Been there many times (summa summarum, as the years and even decades passed). Every situation is different of course, but approaches like these might be worth to consider, and they worked for me (at least sometimes):CarlyD wrote:And my German. I've seen blogs and posts talking about "finding time for language" when you just don't have enough time. But what about when you have time but your mind is totally distracted? I don't think I've ever seen that come up before.
- Doing some easy things that don't require too much attention, like learning several basic words. Because that is "besser als nichts" (i.e. better than nothing).
- Simply starting without thinking of the distracted mind too much. If the learning activity is interesting enough to rekindle one's undistractedness , then it just might cause it to fade away.
- Continuing to even learn something that is "more advanced stuff", even if the mind still is wandering a bit. It's not that being somewhat distracted automatically would cause anyone to be unable to learn just anything new. Yes, it does reduce the possible Grand Total. But again, it still can be "viel besser als nichts".