Hallo Deutschland!!!: Mission Impossible?

Sometimes I get all caught up in how much German I'm not learning. I am going to visit my parents in 2 weeks and I will see my grandma, who was born and raised in Berlin. I am afraid of what she will think when she sees her granddaughter, who has just spent the last 6 months in Germany, and who can still hardly speak.
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Sometimes I feel like I haven't learned much and that I have failed on my mission...but then I need to remember what my mission actually is:

To become more outgoing.
To be able to think on my toes and know how to react in a variety of situations.
To explore the world and learn a 2nd language.
And most of all, to break out of my comfort zone and really put myself out there, to see what I can find!

6 months ago, I would have never...
...met a group of people I don't know out for a coffee or a drink.
...gone to a show with someone I just met.
...invited almost complete strangers to come over and cook dinner with me.
...crashed on a strange couch in a strange city.
...gone out to eat, out for a coffee, or grocery shopping in a place where I don't speak the language.
...gone out jogging by myself in a city I'm not familiar with, with nothing but a map, 10 euros and a calling card in hand (in case I get lost, which I did, in Rome...I had to take a taxi home after being lost for 3 hours hahaha)

6 months ago, I would have been terrified to do any of those things, and now I do them without a second thought. And I've met the most amazing people this way. People I would have never had the chance to meet otherwise.

So is my mission complete? No. I'm not sure it ever will be. There's always room for improvement.

But is my mission a success so far? Absolutely.