When Routines Grow Stale. How to Learn More English with a New Routine

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okay today’s topic is when routines grow

stale

how to learn more language with a new

routine

if you have no problem sticking with a

learning routine but you’ve realized

you’re not making much progress lately

it might be because your routine is

getting stale it’s an issue that might

be getting in the way of your learning

progress

so today you’ll learn why routines grow

stale

how to know when you’ve plateaued and

how to reprogram your learning routines

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when routines grow stale how to learn

more language with a new routine

part one how routines grow stale

we often talk about the importance of

having a good learning routine

how it will lead you to fluency and how

to create a strong routine

but if you have no issues with creating

routines you might run into a different

problem

you may realize your routine can grow

stale and you might feel like you’re no

longer making any meaningful progress

you’re doing the work you’re gliding

through the material but nothing really

sticks

think about your current routine for

example let’s say you study at a local

cafe every weekend

maybe you study somewhere else but the

point is you’ve been there hundreds of

times

because you’ve been to your study

location many times you know how to get

there you know what drink to get you

know where you’ll sit and you know what

the wi-fi password is

and because you’re so used to it your

brain is no longer paying attention

it’s on autopilot so when you sit down

to start learning you’re not fully

engaged

you might spend the first 20 minutes

watching youtube then checking social

media

eventually you’ll look over your

language lessons but your brain might

still not be really engaged and this may

make it harder to learn

the point is a stale routine can hurt

your language progress

your progress might start to plateau and

it’s easy to tell when you’ve hit a

plateau

you’re no longer making language

breakthroughs every week or month

your motivation isn’t as high as before

you’re more distracted than focused

but most importantly you’re so used to

your routine that your brain is on

autopilot

you’re no longer actively picking apart

words or practicing over and over

you’re skimming through what you read

you listen to the lessons but you’re

only half tuned in

it’s like reading a paragraph in a

school textbook only to realize you have

no idea what you just read

you’re kind of doing it but your brain

is not quite there

all of this happens because you’ve

gotten too comfortable with your routine

have you ever gotten too comfortable

with your learning routine to the point

where you’re not making any progress

leave us a comment below and let us know

what happened so

what should you do if your routine is no

longer contributing to your path to

fluency

let’s get into the next part part two

how to reprogram your routines and

turbocharge your progress

before we get into language learning

think about travel

think back to the last time you went to

a new city or a new country

what happened it was unfamiliar right

you were looking all over the place

examining your surroundings as you

passed by your brain was fully engaged

simply because it was all new and it was

outside of your comfort zone

so how does this relate to language

learning

if you’ve gotten comfortable with a

routine and if you feel like you’re not

learning as much anymore

the easiest thing you can do is change

up your routine

how go to a new place a new library

another part of your home a park a new

cafe

somewhere where you haven’t been before

when you get comfortable with where you

are you tend to not learn as much

because if you study at a cafe and

you’ve been there hundreds of times

you might get too comfortable with that

routine but by going to a new place

somewhere you haven’t been before

you’re forced out of autopilot your

neurons switch on you have to pay

attention so if you’re in a new cafe you

don’t have your favorite seat you don’t

know the wi-fi password or the staff

that worked there

you’ll force yourself to pay attention

and make better use of your time

it’s like moving to a new city if you

know no one there you have no choice but

to be productive or

if you learn while commuting on the

train get on at a different station or

extend your commute time

this might sound counterintuitive but

because you’ve been placed into a new

situation

you tend to be more alert and you’ll

learn better

now it doesn’t always have to be a

change of scenery though a change of

scenery does work

with our learning program what you can

do is

one go up a level if you’re taking our

absolute beginner lesson pathway and you

understand most of it

go up a level try beginner lessons the

challenges increase

suddenly you have to work hard again

which means you’ll be learning more

again

two try learning with a teacher if you

haven’t tried learning with a teacher

yet

then try and get one put yourself in

that new situation

so if you’re a basic or premium member

try our premium plus subscription where

you get one-on-one access to a teacher

or find an actual in-person tutor

the whole point is to shock yourself

with a new routine where you’re no

longer on autopilot where you have no

choice but to learn

so let’s recap stale routines can

plateau your language learning

it’s because you’re so used to the

routine that your brain is on autopilot

if you want to jump start your language

progress try a completely new routine

go to a new place study in another room

of your home or

try harder level lessons with our

learning program

so thank you for watching this episode

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next time we’ll talk about the power of

textbooks and digital detox

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