>>10395923I started in 2013 (had a Russian girlfriend). broke up with her in 2014, but continued learning the language online and through some Russian acquaintances that I met. you just need to have some sort of motivation to practice every day or nearly every day. communication with native Russian-speakers. interpals, whatever.
if you move here or to a Russian-speaking country, you will be forced to use the language constantly and improve at it 5x faster than learning it in your home country.
it's difficult, but absolutely possible if you persevere. think of it as climbing a mountain. you will eventually get there, you just need to keep climbing.
