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I’ve always wanted to learn Estonian as my grandad is from there, and recently things have changed to mean that learning Estonian might have a real practical use! So I am going to try with my mum and my sister to learn. He says he still sings songs in Estonian in his head, so I think I might ask him to teach me some. It’s really exciting, actually. Although I’m not sure how I’m going to manage this, plus Japanese, plus my dissertation in one year. Slowly but surely I guess?

I’ve started; done the first two lessons on my audio course so far. Pretty proud of myself just for having remembered what I have so far, as I’ve never really seen myself as good at languages! Especially since I’m really enjoying it and feel more motivated than normal.

Bit overwhelmed at what to do next in terms of writing; I guess start learning Hiragana and Katakana, as Kanji is mindboggling so far, although I know a tiny bit. Anyone know any good books for this?

59. Learning how to cook new food
60. Experimenting
61. sunbathing with my legs hanging out my bedroom window
62. achieving things for myself that i thought i was too much of a wuss to do
63. those days where i wake up and like what i see in the mirror
64. list writing! and ticking things off on these lists
65. exploring new places
66. trying and succeeding in impressing myself, not other people for a change
67. doing research for my dissertation
68. living in the present
69. release from uni and exam pressure
70. discovering amazing new bands
71. attempting to learn Japanese.. even if its only a little bit
72. playing the piano, even if i am pretty rubbish, i’m determined to get somewhere with it
73. messing about with friends playing badminton all afternoon
74. making new friends, realising i AM a people person
75. thunder and lightening – sitting on windowsills watching and listening..
76. going through photos
77. noticing what makes me happy when it is
78. long train rides spent thinking..