Learning a language when you're a perfectionist (real talk on some things I've been struggling with)

Today I thought I'd talk to you guys about learning a language when you're a perfectionist, and some of the things within that that I've been struggling with recently. Feel free to let me know any thoughts you have in the comments below!

Is this what the intermediate plateau feels like?! 😅

Here's a breakdown of the video anyways:
00:00 intro
01:01 realising silly mistakes made in convos immediately afterwards
01:31 realising mistakes in emails, texts, etc. immediately after making them
02:20 using a translator with the most basic phrases "just to check"
03:03 having so many words to learn and not knowing which to prioritise!!
05:07 questioning whether everything you say is an idiom (so doesn't make sense in another language) or not
05:45 worryingly forgetting some of the basics
07:57 speaking more slowly so as not to make mistakes but people getting impatient with you as a result
08:57 (with German) accidentally coming across as too harsh when trying to pronounce things clearly
09:48 outro

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