These last two weeks have been great for me in terms of getting used to studying Japanese as it finally feels like a natural part of my routine. I have been studying it at the end of the day before bed and I've been finding myself looking forward to getting home from college or work and sitting at my computer studying. It took a lot longer than I expected to get to this point. I'd just been forcin... » Continue Reading
This post will be a lot shorter than my previous blog posts as I haven't done much study these past 2 weeks but I wanted to make an update regardless. Whilst I was off college during week 3 I got a bad stomach bug and wasn't able to move or do anything that required a lot of work and focus. Then last week I was back at college and it has been a very stressful week both due to coursework and frien... » Continue Reading
I haven't been as productive this week as I would have liked to have been as I've been quite overwhelmed in general plus the more I'm learning the more I'm having to review and make sure I remember. Using Anki (an online flashcard app) makes it quite simple but still very time consuming as what I learn piles up. I'm still very motivated and have been studying 2 - 3 hours every night before I go to... » Continue Reading
I'm going to document my studies learning Japanese using spacehey both to keep me accountable and consistent and also just for fun! Technically its been 8 days but I want to make these posts every week or two and Monday works best for me as I'm tracking the time I've spent on Japanese using toggl track which shows me my weeks from Monday to Sunday. I'm also off from college on Mondays so I have fr... » Continue Reading