I am French and live in Australia. I find that writing is more powerful than reading in terms of learning a language (or maintaining it) because your mind need

I am French and live in Australia. I find that writing is more powerful than reading in terms of learning a language (or maintaining it) because your mind needs to really switch to the other language. Reading is more passive. If you are really serious about keeping your english, you may want to run your own podcast to keep speaking in English (and listen to podcasts).