The part of learning Japanese that's harder for me than kanji or grammar 

I spent five years working on German and got no where, that was last millennium. I’ve now picked it up again the last two years and I’m finally seeing some progress with self directed learning. I couldn’t cope in a classroom. I’ve finally made it to starting on B1 level work (CERF) and I can understand the recorded A2 level exams available on RU-vid, test as A2/B1 level on free online tests etc and talk about basic topics with my German colleagues. If I was dumped in the middle of Germany with no resources one of my colleagues told me they thought I’d PROBABLY not die. High praise indeed! Certainly an improvement over not being able to anything more than book a hotel room and order a pizza, which is what I could just about manage when I left school. I’ve been trying to learn to knit for forty years off and on, despite finding no difficulty with crochet. Knitting is very difficult for me. I have had to get special needles and use stitch markers every few stitches. I’ve had to try multiple different ways of holding the needles and yarn and accomplishing the stitches. It’s taken nearly a year this time to learn to do the two basic stitches. I’m finally getting somewhere. Ultimately, we’re all better at some things than others. Do you need to do the thing? Do you enjoy the journey? Are you particularly stubborn or interested in the challenge? If any of those are true you will find a way through. For me it just takes a long time and I have to find a method that works for me. I don’t learn in a normal way. But I can keep picking and choosing from other people until I find enough things that work that I make progress. Energy beating myself up is energy wasted. There are things I can do that others can’t. I’m too old to worry about some non existent competition. .

Josh, 最近このチャンネルが見つかってとーても面白になと思って勉強になりました！実は２０２６三月ぐらい妻と一緒に日本に引っ越する予定があるんだけど日本語の学校も入院したくて少しずつ日本語と日本文化がわかるようになりたいと思います！Joshみたいに自分で日本に行く前に一生懸命勉強していますのに結構失敗がるんですね😅多分Joshの感情がわかりやいと思ってしかも対策も役に立つことあるんです！感謝します！もちろん、僕は知らない人ですが、頑張ってくださいね！一緒に夢を果たしましようね！

Mate, when i watch you speaking japanese, its just a dream for me, im 54 and at the biggining of my japanese language journey, my wifes japanese , my kids are fluent, my dream is to be able to talk at your level! i think its all a matter of perspective, iv learnt i will never be the ajatt utuber whose fluent in 2 years. Ill be happy if i can just get to n5! your inspirational Josh, and i think as long as your enjoying the journey,thats the main thing 😊