• the schedule exists for a reason, don't wait for energy to strike
• make every single day count, as small an act as it may be
• you'll soon forget things you were too attached to if you find a superior substitute
• studies come first, other stuff can always be caught up with later somehow
• contingencies happen. similarly, spending a few days to focus on building smth to the "detriment" of other tasks isnt bad if it's smth worthwhile
• rewatching or rereading things ain't bad if you enjoy em or didnt like / pay attention the first time
• books up until 400 pages in length can be read in under a month, more than that get the two-month treatment
• it's better to divide things in small parts nd take longer to complete a task than to speed through it all nd feel as if you didnt absorb anything
• cant write?

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• after learning all tenses nd at least 2000 words in a target language, it's good to start aiming for that 10.000 milestone
• if you dont know half the words in a sentence, you need to work on learning more vocab
• if you understand the words in a sentence individually, but not together like that, youre trying to translate too literally. you need to try to stop thinking in ur native language or other fluent languages, nd spent a lot of time immersing yourself in the language
• if you know what you want to say, and know the words you want to use, but cant put them together, your issue lies with sentence structure
• learning how to read abt grammar in the target language enables access to more resources nd doubles as a form of studying in itself
• when youre already familiar w the basics there comes a point where you want to clear up any mistakes nd learn which word to use when you have more than one option
• learning local vocab can also help, though it's more likely to come w time
• identify words nd phrases used a lot in the native language, nd practice those words + phrases in the target language. especially work-related ones.
• familiarize w the sound of the language. spend a lot of time listening to music, watching movies or youtube videos in the target language - no subtitles, unless the subtitles are in the target language x