I am thinking of learning a third language. Is my schedule doable or is it too crazy? A question for the more experienced language learners here.

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Hi all,

So I'm a native English speaker. I have been learning German for 9 years and Spanish for 5. I plan on taking the next 6 months or so to really improve both languages and then introduce Russian as a third language. My concern is if it's cognitively doable.

My current schedule is an hour of German before work, and then an hour of half of Spanish after work, and I do 2.5 hours of language learning 7 days a week. It's been working fine without any issues I've come across. If I introduce Russian into the schedule, I think I would need to make it my #1 priority and German and Spanish would have to take a backseat a bit. My current schedule idea is as follows:

Monday
German 1 hour before work
Russian 2 hours after work

Tuesday
German 1 hour before work
Russian 2 hours after work

Wednesday
German 1 hour before work
Spanish 2 hours after work

Thursday
German 1 hour before work
Russian 2 hours after work

Friday
Spanish 2 hours after work
Before work would be used for stuff like cleaning, cooking etc

Saturday
2 hours of Russian
2 hours of Spanish
1 hour of German

Sunday
2 hours of Russian
2 hours of Spanish

So here you can see Russian would be hit 5x a week, Spanish 4x, and German 5x. The time would not be an issue for me, but I am worried about the following:

  1. Would this be cognitively doable?

  2. Would I still be able to progress in all 3 languages? I am worried that my Russian would progress too slowly and that my maintenance of German and Spanish would take away from any meaningful progress

I am wondering what the more experienced learners here think. Have you handled multiple languages and had any issues doing 3-5 hours of multiple languages? I am also worried about the weekend as that's 4-5 hours of heavy cognitive lifting. Any input is appreciated. Thanks!

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