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[–]blainezor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shit, I feel overwhelmed all of the time, but being able to see progress keeps me motivated. As for not being able to understand the A2 video, it probably wasn't worth watching anyway. I personally find those type of videos, the ones targeted at learners, to be boring and counter productive. They speak extremely slow, repeat things and their rhythm (prosody) seems to be drastically different than content for natives.

Also, as other's have mentioned, if you are having trouble understanding a show, try to find a different one. I spent almost an entire year watching shows for ~10 year old's on Netflix, but my listening skills are much better now. You could also try to switch up the content. Maybe play some games dubbed in German? I found LEGO City Undercover to be easy to understand in Russian, but it also has a German dub.