I have now been studying Portuguese for over 2 years (6 months of DuoLingo, which was surprisingly good, followed by 20 months of tutoring). My teacher says she thinks I'm at B1 (which is kind, but almost certainly untrue).
My reason for originally studying the language appears to have evaporated. Or at least, to have lost urgency (obrigadinho, Lei da Nacionalidade), so I'm left with the question of whether to switch to something else.
My main reason – the only reason? – for sticking with Portuguese at this point is that I'm reasonably close to being ok at it, and it would be nice to get to a level of fluency in another language. But this isn't going to happen without spending significant time in Portugal, which won't happen for another couple years at least (if at all). And it would really suck to be in a holding pattern of just practicing for years, always two steps forward, two steps back.
So... stick with it? Go back to Japanese, which I love, and try to regain the fluency I had 30 years ago? Switch to Spanish, which honestly sounds way easier than Portuguese (even though I was never that good at it)? Switch to Italian, for no reason but that it would be fun?
Start Icelandic, because I'm wrong in the head?
So many options...
@paninid Earlier this year, Portugal changed the nationality law from 5 years to 10 years for non-EU citizens.