Well, I feel like I'm stucked in intermediate plateau.

I've been studying my TL for decades. Well, I feel like my ability to the language is not bad. I can read articles I'm interested in, watch youtube videos and talk fluently in TL to non native speakers.

But there are still limitations. It takes more mental energy to use the language, it's hard to understand what native speakers say and watching a movie or drama for native is impossible without subtitle.

The problem is vague. All part of the language, like pronunciation, listening, vocab, grammer, expressions, etc is not enough.

I don't know what should I do more and it is hard to find enthusiasm to study more. it's quite useful for most of the usage. To progress more, it needs lots of effort but earning is relatively small.

Overall, the main problems are two.

1. There's no one way to progress. I can't see it.

2. Lacking passion.

What would you do If you were I?