I've been studying Russian language forever (since I was a kid), and I'm terrible at it. However, a few years ago I was finally able to articulate to myself why it was important to me that I had this language and I was finally able to develop strong intrinsic motivations. I'm long past the time where my mom gives a shit if I know it or not, and her generation of the family never spoke the language anyway.
With my own motivation I made huge gains in the past few years, but now I've kinda hit a wall. Progress is minimal, and it's a little boring. I'm trying to crowdsource some advice.
As I'm writing this I'm realizing my plateau coincided with my work schedule changing and I lost the opportunity to have a weekly Russian conversation with two of my friends.
Read and/or listen to a book you liked maybe? You’ll have general understanding of what’s going on even with distractions. Or subtitled movie?
Yes. I definitely need to change gears and use some media that's gonna be a little more relaxing.