How to finish a DUOLINGO tree quickly in just 3 months

How to finish a DUOLINGO tree quickly in just 3 months: you just need to do this one simple thing!  

That sounds like a clickbait title, doesn't it? Well, it kind of is. But hang with me because I'm not lying; I'm just playing around with a simple mathematical concept, as simple as counting 1, 2, 3. Let me explain:

At the time of writing this post, I currently have a 62-day streak on Duolingo and I'm at unit 32 of the Norwegian course. So, you can tell that I have an average of half a unit a day, literally. It was not intentional; sometimes, I did more lessons, and sometimes, I did less.

And here is my profile in case you want to follow me: Bianca318082. Getting Duolingo friends is a good way to keep yourself motivated to learn, as Duolingo actually states on their webpage:

My streak is not long by any means, but the truth is that I'm not new to Duolingo. I tried it several years ago for the first time in hopes of learning English. I will write a long post in the future about my experience with Duolingo and English, but to summarize, I quit because I found better ways to learn English for free! But back to the Norwegian subject, I didn't have much of a choice with free online materials since Norwegian is a Scandinavian language only spoken in the very small and sparsely populated country of Norway. So here we are, stuck with Duolingo.

Don't get me wrong, I did learn a lot with Duolingo in all those 32 units. Before using the app, I knew almost absolutely nothing of Norwegian, despite having spent a total of six months in Norway on two separate occasions. The truth about Scandinavian countries is that everyone speaks English here, so there is little motivation to speak Norwegian daily with others. Even now that I have learned some Norwegian, I still feel very nervous to practice it with people and usually resort to speaking English instead. Of course, I make sure to say "vær så god" and "ha det" all the time, because those phrases, especially "vær så god," are a lot of fun to pronounce for some reason. Despite this, I'm still embarrassed to show my Norwegian boyfriend's family that these are the only Norwegian skills I have managed to successfully learn so far. It is quite shameful, to be honest.

But anyway, what I'm trying to say here is that after so many lessons, I got bored of Duolingo, especially after they changed their old tree, which forced you to repeat the same phrases even more than before! Now, I only log in and do a lesson here or there for my streak. At this speed, it will take me years to finish Duolingo. I don't think it's a good thing to take this much time to finish a tree because I need to learn Norwegian right now. So, in order for me to stay motivated to finish this Norwegian Duolingo tree ASAP, I'm creating a new challenge for myself: do one unit of Duolingo a day. At this rate, I could finish the entire course in less than three months since I'm already at unit 32, and the Duolingo course in Norwegian has a total of 111 units. That's the method I specially developed to finish a tree quickly! I know it's quite obvious, and I hope you guys don't mind my sense of humor. The thing is, before, I would set impossible goals for myself, like attempting to do five units a day!

Back to the subject...

Doing one full unit of Duolingo a day may still seem like a lot of work, doesn't it? Well, it is. But if that's what it takes to keep me motivated, then that's what I'll do. I don't want to study Norwegian for 5 years when everywhere I look online says that you can easily become fluent in 11 months if you already speak English. I'm sure I'm better than that.

Starting tomorrow, I will be updating this page daily with my progress. I have to finish Unit 32 today before I can start. I encourage you to do the same in the comments, so we can motivate each other to keep going.

Progress accountability

March 5 ---- I did it! I completed the whole Unit 33 in a single day! However, it wasn't a pleasant experience. Duolingo's new update can be quite tedious with the repeated sentences because of the new progress tree, which is good for learning but can also make you dislike the game. Nonetheless, I pushed myself to complete it, and I hope I learned some new things.

March 6 ---- Unity 34 successfully completed! I barely made it in time. Today was so busy because I had to spend hours outside buying groceries, but I forced myself to do it. I rushed through the lessons, but I know Duolingo will make me repeat everything a billion times, and I'm still learning, so it's all good.

March 7 ---- Unity 35 completed as well! Today it was a very busy day, because I was getting my documents translated for immigration purposes. But I did it once again. I'm not sure if I learned a lot today though.

March 8 ---- Unity 36 completed, but I forgot to post an update on the same day!

March 9 to 13 ---- Failed. Unfortunately, many personal things happened, but this is not a time to give up! This a time to start over! 

To be continued.

Thank you for reading! I hope you found this post helpful. If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to leave them below. Let's continue to support each other in our language learning journeys. Until next time, take care and keep on learning!