How do you motivate yourself to study consistently? Everytime I see people who speak English better than I do, I'm always amazed, feel jealous, and wish strongly that I could be like them in the future. Listening to them speak English with ease made me wonder to myself ''What have they done to improve their English that I haven't?'' But when I listen to their stories, they always make me realize that nobody cannot speak their target languages without practicing consistently (except for those who are genius, talented people). And they remind me that consistency is the most important element to improve a language skill and also the hardest thing. So how do you motivate yourself to study consistently? Some people say that we need to immerse ourselves in our target languages. In my case, watching TV in English, listening to English songs, reading English books, and so on. By doing such things, we can learn many expressions while having fun. I agree with this idea. However, we still need to memorize lots of vocabulary words and grammer. Because most of times, I think it is not as much fun as when we do the same things in our native languages if we don't understand most part of its contents. Sometimes, I make a rule to myself such as ''I should do three pages for this book and two pages for that book everyday, and at least three articles on italki every month.'' But it is always really difficult to keep that promise because sometimes I'm too tired, too sleepy, or just don't feel up to do it. So I think what I should do to chage that habit and go up to the next level is to set a specific goal, make a concrete plan, and have fun talking to my friends. In addition to that, I need to take action not based on my feelings but based on what I want myself to become like in the future. It is easier said than done... just hang in there...me! ><