There seem to be so many obstacles when learning a language. The first thing I do when I’m facing this difficult phase of my language learning journey is to not beat myself up. I always remind myself that Language learning is a marathon, not a sprint, and if we start comparing our own goals to the progress of others we will only end up more frustrated. Not only that, but consider how far you’ve come since the beginning. Go back to material you were consuming and struggling with months ago to keep you motivated. Personally I keep a language journal and I usually flip back through the pages and see the new vocabulary that I have learned and the accuracy of my writing since my first months. Going back to old content always encourages me to keep going because it shows me just how far along that I have come.