Registerfor a challengingtesttoregisterfor a challengingtest.
Thatmeansregisteringfor a testthatisslightlymoredifficultthanyourcurrentlevel.
Soifyouthinkyou'reofyourselfaslike a beginnerrightnow, maybetryregisteringfor a testthatisn't likethelowerintermediatelevel.
Soifyoualwaysregisterfor a testorgiveyourselfsomegoalthatisslightlymoredifficultthanyourcurrentlevel, youcanalwaystrytobepushingintheintheupwardsdirection.
Youcanalwaystrytobepushing, um, totoimprovelittlebylittle, so I saychallenging.
I don't saydifficultbecauseifyou're a beginnerandyouregisterforanadvancedleveltest, it's goingtobereallydifficulttomeetyourgoal.
Sohavingsomethingthat's kindoffunand a littlebitentertainingtouseasyoustudycanhelpyouenjoywhatyou'redoing a littlebitmoresothesamethingcanapplyto a movie.
Ifyoufind a moviethatyoureallylikeoryoureallyareinspiredbythatmovie.
Sogetting a studybuddycanbebothreallyfunandreallyhelpfulforyouandrollinthecourse.
Thenextideaistoenrollin a courseandrolein a coursesoliketoenrollin a coursemeanstostart a courseortoregisterfor, ofcourse.
Sointhiscase, we'retalkingabout a courseofstudylike a languagecourse.
Ifyou'restudyingEnglishandrollingin a coursecanbehelpfulbecauseitcreatesaccountability, itcreatesresponsibility.
Ifyouenrollin a course, you'repayingmoneypresumably, andifyoumiss a class, ifyoumiss a sessionofyourcourse, youcanthinkofitasmoneywasted, essentially.
Soif I'm payingmaybe $50 foreachlessonin a courseand I don't attend.
Thatmeansthat I'm wasting $50.
Soifyouthinkofitthiswayandyouareenrolledin a course, thenmaybethiscanhelpyoustudybecauseyoudon't wanttowasteyourmoney.
Sobyattendingclass, you'reusingyourmoney.
Well, you'reusingyourtimewilltostudy, andyoualsohavetheoptiontotalktoyourclassmatesandtotheteacherthereaboutanyquestionsthatyouhavesoenrollingin a course, especiallylike a weeklycourse, ormaybeevenlike a dailycourseorintensivecoursecanhelpyouin a lotofdifferentways, I thinkcreate a socialmediaaccountforyourstudies.
Thenextideaistocreate a socialmediaaccountforyourstudies.
Sothisis a popularwaytogetsomedailypractice, actuallycreatingwiththelanguagethatyou'restudying.
Soah, reallycommontoolforthisisTwitter.
I'veseenmanypeopleuseTwittertodothis.
Theycreate a TwitteraccountthatspecificallyfortheirEnglishlanguagestudies, sopeoplewillwriteabouttheirdayinEnglishifthey'restudyingEnglish.
Soiftheydon't have a chancetomaybespeakwithcolleaguesinthelanguagetherestudyingortowriteanemail, forexample, iftheydon't have a waytopracticemakingoutputs.
Manypeoplechoosetousesocialmediatodothat, soit's kindof a waytoreachout.
Soifyoulike, youcouldtrymaking a socialmediaaccountthat's devotedOnleytwoyearstudies.
Sotrythatout.
Signupfor a regulareventinyourstudies.
Thenextideaistosignupfor a regulareventinyourstudies.
Sothatmeansifyou'restudyingEnglish, forexample, maybeyoucantrytoattendlike a monthlygettogetherinEnglishsomewhere, sothiscanbeaboutyourhobbies.
Itcanbeaboutjustsomethinginyourcommunity, a schoolevent, forexample, ifyoufindsomethingthatyouareabletodoinEnglishinthiscasethat's alsorelatedtoyourhobbies, itcanbehelpfulforyoubecauseyoustarttoseethewaysthatyoucanuseEnglishin a situationoutsideofjustyourtextbook, maybe, or a situationthat's outsideofjustyourstudies, butgettinganideaofhowotherpeopleareusingthelanguageandgettinganideaoflikehowyoucanpotentiallyusethelanguageinotherways.
Sogoingto a regularlike a monthlyevent, ormaybesomethingtwice a monthorwhatever, that's maybeoutsideyourcourseoroutsideofyourteststudiescanbeanothergoodwaytogetsomeexposuretoe.
Have a chancetoactuallyusethethingsyou'relearningandtolearnnewthings.
Makestudyingpartofyourdailyroutine.
Thenextideaistomixstudying a partofyourdailyroutine.
Sobythis I mean, forexample, taking 30 minutesinthemorningor 30 minutesatnight, ormaybe 30 minutesatlunch, whateveritisforyou, findingtimeinyourdayeverydaytodo a littlebitofstudy.
Sowhenyoufinishyourstudies, whateverthattimeperiodmightbe, whetherit's 30 minutesoronehouroryouwenttoyourcoursefortheweek, tryfinding a waytorewardyourselfforstudying.
Thiscouldbe a verysimplethinglike, forexample, buyingyourself a cupofcoffeeoryougettohave a pieceofchocolateorafteryoufinishstudying, youcanwatchyourfavoriteTVshow, sofind a waytoputrewardintoyourstudyroutine.
Soifyoudon't wanttoshareyourgoalswitheverybody, maybeyoucanjusttell a fewfriendsaboutyourgoal.
Soifthatgoalistopass a test, forexample, orifthatgoalistomaster a certaingrammarpoint, ormaybethegoalistolearn a certainnumberofvocabularywords, whateverthatis, trytellingpeopleaboutthatgoalbecausethenitkindofcreatessomeresponsibilityforyou.
I hopethatthoseairhelpfulforyouifthere's somethingthatyouliketodo, orsomethingthatyouthinkhasbeenhelpfulforyouinthepasttostopyourprocrastination, letusknowinthecommentsthatcouldbehelpfulforsomebodyelse.
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