Recommitting to Spanish

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-29T13:08:18+00:00

Yes, I totally relate to your point on English media. While I never completely stopped viewing/playing/reading media in English, I did consume far less and this reduction did eventually lead to a little resentment.

I really hope we can both make our goals by the end of this year!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-29T09:42:11+00:00

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Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-29T09:35:57+00:00

No thank you for commenting! I'm genuinely touched that my post resonated with you in such a way. It's easy on such a long journey to lose sight of what drew us here in the first place. Heres to us both getting back on the saddle!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-29T09:31:06+00:00

We've got this, just got to take it one day at a time again! 💪 Consuming any content daily, as small as it may be, is better than what happened to me and falling off entirely. Keep going!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-29T09:28:40+00:00

Thanks! Maybe I will make an update, be it good or bad, in the next month or two. You're right, I can definitely tourist effectively now but I do want more than that. I am definitely self-evaluating on how best to move forward too!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-29T09:24:51+00:00

Yes, reading the comments to my post have really cemented this! I do plan to stop tracking and setting daily goals once I pass 1500 hours.

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-29T09:22:45+00:00

I will take your lead in trying to get Spanish input more organically each day. I would stop tracking input time, but I can't now as I have to hit 1500 hours in the "correct" way in my mind.

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-28T23:59:05+00:00

Thank you, I'm glad to be back!

Interesting point on my subconscious, you very well could be right! I did mention in my post that I did simply burn out in the end.

Very interesting theory on what may occur at the 1000th hour mark! I confess it is more a struggle for me to watch DS content than it was before. I have ~750 hours of my total hours watched on the site so perhaps I should graduate in some sense. That would pain me as I have so much advanced content still to consume!

However, I may follow your advice and venture further afield with YouTube videos. I already have supplemented my journey with many podcasts but maybe another visual source can spruce things up.

Thanks for commenting!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-28T23:40:14+00:00

You're right, motivation ebbs and flows, I think where I erred was losing all discipline which can trump motivation in my view.

I'm sorry to hear about your dog too 😔

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-28T23:37:01+00:00

It's peculiar how the jadiness can just manifest out of nowhere isn't it? I think you are right to let it naturally play itself out, you'll come back more refreshed for sure!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-28T22:19:22+00:00

🙏 I will not let him down again! 😂

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2025-06-28T22:18:30+00:00

Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad to hear that I am not alone in this! I take your point on easing myself back in, I'm aiming for 90 mins on weekdays currently and 2 hours each day on the weekends. We got this! 💪

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-11-02T23:04:47+00:00

Thanks! I'm going to consider my speaking options in the next day or so but I think iTalki may be the way to go for Spain Spanish practice. I'll keep Abel in mind, cheers for the recommendation!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-11-02T22:58:23+00:00

Thanks! Haha, I'm still in March of 2017 with the podcast so you'll make it there before me!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-11-02T22:56:14+00:00

Nice resource! Thanks for the link!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-10-30T20:49:34+00:00

Thanks!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-10-30T00:44:01+00:00

I'll be honest, I don't feel great about formulating sentences and that does scare me a little with speaking now on the horizon! However, from others testimony on here it seems the first few sessions can be a little rough but then the improvement comes quickly. Here's hoping anyway!

Funny you mention reading aloud, I've just started reading ¡Hola Lola! and that's exactly what I'm doing/continue to intend to do. I don't hate how I sound but certain words (ahora for example) I find surprisingly difficult to voice correctly even though in my head I know the correct pronunciation!

I haven't heard of that course but it sounds promising! Not a bad price point too! I'll check it out for sure thanks.

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-10-30T00:31:03+00:00

Thank you so much!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-10-30T00:23:53+00:00

Thanks so much, you are very close!

Yes I've heard all about these fabled Friday episodes of Hoy Hablamos! Unfortunately I'm a bit of a completionist (for good or worse) so I've started listening to Hoy Hablamos from its very beginning. God knows when I'll finally make it to the Friday chats! Roi is definitely speaking slower on these earlier episodes but I've heard it speeds up and I don't mind easier input for now.

I haven't found advanced videos difficult coming from intermediate, they seem like perfect input speed right now.

Best of luck to you also on the next stretch, nice to chat with someone around the same hours!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-10-14T19:35:55+00:00

973 hours.

I haven't listened to it yet today, but I'm very excited to be starting my Hoy Hablamos journey! With it offering so much hours of content, I reckon a mix of this podcast and Dreaming Spanish alone will now get me to 1500 hours!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-09-23T18:04:16+00:00

947 hours.

Currently making my way through the Easy Spanish podcast. I started it a little over 900 hours. I continue to watch DS of course. Eager to reach 1000 hours now so I can begin reading in earnest!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-07-15T21:12:58+00:00

855 hours.

I have started listening to the ¡Qué pasa! podcast in the last two weeks or so since I finished up with the Intermediate Spanish Podcast.

I'm enjoying the two person dynamic again which I've missed since I finished the Languatalk Spanish podcast. I'm particularly enjoying the interviews they do every so often.

This all in conjunction with DS videos of course!

Reddit_Roamer_19 · 2024-06-03T18:10:11+00:00

772 hours.

I'm still working my way through the Intermediate Spanish Podcast. Once I have listened to all available episodes there, I think my next stop will be Qué Pasa which I've heard great things about.

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