Something that you definitely need to think about is your budget.
And when I say budget I mean for both time and money.
So if you have money for English learning really think about what's best for you.
Is it buying.
Of course.
Is it doing it through an online school and in-person school.
Maybe you don't have a lot of time and if you buy that you want attend it and then you're wasting your
money and you're also feeling discouraged.
So if you have time do that.
If you have less time maybe figure out a plan with an online teacher maybe you can do once a month or
once a week and with your daily practice you'll have enough to work with them because the thing about
having an online teacher is I really believe it's up to you in order to get the most out of it.
So when I was taking online classes for French I found that all of the teachers were great but I felt
frustrated because they were just teaching me general things which is what they're supposed to do when
they don't have feedback.
What would have been more effective or what is more effective is when I prepare when I know OK now that
I prepared.
I know that I'm having a hard time talking about maybe shopping and I'm going to France next year.
So then I would ask the teacher I really want to practice shopping vocabulary but I want to practice
a dialogue.
Can you help me.
So then in that hour I get what I couldn't get on my own and that's having a conversation with a native
speaker in real time that is worth the money.
So if you are going to go the online teaching route I absolutely recommend to create your own plan and
then share it with them and they'll help you they'll say OK that's a good plan.
Maybe I would recommend doing it in this order.
Or how do you feel about doing this kind of activity if they recommend activities that you don't like
your money tell them trust me they'll be OK with it.
And any teacher who's not might not be the right teacher for you to shop around.
Now with time you need to be realistic look at your schedule.
Maybe Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays you are packed.
You just don't have any time at all for those days.
I want you to just do a one minute activity every day to do something but give yourself 60 seconds.
Maybe Saturdays are not consistent.
You know this Saturday you have completely free next Saturday you're going on vacation the next next
when you have family things.
Be flexible and just plan either day by day or for the first week.
Now for time I want you to be very patient with yourself.
Very loving and open because our schedules are going to be different and they're going to change.
You might plan for something and then get sick.
So that's why with all of the activities I recommend having a backup plan have a five 10 20 minute activity
have a 60 second activity have one that you can do without speaking if you're sick and you're laying
in bed.
So you want to have things prepared so that any excuse you might have you have your own solution.
So this allows you to have success at any time and the days that you really can't.
The days that you just for get be loving and say you know I really forgot I need to do something today.
Don't say all I failed or I forgot.
I just I'm terrible because what that does is you have zero motivation for the next day.
At that point like I already forgot yesterday I may as well not do anything today.
Let's plan your first week.
Download your weekly action plan PTA right.
Know what have you activities that you can do every day.
Remember to have a mix of 1 minute activities all the way to 20 minute activities depending on your
schedule.