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How to (force yourself) to learn German continuously

Moin, friends, I'm sure each of you is familiar with this situation: "I can study German for 2-3 hours today, but the other day I can't make myself do anything at all".

For the study of any foreign language is critical: without regular exercise, all that you learned yesterday, the day after tomorrow is already forgotten. The result is the well-known trampling in place and "I study German so much, but it's useless".

Here is the solution: Create a to-do list for the day!

So simple and obvious that you don't want to take it seriously, am I right? And you should. Watch how it all works.

When I am really tired and don't feel like learning, I try to do the minimum program: learn for just 5 minutes. Just to make a point. What this leads to:

First, 5 minutes is better than nothing at all.

Second, it gets me into the habit of learning a language every day. And in the long run, this is simply the most valuable thing you can gain. When you have a habit, you don't have to prescribe yourself 10,000 kicks to get into something. The habit itself pushes you to get busy.

Now take this to learning German.

Think back to a situation where you didn't feel like doing anything. What is the minimum bar that you personally could set in that situation? What can you do purely for a tick? For example, repeat the old 10 words, listen to 3 minutes of audio, write a message or a note in German. There are many variations and it's important to listen to what you yourself have to say.

Remember the main principle: it is all about getting into the habit of exercising regularly. To get away from the "peaks and pits" system, where we either exercise until we're stupefied or don't exercise at all.

No idea where to get the materials to learn? For this occasion I've been writing my ebooks - from grammar to slang. You can choose any topic for the day from one of the ebooks and learn it. You can find them all in my All-in-One pack.

If you're feeling extra lazy, then I suggest watching a movie in German and taking notes. To get an idea of that, you can refer to my Rapunzel movie course, which can be found below.

When you can get into regularity, you will discover a whole new way to speak German!