FOCUS ON THE REASON YOU WANT TO STUDY THE LANGUAGE
It feels good to go out and buy a textbook – especially a bulky academic one. You feel like you’re taking action. In reality, buying a textbook is often a placebo that just makes you feel like you’re taking action.
Fast forward three months and chances are the textbook will be sitting on your bookshelf collecting dust. That’s a painful reminder of the first week when you furiously tore into the material only to lose motivation and momentum a few days later.
Unless the textbook supports you in speaking a language, leave it in the bookstore. Instead, focus on speaking the language. You can (and should) do this right from the start.