Things I wish I knew before learning 12 languages (+ big life update!!)

[@SS-cu8se]

"Time does not equal mental energy" - YESS, I am learning this too and trying to figure out how I can organize my day so I have enough energy to complete my goals. Thanks for sharing!!

[@melekpolyglot5387]

This sentence it's explain why sometimes we don't want to study even we have time

[@mengqisun7721]

I start thinking about how to keep motivated

[@AfroLinguo]

I felt this today. I want to study for Uni and revise my chinese lessons and edit a KZbin video and so on but my brain was like " bruuuuhhhh!!!! CHILL!" haha.

[@MariaLaura-ly4tb]

YES ABOUT BEING STOPPED AFTER EVERY WORD I think that is a big reason why people that just learn in schools are so repulsed by them, and say that they are bad at them.

[@bhutchin1996]

Correcting mistakes all the time is a horrible way to teach a language. It's better to do that in review or at least suggesting another way to say something.

[@isaacsarver7088]

When you said "time does not equal mental energy for language learning" I FELT THAT. Great video! :)

[@nendoakuma7451]

Yes, I’ve had to deal with lots of exhaustion, particularly mental.

[@melekpolyglot5387]

Yea it's really explain why we don't study even we have time 😅

[@nextghost]

@@melekpolyglot5387 You can still study even if you're all out of mental energy. You just have to stop trying too hard. Put away your textbook, play some nice movie or something and relax. You're still learning that way.

[@melekpolyglot5387]

@@nextghost yea you are right .thank you 😄

[@minlissette5920]

This year I wasn't even planning on starting to study languages, but here I am, studying English since the quarantine start, and now starting with Korean

[@melekpolyglot5387]

That's great keep going

[@minlissette5920]

@@melekpolyglot5387 I will, now I love languages 😍❤️

[@mahoodaloo2880]

@@minlissette5920 good luck😄🙏

[@petrichorrs]

Keep it up, and good luck!

[@carolvsworld1514]

your english is great! keep working hard 💕

[@PatrykDamian]

"Why even plan when we live in a pandemic" 😂😂 so accurate! I kind of ended up in Spain which has never been my plan haha (im also doing language related videos in case anybody is interested😇)

[@LindieBotes]

LOL. I did say "plan" and not "learn", but honestly, that is a whole mood 😂

[@PatrykDamian]

@@LindieBotes my fault!! Haha, just corrected it :D

[@melekpolyglot5387]

😂😂😂😂I was think she will say why even plan when we live in2020😂😂

[@Somatic.Artistry]

Spain is amazing, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did when I lived there!!

[@PatrykDamian]

@@Somatic.Artistry I love it! While it was never planned it was the best spontaneous decision of my life haha

[@santiglot]

I appreciate your honesty, it's always important to show to learners that multilingual people are also normal people. Honestly, trying to get better in so many languages in just 1 year is unrealistic, with Covid or without it. I like to see you have learnt a lot from this and thanks for sharing those lessons with us. Wish you the best~~

[@melekpolyglot5387]

Yes I agree with you

[@Константин-в1б]

Omg I love your channel

[@laynamiwa9439]

My goals didn't go anything as I planned 😂😂 Also Congrats on your relationship, he sounds like a sweetheart❤

[@GlobetrottingPolyglot]

I think "time does not equal mental energy" is what I needed to hear for a while thank you

[@melekpolyglot5387]

Yea that's explain why we can't study sometimes even we have time 😅

[@studyberry9029]

💕 such great points! 💕 "Time does not equal mental energy". OOF. Felt that one in my soul. This coming year I would like to set more habits, and maybe less goals, too. Also, 축하해용♡

[@melekpolyglot5387]

Yes it's was really real that's way sometimes it's hard to do something even we have time

[@JayjayVentura7]

That was a surprise that he’s from Philippines. Filipino people can be very caring and sweet. 😍 awww... happy for you!

[@VahnAeris]

my plan has always been no plan. stick to this one and you'll always make it. this year was a total success.

[@nighteyesiv]

Oh my god a person who works 10-7! Finally a video featuring someone with the same mentally draining work schedule who doesn't have 24 hours a day to dedicate to language learning. This is honestly so refreshing because by the time I punch out, cook dinner, exercise, and do the dishes, it's 9PM, I'm mentally and physically drained from the day, and I get a good 1-2 hours of Korean study *barely*. I always feel so behind comparing myself to people with a lot more structurable time.. I am really trying to maximize my time this year and keep my big study binges for weekends when I have the extra energy to spare.

[@lifeform106]

As for my language goals My goals were -get more advance in Japanese -find great Japanese friends to practice with -learn all basic French -try out Arabic and Chinese I did get good Japanese friends and my Japanese level did get better. I got most of basic French but not all of it I tried Arabic and Chinese and had a lot of fun though didn’t get high level due to pandemic reasons. So overall successful year and glad your year was too :)

[@LindieBotes]

That's wonderful, thanks for sharing your goals and progress!

[@lifeform106]

@@LindieBotes thanks for the reply. Big fan of this channel. Helped me and motivated me and lots of people to learn languages 😃

[@melekpolyglot5387]

Wow great job. I am Arabic native speaker you can make goal for this year makeing arab friend I am here😅😂

[@lifeform106]

@@melekpolyglot5387 oh yes I have arab friends and I’ll gladly enjoy chatting:)

What a phenomenal video. Loved everything you said, I can totally relate. Keep it up!

[@williamjames4031]

Woow, woow, you speak Italian. I always wanted to subscribe to a language learner learning Italian.

[@Luis-io6fb]

I'm really interested seeing in your progress in Tagalog. I hope you make a video on it soon. Not trying to pressure you though haha

[@solensol7782]

I don't know why, but when you said that you're in a relationship, you made me so happy. I hope it'll work. Love you from Kosovo🇽🇰❤️💎♾✨

[@mariannemesezold3314]

"People will come in and out of my life - This is the circle of life" I don't know why I suddenly got so emotional when you said this.... It is so true

[@lifeform106]

The pandemic made it a big problem for balancing time. Working from home is very difficult and I used to go to classes where that’s where I did schools and go home and relax and learn. Now that my classes are in my personal room and space. I procrastinate a lot more and get behind and my studies with school overlap with language learning. It’s a rough time in 2020. I was able to learn some but I can’t wait til classes and places are opened

[@ashleyfoss4718]

All my classes for my bachelors were online and I just graduated in October. The pandemic didn't change a lot in terms of my daily life. I'm realizing that maybe when I start my masters in January, I should set up an area of the house (like the basement) where I work on school work, and then come up stairs and work on language learning as if I was in a different space entirely. I don't know if it will work, but I struggle big time with procrastination and lack of mental energy.

[@asootspriteart]

I'm still a newbie language learner compared to you and still finding my feet with it, so I was really relieved to hear you say about habits over goals. I feel like so many polyglots push having a concrete goal and I've just never really jibed with that. My end goal is complete fluency, but I'd rather enjoy the journey to get there than beat myself up for not reaching X goal in however many months and make myself feel like a failure if I don't get there. I don't see how that's supposed to be encouraging, I'd rather feel like I'm chipping away at it through daily habits and keep my passion alive.

[@tibowmew]

I've really surprised myself on my own language learning goals this year. I was studying Korean for fun for a few years, but since moving to Korea, I've only felt really pressured to learn it (by both myself and others), and it's really turned me off to learning it. I've since taken a break from it. In that time, I've started learning other languages that I'd put on the back burner for one reason or another, and have found my motivation to be MUCH higher with Chinese and ASL. I know I will come back to Korean, because I really do love it, but I had forgotten that fun and joy with learning it. Your channel really makes me feel okay with the ups and downs of language learning and I really appreciate that 🥰

[@SilviaKay]

This year I have given birth to my first child, which has had a huge impact on everything. My original plan was to reach N3 in Japanese and (passive) B2 in German, but I ended up taking a break from Japanese and only studying German on and off. Instead, I have fallen in love with Italian all over again and have made a ton of progress, which was totally unexpected. I am even considering studying for C1 next year.

[@safarfsaf]

Grats on your kid! Life is wonderful!

[@harisankarunni1088]

1. Congrats on getting a boyfriend ! 😊😊😊😊 2 .Your point on mental energy was on point (no pun intended , sorry). I planned to read like almost a book per day because my college admissions are going on and I have a lot of free time , but I soon realised that nah , not gonna happen. I am now doing it slowly and trying not to burn out ... so , highly accurate point.

[@SomedayKorean]

The biggest thing I've learned from making yearly goals is that goals can change drastically over the course of a year haha. So even though every year I technically "fail" to achieve 100% of my goals, I still enjoy setting yearly goals because it's also really interesting to look back on what your past self really wanted to achieve. For the sake of actually achieving goals, though, I agree that setting goals in shorter periods is much more attainable.

[@carolvsworld1514]

I can not stress enough how much I LOVE your channel and all that you do for the language community. like, for real, I have been through everything you just said and honestly, I thought things were not working out because I was just stupid and everybody else was gifted, therefore I couldn't stop comparing myself. every time you upload a video, it's like you knew I was going through a hard phase... thank you so much for keeping things real and talking about these issues. god bless you. 💖warm hugs from brazil.

[@taryndancer29]

4 years ago I moved to Germany and meant to stay for a year, and well.... still here 😅. I never planned to start learning Irish this year but with free online courses and lockdown, I started! But yes my motivation changes all the time. I just stopped putting crazy pressure on myself and doing what I feel like.

[@ok-tl7qj]

Do you like Germany?

[@eda1102]

the whole habits over goals is such a great mindset! I noticed it myself as well, I had much smaller goals than u. But I found it hard to stick to it when it's a goal - smth so far off in the future "read a whole book in German", and things were working out much nicer when I had enough time and energy for reading a few pages twice a week. I had a much better feeling about the whole thing even thought I wasnt moving along faster with the book. also your point about time not equaling mental energy. thats so true, ive been working from home since march and i feel like i get done less than i would have last year around this time. even tho i finish work at 6-7 (much later than i would at the office), i dont have energy to sit down to do a german lesson/read. the only thing that i kept is watching tv shows in german on netflix (at least smth)

[@paulaguard8583]

Your comments about how the people you interact with affect your learning are so true. I realise now how lucky I was when I started learning Spanish to find my Spanish community really quickly - a small class of people around my age who all went to a bar after class to keep practising, a conversation club in a bar every week etc. With Italian I just haven’t found that same kind of connection with anyone and I really haven’t learned in the same way

[@Gldenbunny]

As I’m a beginner learning just Japanese at the moment, I’m focusing on very small time frames e.g. a week, a month and at most 3 months for my language learning goals and because I’m using memrise I’m able to make very tangible goals like I want to finish each of the courses. I don’t know how it will change as I become more advanced and I finish all of the memrise courses but I’m excited to see where it goes.

[@elen9411]

I am majoring at Japanese and I am learning other 4 languages at the moment. I can recommend you to get some books. For me Minna no nihongo and Japanese for busy people are total gem. Also Dictionary of basic japanese grammar is great for grammar studies. And for improving the language you can watch a lot of videos on ytb, watch japanese series (you can watch anime, but anime Japanese is kinda different from the real Japanese) and listen to podcast.

[@glorbnorgaborg37yearsago10]

So how did it go?

[@chadbailey7038]

I’ve seen other productivity gurus talk about 3 month “Sprints” goal making. For that exact reason. Because things adapt every 3 months.

[@thomashager1424]

Congratulations on your boyfriend! I rang in 2020 with my wife's family in South Korea, and decided to make learning Korean a focus this year. I was anticipating a grand 2020 as an "annus mirabilis." You're right: the pandemic messed with everybody's plans. Working from home drained energy from language studies. I ended up spending more time (re-)learning Spanish than studying Korean. Other hobbies (Toastmasters, bicycling) took time away from language studies. Etc., etc. Thank you for the lessons. I will apply them to my language studies, and life.

[@ABetterYouEm]

The mental energy point is so true. I love learning languages but it is genuinely so tiring some days. I have to really balance working out and work and kids with languages to make sure it doesn't suck all my energy!

[@alessandrobordone9317]

I recently picked up my chinese learning and begun using italki to improve in italian! Your channel is so inspiring and quite unique, as your priorities in language learning are much more holistic and natural than others. 您非常有才华。你的画得也很好!

[@taniabuzzi6025]

This video was exactly what I needed! I'm planning to go back at studying languages and also follow some new hobbies, but in my life I always struggled a lot with setting goals, they make my anxiety even worse and I end beating myself up all the time. In the past couple of months I also understood that I have to prioritize habits instead of (sometimes impossible) goals. Whatching your video and hearing you talking about this same thoughts REALLY helped me, I feel so motivated thanks to you right now! Thank you so much for sharing your journey, you are amazing! :)

[@AfroLinguo]

OMG!!! Your nails look really nice. I love em. You inspire me to learn Korean too. I have HSK level 3 in Chinese now and I love I will soon be able to move on to Korean.

[@lifeform106]

Thanks for making this video! One of my favorite recent ones. And the advice on habits vs goals and hobbies outside of languages are great languages and breaking the year apart. All this will help all us Lindie. Thanks for being a great language advisor for all us 😇 very successful

[@jackschauztern3113]

From what I hear, I think, you became more mature this year. Having more realistic goals and being more human regarding your language learning experience. So nice to hear, and I relate a lot with what you said :)

[@N0rmad]

In regards to your teacher over correcting you, that immediately made me think of my driving instructor. I'm finally getting around to learning and when I drive with my dad it's mostly enjoyable and I'm pretty confident driving around town with him. But when I got around to doing proper lessons the instructor would call out every single last mistake, not matter how minor, and it honestly made me not wanna drive for a little bit. I was coming out of the classes feeling like I couldn't actually drive well when just the day before I was driving all over the city with my dad and feeling entirely at ease and confident.

[@DrMomT]

Congratulations on your big life news! It is so wonderful that God prepared the way with you already starting to learn Tagalog before you even met your boyfriend and how sweet that your boyfriend is learning Afrikaans as a way to share more fully in your life.

[@ryleecurtis2189]

I started seriously learning French this year and I can honestly say watching your videos has really helped boost my motivation when it dipped low! I'm not near as far as I would have hoped but I've made a great friend in my tutor and I'm proud of how far I've come along.

[@AlanJonesu]

Love your content as always. As for myself, I'm starting to slowly dig out the parasite that I call doubt from my body and I actively started to speak more Russian with my wife. I'm very much self-deprecating but I decided to change it for the better. Heck, I'm even considering doing a review series for different Russian KZbin educators on what kind of content, resources, and experience they offer. Something else that helped me was writing down what I achieved in regards to language learning and looked at my progress daily. It was somewhat like game, like "leveling up" if I had to use a phrase for it. So, that's my comment. Happy language learning to all, and stay safe!

[@allan1998]

In the middle of the pandemic, and after hitting rock bottom in some areas, I finally decided to return to French, after a six year hiatus. The experience of immersing myself in language learning has been a refreshing opportunity to forget briefly about the stress in my life. People like you have given me the inspiration to pursue this journey. One of my key takeaways of your videos is that I should cherish the journey of language learning, perhaps far more than the destination. The fact that my French shows, series and news outlets are still there, regardless of what happens in the world, is a true blessing in the middle of this pandemic.

[@Adrian13rams]

Aw so happy for you to find someone that wants to learn your language! It’s a good sign! ❤️ still working on getting language friends, hopefully polyglot conference next year will help that too!

[@RiceSnow777]

7:35 is so true. I am surrounded by Cantonese people at work. Even though i still cant speak it, my listening skills have improved so much that i can understand what they say 70% of the time. Exposure to a language makes it easier and faster to pick it up.

[@steff2518]

It's not time management, it's energy management that is the actual kicker! I did a little energy tracker, I'd just give myself a score out of 10 on a graph tracking my waking hours, it had really interesting results! Hadn't realised how much food affects energy.

[@jnnschnll9008]

That's an important point! I changed my diet this year. Not for weight loss but for more energy!

[@natali1856]

Finding a good teacher online is so difficult! On italki, I usually enjoy classes with community tutors rather than the "professional" teachers. Most of my teachers have focused strictly on grammar and either teach material that's too difficult or too easy even after I have communicated my needs. I've learned that I prefer to study alone or in meaningful interactions with native speakers that adjust to my level.

[@LolaPirugini]

Lindie, thank you for that!! what a great video... i've been understanding EXACTLY that: time does not equals energy.

[@katerinadolezalkova350]

I must happily admit that your videos really helped me with my language learning path. Unfortunately, I discovered you and your videos just a few months ago but even with such a short amount of time, I was motivated by you to pick back up my French, from High school, and even start learning Chinese. Thank you so much for this, you make such amazing content which makes me always work harder. I would be even happier if I could find more videos about Chinese on your channel. :)

[@decesarev]

Thank you soooooo much for this video... I've never been able to set up 12month goals and I never understood how other people achieve it, but your vid gives me "hope"😉 take care!

[@LindieBotes]

I'm so glad to hear that! Wishing you all the best 💚

[@YannSchmidt]

This is so true ! Thanks for your input on this. You need a goal and tranform it into habits then enhance the habits every time you need to. That is the only way to make all of it works.

[@Clemaaaa]

There were many ups and downs this year in my Korean learning journey. I registered for TOPIK II (which I should have taken in May, but ended up taking in October). I had trouble staying motivated but I discovered last Friday that I passed the test (3급) which was my goal for this first try. Now I'd like to pass level 4, I'll have to work a lot more in order to make it :-)

[@jmrgeneralmerchandise8018]

Filipino here! I am so glad you decided to learn tagalog! been following you for quite a while now! :) your videos helped me a lot learning Korean!

[@dafstube]

Such a crazy year that taught us so much. I felt like "time does not equal mental energy" was directed to me lol. You thanked us but we also thank you for continuing to do youtube even though this year was so hectic. Love from Brazil 🇧🇷💜

[@skyrider828]

Delighted to see you so upbeat and happy! I look forward to watching your continuing progress through the world's languages in 2021 :)

[@bhutchin1996]

I took a break from Spanish for years while concentrating on Portuguese, but in the end that made my Spanish that much better. Because of German, I can understand a lot of Dutch and by extention Afrikaans. That's awesome that you and your boyfriend are learning each other's languages. Finally, even bodybuilders need rest to let their muscles grow. It's the same with language learning.

[@aoibhk7786]

I really like the idea of.. Not having a lofty goal with a language but rather implement language learning as a regular routine!!

[@MichaelaBennison]

This was so insightful, thank you! I started seriously self-studying Spanish this year (it was the only thing my brain could focus on for several months - my entire industry was shut down because of the pandemic). Now I have higher aspirations with my language learning, but I'm also starting a new job next year, so your tips on goal setting and managing time and energy are really helpful. Hello from the UK!

[@katlegodidit]

You're right about how people in one's life affect the language learning process. I chose Arabic because of the interesting people I've met with ties to the language, besides it being a personal challenge. And I'm happy that you met someone who makes you blush so much, it's been a while since I've seen anyone genuinely have that look you had when you spoke about him. All the best!

[@raulsuhett]

Your videos are so inspiring! This year has been crazy for me too. I was planning on starting Japanese and German and getting my C1 on Catalan, but everything got really hard and I wasn't able to focus on anything. Japanese is so difficult, but so fun... And it makes me think that German is actually quite easy because I can, at least, read it out loud! Hahaha Thank you for your videos and I wish you a great 2021!

[@mirenda2754]

Great video! Thank you for sharing, Lindie, and making such excellent content for us!

[@dewberry150]

People matter! I felt that. Not being on campus and now having a language group of people who I can use languages with this semester really has hurt my use, practice, and most noticeably I feel so much more insecure speaking than I used to

[@rk6483]

This year I decided to take Japanese more seriously, I studied it daily for 1 hour since 1st January 2020. I'm proud to say that I have improved a lot and I am currently doing N3😁 I also started learning Brazilian Portuguese on 24th July 2020 and it's going well, but idk why I'm learning it anyway. I also decided to start learning Korean *again* on 19th August. My Korean is going pretty well and I'm glad! But since September I guess, it's so exhausting to study, it's my last year of highschool anyway so I'm quite busy. Also I never feel like studying from September-December😩😂 Anyways-

[@aldistoteles2919]

Cheers bud

[@aishono16]

Bro I feel you not the "autumn-depression" 😪

[@sgtK0420]

Lindie is getting more and more beautiful every year

[@HunPSP]

Thank you for the video Lindie! I just started to learn Chinese (simplified and traditional), Korean and Japanese and listening to you... and just finding myself in the same situations as you described. Thank you for the tips and for sharing your experience! I recommended your channel for different native speakers as well as for English teachers. Greetings from Hungary. Your language skills are so excellent! :)

[@Flauschbally]

So happy to hear about your big life update ❤️❤️❤️ Enjoy the butterflies and I am sure you will be doing great learning your boyfriends language even better. Have a wonderful rest of the year and looking forward to seeing more videos in 2021 of yours.

[@sejal71]

i know i don't comment that much.. but I just wanna say that you're the only "language-learning KZbinr" that I've consistently watched and enjoyed.. your videos are just the best and I never leave a video feeling like I didn't learn something from you... you're great! love from south africa :))

[@ashlitchi]

So happy to hear about your new life developments! If you ever have the time, I would love to see a tagalog resource/ study video because I'm also trying to learn it! 💖 sending good vibes from NYC :)

[@AnAmericanlinguist]

I agree that goals are hard to maintain, priority and life changes, but I still find it to be enjoyable to plan and write what I would like to accomplish, what my interests are, and later look back and see how things changed, what I did manage to accomplish. The act of setting goals is also motivating to me, even if I don’t manage to keep up with them all in the long run.

[@mic020792]

Hi Lindie! I am very happy to hear your updates! :) I am also happy to know about your thoughts on language goals ‘’cause I’m like a person who will just study based on what current situation am I in, I never really make goals and I thought it’s a bad thing. Thank you Lindie! :) Please do update us with your Tagalog lessons!

[@JK-he1tl]

I started the year with just one goal - to try to learn Chinese every day, and now my streak on Memrise is 327 days (I'm going for 365!), then this October I joined Indonesian A1 class and even had time for Korean practice every few weeks. I feel like this year has been great in terms of language learning but I never learned 2 languages at the same time this is why I came to your channel for motivation and some tips :) btw - if you are still interested in Indonesian - there's a free Zoom course organized by the Indonesian embassy, it's just 1 hour per week so it's not very time-consuming. We're currently in the middle of it but I'm sure next year they'll start again :)

[@tomate3391]

Well, I am very loyal and faithful when it comes to learn my second foreign language Spanish (my first foreign language is English, but I stopped learning that). This year I read two books in Spanish. So, I am more or less satisfied with my progress. But when it comes to my third foreign language I have a lot of on-off relationsships with French, Arabic or Russian. My plan was to put an end to this and I failed :D. I will try it next year again, I promise, really.

[@julianrowlands]

What you say about mental energy and motivation really spoke to me... always an issue but particularly in these strange times. As they say in Yiddish, "a mensch trakht un Got lakht" - a person plans and god laughs.

[@luciacoellocarballo2270]

I have taken up Korean and you're such a big motivation! I'm also learning French as I work for a French company and I have to improve my level and would love to learn Greek. I understood all your points as I also work all day and sometimes you just don't have the energy or rather just watch Netflix. Fun fact - my other hobby is also painting! And finally congrats for the 5 topik level X

[@hoppyjolene]

I think it is important to track how we feel about things, cause to me it's crazy how our mindset does change as we grow up and what we do and don't get interested in!

[@umdiariobranco9038]

I looove your channel and I would really like to see an updated version of your languge books!! WIsh you all the best

[@angelasimonelli9229]

Thanks for this video! I really identify. My language-learning motivations have changed over even just the last couple of months...

[@rosie-posey7413]

i was gonna go big this year but that idea of quarterly goals is very good and i am so puting that into practice ASAP. always dishing out great advice. lots of love from Botswana

[@ishaniafrin2]

Wow your paintings were so adorable! Really a nice video that taught us a lot of things😊

[@RobertHeslop]

That was so cute how you both are just happening to be learning each other's native languages. I definitely agree that planning doesn't really work but it is better to have smaller goals set but not as a set thing like levels etc.

[@AmbassadorSoriano]

Yay Tagalog! Congrats. I stopped learning Italian after 2 years to focus on Russian because I got a girlfriend. Then I stopped learning Russian after 8 months because we broke up and I lost all motivation. However, I returned to Spanish and was going to stop because I was comfortable at my B1+. But then I discovered Élite (through Season 1) and I want to study all the slang expressions to understand everyone. I've also gone back to listening to German in preparation to converse work my other friend when we exercise. It will take at least 3 months to get confident to speak, but it's my only language plan for now.

[@gis8791]

I totally agree with U , especially when you said we should focus on habits and systems instead of the goal itself (sorry for my English, I'm learning it) One of my 2021 goals is learning French so I'll divide my study plan in 3 months as you said. Thank U a million for this video😍

[@KoiinuNe]

congrats on the BF! i'm so excited for you! being stopped after every word- i think you explained it well. this was literally my korean teacher! i'd volunteer in class but he'd stop me/others after 1-3 words and point out the mistake. i just kind of stopped volunteering after a while. so i know a lot of grammar but cannot use it cause i didn't want to practice and use it.

[@vladimirad]

I agree with the merger between work+home when you start working from home. I miss the clear separation when I had to go into the office and now find it draining to focus on work when I’m home.

[@anbuX101]

omg! im filipino-canadian but ive never been able to speak tagalog. when i saw on twitter that you were starting to learn, it made me really motivated to want to start too :) loved this video & congrats on an exciting life update!

[@hellobeatles613]

Wahh it's so cool that you've learning Tagalog! Huwag sumuko! Madaming mga magagandang pelikula sa Netflix na maaaring makatulong sa'yo :) Good luck!! Halos walong buwan na ako nag-aaral ng Korean, at salamat sa inspirasyon na binibigay mo sa akin palagi

[@ally4979]

Estoy completamente de acuerdo contigo. Inglés es mi idioma nativo y aprendía español. Quería aprender portuguese este año a un nivel bueno, pero mi vida es loca! Thanks for being such a big inspiration!!❤

[@sauloh9896]

@ally That's amazing, Portuguese is my native language and I also love Spanish, good luck on your plans

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

This is a great video! This year has definitely been one crazy roller coaster for all of us. I'll be moving to México in January and have been trying to focus on my Spanish, all while trying to balance my work from home life as an illustrator, while still keep some sanity and manage all of my other hobbies and languages I want to learn. I also started to learn Swedish this year and found myself spending more time on Swedish rather than Spanish. It's so tough to manage time when you have so many passions and interests. 😭

[@johntyy88]

My Spanish learning plan went out the window the past 4 months. Some days I barely touched it or didn’t do anything. With all the anxiety around my job in healthcare during COVID, my mental energy was gone by the time I tried to start studying. So I stopped studying. Instead I read a short article or listened to a short podcast. When I felt like grammar session, I studied. This year to too stressful to hold ourselves to a hard timeline.

[@CrisOnTheInternet]

Time does not equall mental energy Here's my take on that, I learned it the hard way, I thought that since I had a lot of time working from home I could register in all the courses of the semester + 1, besides that my full time job, I didn't do great at work and procrastinated a lot college assignments. Mid year I asked for an unpaid month leave because I really needed a break and here I am, at the start of my break reevaluating everything I was doing.

[@dorapizzatto5391]

I'm brazilian and I've been studying english since 2nd grade (I'm in 8th grade now hehe) and it's so good to say that I understood everything you just said without any subtitles and the fact that I'm only 13yo! I think I always had interesting in learning languages but I am just discovering it now! Hahaha 😂 Speaking portuguese and English and also learning korean (that I really hope I can speak fluently someday) has been something that I know will impact my future and change it completely, and you are a person who motivates me! Knowing all those hard languages, it makes me happy, 'cause I know it's not impossible, so thank you!

[@clairewoodfin3336]

Habits vs. goals. I love that! Thank you for sharing.

[@alexanderpapazov5441]

I loved this video so much! I really agree with the input from friends, as this year I have finally started learning a couple languages with one of my friends, allowing me to more quickly learn. Also, I am currently planning out my next year, and was wondering if you could show how you plan out everything. This quadrant system sounds interesting. No pressure, I understand that if you don't want to make a video on it, you don't have to. Love you!

[@SaraCarvajal23]

I agree so much with the part of time is not equal to energy! My energy levels have fluctuated a lot, a few months ago I was studying german a lot and now I'm doing like the bare minimum, but as you say, I've learned to kind to myself.

[@haicautrang5304]

Hello Lindie I love you videos 😃 I got "serious" about language learning this year but it's been kind of all over the place. During the first half of the year, I went from only knowing hiragana to getting through Genki 1 and understanding the vocabulary (and kanji that goes with them :3 ) to JLPT N4. Then I realized that the pandemic is not going to stop soon, and I had a scare with my grandma's health. She speaks a little Japanese but her native language is Vietnamese. So, I wanted to learn Vietnamese as fast as I could. I think I rushed over the material in my textbook too quickly because I was so eager to speak with my grandma. Her English is very limited. Well, I restarted and decided to go slower. I could go really quickly in Genki but the text I'm using for Vietnamese is more advanced I think 😅 So I have no idea where I am in Vietnamese now, I can read and write quite well and my pronunciation is good but I keep forgetting grammar rules.. So maybe somewhere between A1 and A2 which is a good start :) I only have been maintaining the Japanese that I know by watching Shin chan.... Then also my fiance's grandma expressed that she wants me to learn Dutch, so I'm doing my best to learn that as well. It's really crazy how I thought at the beginning of the year I would only learn Japanese and aim for N3, but ended up not really actively studying Japanese at all after June or so... I never thought I'd be learning Dutch, either. I am happy to hear that you have a boyfriend. My boyfriend became my fiance just two days ago. He wants to get married as soon as possible but I don't think Corona will allow 😓I wish you the best Lindie you're such an inspiration :)

[@BundiRiska]

Loved this relatable list!! Also your boyfriend is so nice to learn a language for you!! And you too!! Omg you two are so precious🥰🥰

[@JonathanOlelo]

Totally agree! what a crazy year, all of us around the world needed to change our plans and goals

[@Mathdmd]

Loved your paititing, Lindie! They're so beautiful!

[@heidiloesti3267]

Sort of same for me. I used to love making plans, and never stuck to them. But I made a new sort of "plan" this year in July. Somewhere I read you overestimate what you can achieve in one year and underestimate what you can do in five years. So I made a plan for ten years and eleven languages. I estimated how many hours I'd need to reach the level I'd like to have in 2030, and then I divided the sum by 3650 (365 days in a year x 10). The result is that if I'm studying one hour and 45 minutes per day (on average, but no matter which language) I'll reach my goal. This plan is still motivating me now, five months later :D And yes, people do play a very important role in language learning, I'm very thankful to my Slovak language partner!

[@maylee8696]

On a side note, your paintings look so lovely!! 💕glad you can have another creative outlet 💕

[@alessiaventura2613]

I love how happy you look

[@marissalongo4483]

I also started planning quarterly goals instead of yearly goals. It makes more sense lol. My plans and focus changed so much throughout the year. Congrats on the boyfriend! That's so touching that he's learning Afrikaans!