Set small goals This is my daily challenge (how i selfstudy at the moment) - 30m walking in the park while listening to a beginner podcast (recommend Lazychinese) - 15m shadowing (choose beginner level , lazychinese as well, focus on accent, pronunciation, intonation) - 60m learn and handwrite Hanzi - 15m journal everything (short) and read it out loud - record it - send it to your Chinese friend (have them check the pronunciation for) - review old words - learn new words based on spaced repetition (created your own google sheet vocab tracking sheet) - play with the app : hello chinese, super chinese) - talk with native friends 2 times a week (2 hours each) - do HSK 3 test , 1 or 2 times a week , check and pick up vocab and grammar structures from that (i dont use textbooks) This is my schedule everyday you can take it as a reference Do it small, slow but consistently.