I am a native English speaker, age 39. I am learning Mandarin right now. 1. I am taking classes at my local college. 2. I am paying an instructor outside of c

I am a native English speaker, age 39. I am learning Mandarin right now. 1. I am taking classes at my local college. 2. I am paying an instructor outside of class to accelerate my reading and writing. 3. I have started making myself write my everyday things in Mandarin. I.e my day planner. Notes. Grocery list. 4. I goto places where there are other Mandarin speakers and just start conversations. 5. If I want to say or write something and I don't know how I look it up on the spot. 6. I try to read websites in Mandarin 7. I make time to study every day 8. I ordered books from China in Mandarin to. Read. It would be great to go learn in China but it isn't an option for me. Edit: I forgot. YouTube videos