u/canaidemr

Long story short I've been learning German for past 3-4 months on my own and I've run dry. I'm a solid B1 level now and I'm planning to take the Goethe exam in 14 days. But I've lost my way, in a sense, everytime I sit at the table I stare at it not knowing what to do.

First two months was a bliss. I've had a lot to learn so I could sit at my desk and say "today I'll learn this structure". And practice with it until I figured it out and moved on. Then I finished my grammar book. Started practicing my speaking skills with a language partner etc. All good so far.

I've got ADHD and over the years I've learned how to move with it. I didn't rely on motivation anymore but consistent action. And it worked. Until it didn't.

It worked because everytime I sat on my desk regardless of my motivation I had a starting point. Open the grammar book, do the exercises, read sth. listen to sth. enjoy have fun while at it. write down and repeat new vocabulary, rinse and repeat.

And It run dry because I don't feel like I'm learning new something anymore. Only thing I can do is more exposure. So I read Substacks, watch german content on youtube etc. But it feels way slower and I know I'm not building language retrieval but language recognition skills. (Why ppl end up "in I can understand but I can't speak stage"). So I put my degree to use and tried to come up with a plan. Tried changing my methods and structure. Switched my goal to writing more and more.

And that's where I hit a wall. Because passive learning is fun and all, it's great if you have time in your hands. Which I do not allow myself due to my long term goals.

But active learning is more challenging. Because it requires somewhat of a motivation if you do not want to feel tortured.

My inital try was asking claude for essay prompts. However, I couldn't convince my brain that it was interesting, to write "if phones should be allowed in classrooms", to write about "whether rules in society makes a positive impact", "inviting an imaginary friend to an imaginary event." It felt like BS and meaningless everytime. So it took me no time to give that up. 

So I'm looking for advice to how to overcome this plateau, I miss my old pace back where I could see my improvement day to day. But now I'm stuck at this wall. Where doing grammar exercises feel hollow, and where exposure feels like time inefficient, and where writing feels like a punishment.

And yeah I might write about my own personal interests. But doing that doesn't feel rewarding if I'm doing it to the void of space and don't have a correspondance where I can build and dive deep on it's certain points (with a human).

So do you guys have any advice with it? Or would you want to pair up so we can send back and forth what we have written and make a connection over a shared goal in the meantime?

Long story short I've been learning German for past 3-4 months on my own and I've run dry. I'm a solid B1 level now and I'm planning to take the Goethe exam in 14 days. But I've lost my way, in a sense, everytime I sit at the table I stare at it not knowing what to do.

First two months was a bliss. I've had a lot to learn so I could sit at my desk and say "today I'll learn this structure". And practice with it until I figured it out and moved on. Then I finished my grammar book. Started practicing my speaking skills with a language partner etc. All good so far.

I've got ADHD and over the years I've learned how to move with it. I didn't rely on motivation anymore but consistent action. And it worked. Until it didn't.

It worked because everytime I sat on my desk regardless of my motivation I had a starting point. Open the grammar book, do the exercises, read sth. listen to sth. enjoy have fun while at it. write down and repeat new vocabulary, rinse and repeat.

And It run dry because I don't feel like I'm learning new something anymore. Only thing I can do is more exposure. So I read Substacks, watch german content on youtube etc. But it feels way slower and I know I'm not building language retrieval but language recognition skills. (Why ppl end up "in I can understand but I can't speak stage"). So I put my degree to use and tried to come up with a plan. Tried changing my methods and structure. Switched my goal to writing more and more.

And that's where I hit a wall. Because passive learning is fun and all, it's great if you have time in your hands. Which I do not allow myself due to my long term goals.

But active learning is more challenging. Because it requires somewhat of a motivation if you do not want to feel tortured.

My inital try was asking claude for essay prompts. However, I couldn't convince my brain that it was interesting, to write "if phones should be allowed in classrooms", to write about "whether rules in society makes a positive impact", "inviting an imaginary friend to an imaginary event." It felt like BS and meaningless everytime. So it took me no time to give that up. 

So I'm looking for advice to how to overcome this plateau, I miss my old pace back where I could see my improvement day to day. But now I'm stuck at this wall. Where doing grammar exercises feel hollow, and where exposure feels like time inefficient, and where writing feels like a punishment.

And yeah I might write about my own personal interests. But doing that doesn't feel rewarding if I'm doing it to the void of space and don't have a correspondance where I can build and dive deep on it's certain points (with a human).

So do you guys have any advice with it? Or would you want to pair up so we can send back and forth what we have written and make a connection over a shared goal in the meantime?

Long story short I've been learning German (TL) for past 3-4 months on my own and I've run dry. I'm a solid B1 level now and I'm planning to take the Goethe exam in 14 days. But I've lost my way, in a sense, everytime I sit at the table I stare at it not knowing what to do.

First two months was a bliss. I've had a lot to learn so I could sit at my desk and say "today I'll learn this structure". And practice with it until I figured it out and moved on. Then I finished my grammar book. Started practicing my speaking skills with a language partner etc. All good so far.

I've got ADHD and over the years I've learned how to move with it. I didn't rely on motivation anymore but consistent action. And it worked. Until it didn't.

It worked because everytime I sat on my desk regardless of my motivation I had a starting point. Open the grammar book, do the exercises, read sth. listen to sth. enjoy have fun while at it. write down and repeat new vocabulary, rinse and repeat.

And It run dry because I don't feel like I'm learning new something anymore. Only thing I can do is more exposure. So I read Substacks, watch german content on youtube etc. But it feels way slower and I know I'm not building language retrieval but language recognition skills. (Why ppl end up "in I can understand but I can't speak stage"). So I put my degree to use and tried to come up with a plan. Tried changing my methods and structure. Switched my goal to writing more and more.

And that's where I hit a wall. Because passive learning is fun and all, it's great if you have time in your hands. Which I do not allow myself due to my long term goals.

But active learning is more challenging. Because it requires somewhat of a motivation if you do not want to feel tortured.

My inital try was asking claude for essay prompts. However, I couldn't convince my brain that it was interesting, to write "if phones should be allowed in classrooms", to write about "whether rules in society makes a positive impact", "inviting an imaginary friend to an imaginary event." It felt like BS and meaningless everytime. So it took me no time to give that up. 

So I'm looking for advice to how to overcome this plateau, I miss my old pace back where I could see my improvement day to day. But now I'm stuck at this wall. Where doing grammar exercises feel hollow, and where exposure feels like time inefficient, and where writing feels like a punishment.

And yeah I might write about my own personal interests. But doing that doesn't feel rewarding if I'm doing it to the void of space and don't have a correspondance where I can build and dive deep on it's certain points (with a human).

So do you guys have any advice with it? Or would you want to pair up so we can send back and forth what we have written and make a connection over a shared goal in the meantime?

Long story short I've been learning German for past 3-4 months on my own and I've run dry. I'm a solid B1 level now and I'm planning to take the Goethe exam in 14 days. But I've lost my way, in a sense, everytime I sit at the table I stare at it not knowing what to do.

First two months was a bliss. I've had a lot to learn so I could sit at my desk and say "today I'll learn this structure". And practice with it until I figured it out and moved on. Then I finished my grammar book. Started practicing my speaking skills with a language partner etc. All good so far.

I've got ADHD and over the years I've learned how to move with it. I didn't rely on motivation anymore but consistent action. And it worked. Until it didn't.

It worked because everytime I sat on my desk regardless of my motivation I had a starting point. Open the grammar book, do the exercises, read sth. listen to sth. enjoy have fun while at it. write down and repeat new vocabulary, rinse and repeat.

And It run dry because I don't feel like I'm learning new something anymore. Only thing I can do is more exposure. So I read Substacks, watch german content on youtube etc. But it feels way slower and I know I'm not building language retrieval but language recognition skills. (Why ppl end up "in I can understand but I can't speak stage"). So I put my degree to use and tried to come up with a plan. Tried changing my methods and structure. Switched my goal to writing more and more.

And that's where I hit a wall. Because passive learning is fun and all, it's great if you have time in your hands. Which I do not allow myself due to my long term goals.

But active learning is more challenging. Because it requires somewhat of a motivation if you do not want to feel tortured.

My inital try was asking claude for essay prompts. However, I couldn't convince my brain that it was interesting, to write "if phones should be allowed in classrooms", to write about "whether rules in society makes a positive impact", "inviting an imaginary friend to an imaginary event." It felt like BS and meaningless everytime. So it took me no time to give that up.

So I'm looking for advice to how to overcome this plateau, I miss my old pace back where I could see my improvement day to day. But now I'm stuck at this wall. Where doing grammar exercises feel hollow, and where exposure feels like time inefficient, and where writing feels like a punishment.

And yeah I might write about my own personal interests. But doing that doesn't feel rewarding if I'm doing it to the void of space and don't have a correspondance where I can build and dive deep on it's certain points (with a human).

So do you guys have any advice with it? Or would you want to pair up so we can send back and forth what we have written and make a connection over a shared goal in the meantime?