Thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed response 
I’ll try doing it similarly to you for now and adapt as I go along. I tend to get frustrated if I don’t understand even the gist of, for example, one episode. But that might be a sign of just need to choose an easier level.
Thanks again 
７月７日 (Home Post Link)
Long work day but it was basically dead the whole time, so didn’t actually get much car listening time. Was also occupied thinking about some other stuff rather than Japanese.
Listened:
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Small day, small update. Just listened to one Episode of Nihongo con Teppei beginners, since I was pretty occupied today. Gonna come back strong tomorrow.
(home)
７月７日
Well, yesterday was the first day I didn’t do any listening; it was a tough day. :\ No reading, listening, or Anki for me; it was a miracle I got my Bunpro done. That one I have a dedicated interest in maintaining my streak (I’ve almost hit 365 days two or three times now). Ah well. Better to lose your streak early so you aren’t as worried about future off days, I figure.
July 8, Sat of Week 2 of Summer Q3 2023 
Cop Craft 1 Ch.3, the remaining and rewind to start a little.
YUYU, 2 new episode.
7月8日 (土)
Today I listened to:
Tanaka Radio 1 and 2 (~12 min)
Found this cute podcast by chance on Spotify today and I’m already in love. The level is great for me, and it managed to grab my attention throughout almost the whole episode(s). I’ll definitely be coming back to it in the following days.
７月８日 (Home Post Link)
Work again today so might also get some yuyu in
Listened:
Day 7, ７ 月 ８ 日 
: Back to my Home Post
PiroPito Minecraft, #55, #56
Some videogames because it’s the weekend and because I finished the playlist of the absolute beginner series yesterday. 
７月８日
YUYUの日本語ポッドキャスト #81, #82 and #211 (56 min)
Only listened to two episodes initially but then I was browsing his YouTube channel out of curiosity and opened one of the videos, which I ended up listening until the end. That’s why it suddenly jumps to #211 
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No worries! I’m glad it was helpful 
. I get frustrated too when the difficulty is high and I can’t catch as much as I would like, as you say that’s usually a sign I need to go for something easier. But I’ve also had the experience of having podcasts that were somewhat challenging before that aren’t at all anymore, like YUYU’s, so bit by bit there definitely is improvement over time. It’s one of those things you have to trust the process, I guess ^^ .
July 8th!
Today I had a lesson with my tutor.
We talked about a trip he is planning to take later this month, and about a new job he is starting next month.
Then we practised making example sentences using ~ずにはいられない。
So I leveled up today and feel a little overwhelmed from all the new lessons I have to do! It’s really nice seeing progress of course, but especially the new Kanji always make me feel a little bit anxious since it takes me a long time to remember them properly. Anyway, I tried to not let this consume me and listened to 3 episodes Nihongo con Teppei Z while on the train 
7月9日 (日)
Today I listened to:
Tanaka Radio 3 (~12 min)
Weekends are always a bit tougher since I’m usually busy with family, but hoping to be able to spend more time on listening tomorrow 
・７月９日・
バッテリー オーディオドラマＣＤ vol 1「自主トレーニング」(1 part, 8 min)
I realized I don’t know how to say “track,” like tracks on a CD. This one has 4 tracks and each are a different drama. The 2.43 ones both have two dramas that span 2-3 tracks each. (For the Jeweler Richard ones it doesn’t matter since each CD is a single drama.)
The Battery audio dramas seem to be taken from the novels rather than are original dramas, and either expansions of scenes that were in the anime or scenes that didn’t make it in. This one’s one that didn’t make it into the anime, where Takumi tells Gou that he should go to cram school to appease his mother but do it and his studies 適当に (so that he can devote himself to baseball, but that’s not how it would turn out; Gou would end up doing baseball 適当に too, and then no one would be happy). I haven’t read the novels yet, but I like this scene better in the manga specifically because you can see Gou blush beet red all the way to his fingertips when he realizes he’s pushed Takumi down and what it could look like (and probably still will even after reading it in the novel for that reason).
Yeah, you can hear that Gou’s embarrassed and that Takumi’s totally unfazed, but it’s not the same.
Anyway, for the beginning, I felt like I understood pretty much everything that I didn’t zone out for, but the last idk 3/4 or something I was back down to maybe 50%, and possibly the only reason it wasn’t lower was that I recently read the corresponding scene in the manga. The 3 on vol 2 I’m guessing I’d have more trouble with.
July 9th!
Today I watched episode 3 of Shadow’s House.
As usual, I didn’t understand all of it! But I know the story well enough from reading the manga that I can follow the story well even without understanding everything.
Day 9! I think I forgot to post yesterday, but I did my usual listening to streams and whatnot. I had some things going on so less today, but my wife read Azumanga Daioh recently and wanted to watch the anime, so we watched an episode together and I did my best to not look at the subtitles. Sometimes it’s hard to avoid, but it was fun, cute show. I can tell this sort of slice of life is, for the most part, pretty easy for me finally.
I’m doing the “watch a show 50 times challenge” that 2 YouTubers I follow did. I chose Deadpool and I watched the first time in English to refresh my memory, the second time free flow and the third time while saving vocabulary. Tbh the Japanese person that dubbed Deadpool is better than Ryan Reynolds and I love RR. Let’s see if I can keep up.
