As someone who was new to learning languages or someone with more experience as I am now, I’ve always thought that it would be interesting to see how someone manages language learning on a daily basis. Language Study Log samples are my way of sharing how I manage language studies and show you on a practical level what you need to do to be successful as a language learner.
My goal is to publish the first full week every month of my Study Log that I keep in a Google doc as well as give a numeral summary of the month as a whole.
Here is the numerical summary for January:

The log below should be straight forward. The amount of time I spent on activities was not intentional. Each time I study Mandarin with Duolingo I reach 50XP for the language each day and stop; the times are inconsistent because I’m sometimes going over skills for the first time and others, I’m only leveling them up. The amount of time I spend on other activities is simply dependent on factors in my every-day life.
Start of Sample
Week of 1/3
1/3/2021
Portuguese
German
Netflix → Dark Season 1 → 27 minutes
Mandarin
Duolingo → 40 minutes
1/4/2021
Portuguese
italki → Conversation → 60 minutes
Netflix → 3% Season 1 → 75 minutes
German
Mandarin
Duolingo → 45 minutes
1/5/2021
Portuguese
German
Netflix → Dark Season 1 → 110 minutes
Mandarin
Duolingo → 28 minutes
1/6/2021
Portuguese
German
Mandarin
Duolingo → 38 minutes
1/7/2021
Portuguese
German
italki → Conversation → 60 minutes
Netflix → Dark Season 2 → 45 minutes
Mandarin
Duolingo → 38 minutes
1/8/2021
Portuguese
Duolingo → 11 minutes
German
Mandarin
Duolingo → 27 minutes
1/9/2021
Portuguese
German
Duolingo → 7 minutes
Mandarin
Duolingo → 34 minutes
End of Sample
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