Motivation Is Largely Irrelevant, Enjoy the Journey

As I've mentioned before, learning any language is a very time consuming process, and there are no shortcuts. If you are determined to learn a new language, you need to reach a point where you can begin consuming content that interests you in the target language. Books, movies and TV, radio and podcasts, whatever you're interested in will do. That is your first goal. At this point, you can begin your "Effortless Language Learning". You'll still be engaging with the language, but you'll be doing things that you like, it won't feel like work anymore. You'll learn new words and phrases incidentally, and the pace of your learning can increase. The more words you know, the more content you understand, the easier it is to learn new words, and the rich get richer.

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