I've been learning Japanese on and off for a couple of years, sometimes spending hours a day learning grammar and vocab, sometimes only doing my 5 minutes of Duolingo to keep the streak alive.
It's always been like this and I often felt a little discouraged by people saying they reached N4 in like 6 months or are learning 6 hours a day and if you do less it's not even worth trying and all of that.
But I feel like I have to do it my way. Japanese is my fourth language, so I thought, I just trust the process without any pressure, even if it takes a decade to get to a decent level.
I recently started reading Chi's Sweet Home in japanese and even though I did struggle a little at the beginning, now half way through it's all so much easier and I'm starting to really enjoy how much I learn and already learned.
I'm just really happy that I feel like the effort I put in finally pays off. (I also struggle a little less with listening.)
Yeah, I'm still far from fluent, but this is a big step for me 🙂 I just wanted to share that with you guys.
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