How to allocate time for studying?

Question

English learning tools

Given : I'm 31 years old, some word base (at least I read some reddit or technical literature almost without looking into Google translate), almost complete misunderstanding by ear, I write badly too.

So. I have been studying English every day for 2-3 hours for a month now. The goal is to travel abroad. I've never been. I dream for once. I am stopped by not knowing the language. For some reason, I panicked. I'm confused, I don't understand, I'm confused.

*The problem is this*: too much information and possibilities. I don't know how to effectively separate them. Books, YouTube, videos, series, textbooks, chats, Skype, websites.

I love consistency. First I "studied" phonetics. Well, basic. Looked on youtube. I repeated aloud. Was reading.
Now I took up the grammar + the study of expressions / words. Started with an old notebook. Now I'm finishing the lingualeo course. I plan to go through Murphy in parallel with a couple of sites in English and finish with this. After grammar, I planned to practice only: watch movies / TV shows and try to communicate at least in text.

But I already feel like I'm wasting my time. Rules, words, expressions that I learned a week ago are constantly forgotten. I have to constantly re-read every day.

Actually the question is: how, having 3 hours a day of free time, how to distribute them as efficiently as possible?

PS: The only limitation is that I am not yet ready to take courses or hire a tutor in the next couple of months. For now, I can only work from home. Yes, self-isolation.

Answer 1

How, having 3 hours a day of free time, how to distribute them as efficiently as possible?

At first, sit down and write a study plan for 3 hours a day (you can look at the plan of some English school). Then follow the plan.