Hey everyone, I've been going through and learning Japanese as a hobby for the past 6ish months and as of late I've been really struggling with keeping my motivation up to get through the early stages of learning the language.
For some context, I've learned hiragana/katakana and I'm now juggling going through the kaishi 1.5k deck, WaniKani, and Bunpro daily to make sure the self-study I've been doing is as comprehensive as possible. I've been making what feels like a decent amount of progress given how little free time I have between working a full time job and being a college student, but I know I haven't made enough progress to get to mining and attempting immersion quite yet.
Point being, for those of y'all that are further along in your journey, how did you maintain your motivation to keep going during the early phases of learning the language? I really do want to learn Japanese and I recognize that learning a language is a skill than takes a lifetime to truly develop, it's just that right now it feels more like an intensive grind with not a whole lot of results to show for it yet. I'm not sure if I just need to approach this with a different mindset or change how I study, or some combination of both, but I wanted to get some input from you guys and see what y'all think.
by italianbmt1