Having inspirational language learners around you is great – they can be people you know personally or others whom you follow on social media or whose blogs/books you read.
They can provide some inspiration and motivation, but they shouldn’t bring you down because they may be more fluent than you in the language you’re learning.
Some language learners make the mistake of always comparing themselves to other people – ‘this person has a better accent’ and ‘that person can understand spoken language to a level I’ll never be able to reach’.
This kind of attitude can hold you back and decrease your confidence.
How to fix it:
You’re working hard and making progress every day.
The people that are now ‘better’ than you have gone through the same learning journey. You’re just not there yet but will be if you stay committed.
Anyway, you are you! And that’s what matters.
You’re great and you should be proud of the achievements you’ve already had instead of looking at other people and treating them as a benchmark.
