"Just quit" is powerful, because I get offended at even the thought of quitting. It then begs the question "Then when will you do it?" to which the only reasonable response is "Right now."

Tip #1 about disillusionment is really good advice, not just for language learning but for learning any skill. The first couple of times I tried to learn a language, I kept up a habit of convincing myself that it wasn’t worth the time and effort because of a variety of contrived reasons. “I’ll never live in that country”, or “I am shy so the mental cost of having conversations in a foreign language isn’t worth the investment” were two examples. Eventually I realized that learning a language purely for the sake of acquiring the skill and nothing else was a perfectly good reason to justify spending the time to learn it. As you said, the best way forward is to just ignore the disillusionment. I am about four years into learning Japanese now and I have no regrets about spending the time to become fluent.

I kinda need this in my life in general im surprised you’re not a bigger channel.This feels like something i should have seen years ago.

Telling other people is cringe, but learning a language with friends is super op. If I feel unmotivated, I have my homies to pick me back up.

About Tipp Nr 8: Avoiding telling people you're learning a language: Some of my classmates found out I was learning Japanese because I had a full page of Vocabulary in my notebook and the common response to that hasn't been anything along the lines of Scenario 1: "Hey, congrats, you can do it" and more like Scenario 2: "Lol why? So you can watch Anime without subtitles or what? Fucking weeb" ...which I guess was better then scenario 1 because no euphoria rush that just stops when you're out of the honey moon phase with the language. Happened 1,5 years ago and I'm still learning so I guess I'm doing it right.

I started learning Korean about 3 years ago and married a native Korean speaker in the process. What seems useless to someone else, might lead to life-altering events for you.

Some tips that I learned while struggling with depression (which kills 99% of your motivation for months): 1) Separate your lessons intro short 5min parts and do each part every hour. Do 5min at 12:00, then 5min at 1:00, then 5min at 2:00, etc. Doing 30min/day is somehow harder than doing 5min 6 times a day. 2) Reward yourself for doing your lessons. Even something as silly as buying yourself a bag of gummy bears will do. 3) Start studying early in the morning. Starting is always much harder than finishing, and doing so in the morning will help you to catch the "flow" and keep going. 4) Review what you've learned very well if you're having a bad day. It will help you to realize that you do in fact make progress, even if you don't feel like so. 5) Remember why you decided to learn a language in the first place. Maybe you wanna watch anime without subtitles, maybe you want to travel freely, maybe you want to find a foreign girlfriend/boyfriend. Don't forget that language is just a tool used to achieve something else.

I just told a Korean friend I might get started learning korean, and I have been learning Japanese for a year and a half, I might aswell just quit it now, because I have no real interest in korean apart from league of legends content. you have a great channel, I like the way you show your language learning struggle in your videos. keep the great work.

I like how you played "Island Life" (which is played at the Ape Atoll agility course) right as you said "just quit" I did 2000 laps of that sucker during Trailblazer League. I never gave up. I got dragon cup too.

just discovered this channel and i love it. Also Tip 10 is strong but have you tried: Tip 11: watch organic japanese Cure Dolly video course

6:29 Tip 8 avoid telling people. This is gold, I have told people and talk about with my family every now and then. They often listening even if they don't care. However there is a 3rd situation I can't avoid now, pressure to perform. It can be simple stuff like, "What's this word say?" Which I almost never can read because it's completely random thing they have found, or even worse "Say something in Japanese!" They have no idea what I'm even saying but they still demand it from time to time. Finally, the worst pressure you can face is being forced by your friends and family to speak to a native when you aren't comfortable/ready. This can be so crushing you might want to give up. If you tell someone your learning a language one of these things will eventually happen. You can't put the jinni back in the bottle.

Lmao I really love how you combined the "Just Quit" tip with the Ape Atoll agility course song. Reminded me of how I quit agility back in rs2 just because I couldn't take that course anymore. Great video!

I have never watched you before, But as someone who is currently learning japanese, and as a person who FINALLY got 99 fishing in OSRS... That little animation at 4:08 just smacked me in the face so hard I think I need to see a doctor. That animation alone of the 10xp drops just brought me right back to the minnows. After seeing that, I feel like doing some japanese barbarian 3-tick fishing. 🙏 thanks for the realization

Omg, the editing in this video is genius level, all the usage of pop culture to make analogies, is simply perfect, I was entertained by the entire video.

Great tips, I completely agree with all of them!

your content is amazing, and the topic indeed is interesting, thanks for this

thank you for making this type of video

Just found your channel love it, great tips!

Dude you deserve so much more only 4k views for such a good video? That editing took a lot of effort you earned yourself a subscriber

Just found your channel. I must say, it is rather underrated for the quality content you're producing here. I have been (trying to) learn Japanese for several years now, but for a while I have been feeling like I haven't made any progress. I now feel more motivated to start back than I have in a while. Appreciate what you're doing!

this video is great thank you

The subtle OSRS grind analogies helped me as a fellow scaper

This channel is underrated. Great work man!

This video actually motivated me to do my anki review for today. Awesome video!

I've been learning German somewhat irregularly for the past two years and I'd say I'm maybe at A2 now. I find that making the language learning fun to definitely be the most important tip. One way I've tried making it fun is by going on the German equivalent of r/me_irl (r/ich_iel) and it's pretty cool when I can understand the memes. What are some of the ways that you've tried to make language learning fun along the way?

There are some quite good advice, awesome video :))

The content on this channel is great, I really like it. I look forward to future videos.

This is exactly what I needed. This Channel is going to be huge.

Thanks for this video. I started learning Japanese a few months back and I gave up because of many reasons you mentioned, but I love languages so I'm gonna start learning Spanish now. I would've returned to Japanese I have more use for Spanish and my dad already speaks it. Thanks

Just found your channel! I am currently learning Bulgarian, so your channel is a nice helpful motivation!

thanks for the tips great vid

Wow that’s underrated BY A LONG SHOT, I have been watching for a few days, and I’m gonna keep on watching! +1 sub!

Binging your channel right now, thanks for the draw a box mention, been wanting to get into art along with learning German Spanish and Japanese. (Focusing on German and Spanish mainly rn).

Thanks so much

i cant thank you enough for this video. how are you not more popular???

this is actually such a useful video

Thanks a lot

This is a really good video with really good advice, and I think most, if not all, of these tips are incredibly valuable in pretty much any endeavour, not just language learning. (Also, again, really digging the editing.)

I've been putting off my language learning and I find myself coming back to your channel because of your authentic insights into how challenging it can really be. I missed so many months of doing anki and I want to just reset from the ground up. So I find myself stalling, not sure if I can come back with a stronger commitment to consistency.

For me telling people that I started learning Japanese was and still is a very important step into actually keeping with it but its highly depended on who you tell it. I told my friend who previously started a Japanese Uni Course and quit due to him not seeing it worth professionaly and some friends I made over HelloTalk. It was super important for me as for one, the Friend who tried studying it, could already give me tips on what to do better and I trust him with his judgement so I could focus more on actually learning the language and not try to find the "perfect" way. On the otherside, the social pressure and embaressement is currently what is pushing me through my low motivation phases. Nothing is more cringe and completely embarassing then telling someone you are learning the language to understand them better and talk with them and then not actually doing it. Like that just gives me shivers even thinking about it. One thing for me is definitely since I have ADHD I need deadlines, so one of those ways is this. The other stuff was setting realistic expectations though. I asked them if they can help me and ask me every week what I learned that week. Its not important what it is or how big it is but It needs to be something new. Just so I have even the excuse to learn for 5 Minutes. Honestly I would recommend that for people who enjoy learning languages more for the social aspect like making friends, understanding culture, etc. who need that final push and grab the social pressure has.

I sorta understand the "Don't tell others" but I can imagine that it may also be a bit helpful; mainly if you have someone who understands the language who's willing to help you with things you're struggling on. Only if they're willing to help. It's always a bit bitter to have someone (who isn't a jerk and gets on your every little mistake like they're a drill sergeant) help you with a language.

5:10 i really need that tips, thanks dude.

7:25 is the exact scenario why it took me until my 30s to try picking up a language. When I expressed interest while in school to learn another language my mom brought up my autism and how long it took me to be able to speak english and I should focus on things that I'm good at (and obviously listened). I spent rest of my life assuming that mastering another language was just not possible for me until I tried Japanese last April on a whim. I don't go out of my way to tell people now lol.

6:37 omg photo channel reference yesss

Tip #8: "Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as the night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt" -Sun Tzu, the Art of War

this is such an amazing video, i can't believe you "only" have 3k subs... please dont give up youtube, you will blow up soon i'm certain :D

Very inspiring

I'm really glad I decided to check this video out as it turned out that I DIDN'T watch this one after all. I will definitely bookmark or save this video to serve as a friendly reminder because I sort of almost did all that you said a person shouldn't do, haha. Also, I totally get what you mean by the 10th tip because I actually ended up quitting teaching myself how to code a while back after realizing my motivations were not the healthiest and it just didn't interest me at the time. I might someday again, but for now, I'm not going to stress over it. However, I am going back to a previous passion of mine which is doing art like drawing as I had depression in the past and grew distant from it. I've been working on my mental health for the past couple of years through diet, workout regime, better living situation, and overall positive mental habits. I probably still have a ways to go, but I am definitely in a much better as I'm actually considering trying out new things unlike before. I definitely still share some of the pitfalls mentioned in the video, but I refuse to give up now. Anyway, I apologize for the long wall of text. I'm thinking I'll start doing streams once my personal life settles down so that way there's a level of accountability for me (this greatly motivates me). I am looking forward to more of your content as it truly does inspire me and others. You're just plain interesting in general. Thanks again!

I want to start learning maybe Japanese since I consume alot of japanese media in forms of manga and anime so I at the very least would have something that could entertain me at the same time I "study/practice", and then jump onto another language. But so far no motivation at all, although when I'm watching your videos I do feel the motivation to do so.

Thank you

The japanese guy at the end actually gave a motivation boost xDD がんばてください！

0:00 "...or lack thereof" is an phrase u could employ there

Another related tip: Don't compare your progress to other people. There is always that one guy who will say something like, "I spent about 20 minutes a day for six months and I'm already N2, it's sooo easy." And you've been studying for two years and you're barely putting a basic conversation together. It doesn't matter. It isn't a race, and all that will do is make you feel stupid and demotivated, asking yourself why you can't 'get it' and why you are so slow. Take a step back, remember why you chose to learn in the first place, and enjoy the journey. ^ And yeah, this is advice I'm also repeating to myself.

Stockholm Syndrome inducing streak system. My mom suffers from this and is afraid to quit because the owl is going to break into our house and murder everyone. However, she isn't retaining much of what she's “learning” which makes me question Duolingo's effectiveness... Thank you again for the awesome video, 我喜欢它! Your meme inclusion and interspersed jokes are quite entertaining, please keep up the great work!

0:32 "Motivation is all you need", sounds like a great name for a paper

One of those videos that, when you look at the view count, you wonder why the fuck this doesn't have hundreds of thousands of views.

I have been learning Korean for years and I swear every single person I told it asked me "why are you learning Korean lol", some were genuinely curious, many others just regarded it as a language not worth learning. Who cares about what others think, the important thing is what we think. If you spent time having fun that's good enough. And btw Korean is difficult af T_T

This video earned a subscribe from me

I'll tell you what kills my motivation: Gatekeeping and judgement FROM the Japanese language community. I started my learning using Japanese From Zero for grammar (some Tae Kim too) and Anki for vocab, with spoken immersion through a few different venues. It's been incredibly helpful because I love George's teaching style and I feel like I retain almost all of the grammar so far. I'm not in a rush to learn as I'm incredibly busy with college and my job. I only learn about an hour a day right now plus my Anki reviews. But what nearly makes me quit every time is whenever I go to watch certain KZfaqrs' videos to get some extra tips and their comments are flooded with how methods like AJATT are the ONLY ACCEPTABLE means of learning, or that JFZ is essentially garbage water, or my favorite, that if you don't spend 5 hours a day learning you're hopeless. Even with George (JFZ) and Matt (MvJ)'s recent debate about pitch accent, the stream chats were flooded with toxicity. All it does is kills my interest in learning if I'm sharing the same learning space with elitist snobs like them. Honestly, if it wasn't for my Japanese friend providing so much motivation I would've burnt my books already. She's my ultimate blessing in this journey for sure.

Please, make a video about how you study Japanese grammar, I'm personally struggling with this so much, and you're learning it already about 3 years, and I'd like to know about how you studying it, and I think for others it will be interesting. The video was interesting, wish you more subscribers, keep it on.

5:46 That's a duolingo page edited on the tablet just for a 2 second gag?? Woa

productive procrastination. what i'm doing right now as I watch your video lmao

About the "just quit" I feel like it fits in my case. Its kinda different because this is happening for my native language. I honestly hate doing it and if i could quit i would but my parents won't let me and its just hell.

the accent at 7:37 actually had me ded

Telling me to quit is a good motivator bc then I want to continue out of spite lol, thank you

Just sent this to a friend on her first day of learning Korean

See on nii äge, et olen leidnud sinu kanalit! Väga hästi tehtud videod ja väga kasulikud mulle keele õppimises! (Mina pole eestlane vaid venelane, kes eesti keelt õppib)

Hey Liva what app are you using to track hours learned? Been looking but I can't find it🙏 Thanks

You gave me wishes to re-learn Japanese, ty man

Your worst enemy when learning a language is other people. "Oh, so you're learning French?" *_"Name every word in the entire dictionary"_* I swear to fucking god if some madlad actually puts every single word in the French dictionary here.

2:01 as cultish as that sounds, it makes sense when you think about it. You also experience that 1st hand when you to set a personal goal and start to slack off/lose interest. Giving yourself too much freedom will lead to poor decisions long term objectively for your goals. Buuuuut, too little freedom will feel like a prison. The right balance is needed

Can you please make a video on Anki, I cant find a proper guide on youtube... (or if anyone else knows a good guide let me know)

🦅🦅🦅

What's the note-taking app at 0:38?

I just started out learning japanese and I'd like to know what tools you used for learning japanese I'd appreciate a lot

I've watched this video for more than 3 times lol, do you have more tips? (I'm not learning a language)

what is this nevuh give up clip at 10:33? I wanna watch it every day..

8:05 sounds like crab mentality. Even if they don't consciously think about dragging others down, sometimes people try to prevent others from succeeding without really thinking about it.

I'm french. So... I learn english with my english class of course ! But also by watching english videos. I want to learn japanese too, but as you can see. I'm not fluent yet... Is that a good idea to learn japanese with the english translation ? So I can learn both english and japanese ?

5:34 what's this anime? I have been looking for it for years. Thanks!

"Researching how to do something" Me sitting with 8 seperate tabs on "how to learn japanese". I guess this is my calling

Number 8 I am feeling that now since everyone that knows about my studying think that after a year of studying and 4 months in the country that I should be fluent. It's Japanese and its funny and sometimes demotivating to me since ITS JAPANESE!!! Sigh

Tip 8 is deeply relatable as when my friends found out I was learning Russian they were like "why the fuck are you learning russian it's a useless language learn french or something useful"

Now I'm kind curious to know how it would have been if you were learning Korean instead of japanese

But... why RuneScape?

Tip 8 is exactly why I only told my best and closest friends and family that I'm learning Japanese. You can't explain to a bitter 3rd world country citizen that learning a language other than English, Chinese or German is a good idea. I'm not a strong-minded individual, so I get talked out of a lot of stuff easily. And honestly? I don't think I never WILL tell anyone else about my Japanese learning.

2:49 I wonder who could be doing that rn

Tip 7... it's true.

Me training to learns English, and listens that.

So basically I can make a living profiting off of productive procrastinators

I just hate the fact that most these tips assume that beginner level doesn't exist and everyone is at intermediate level....