanish, 30 mins Irish.
Graduated from N5 grammar lessons to N4 on MaruMori.
Graduated from A2 section on Duolingo to B1.Still need a lot more education than what this is otherwise perceived as, need chock tons of exposure and exercises in the languages still. It feels like I’m a beginner in everything. I like studying, but even with the 2hrs in Japanese a day, it still feels like I’m hardly getting any traction. I have no idea why.
Well done!
