Like someone said above I am most looking forward to your upcoming podcast. I’ve been following your blog for a long time, and I think venturing into audio format is a great move 🙂 Let me know when it’s live!

You have helped me during my learning journey may times so far, helped me to overcame plateaus, keep up my motivation, and made me learn how to learn! Million thanks!

A podcast about learning Chinese… in Chinese… wow this will be awesome!

hi Du Fei, looks like you left the golden path of 包饺子 , just a quick note to tell you that you are not alone, I can totally relate to why you weren’t so motivated during 2019. Same as you, I’m also looking forward to audio/podcast content.

2019 for me was the first time I truly felt alienated from the Chinese sphere, putting a severe dent in my motivation. Even some of my friends started parroting Chinese propaganda and waving flags condemning the Hong Kong protests – without even asking why there had been protests in the first place. Trying to get a more nuanced discussion on WeChat produced such a backlash that I effectively quit the app for several months.

I would like to transform this negative energy into something productive, like starting a debating club in Chinese. The effort and emotional costs have held me back so far, and sometimes I think it would be better to do it one-to-one with a good friend.

Having just moved to another city I stuck mostly to self-study content. I have come to enjoy reading Chinese books (mostly imported as .txt files into Pleco) but still struggle to find good audio content, be it podcasts or radio stations. In that sense, I’m especially looking forward to the first two items on your bucket list 😉

PS: It was your “habit formation” challenge that got me back on track after moving, thanks for that one!