I’ve started listening to The Michael Thomas method on the bus to work and back. Slowly I am picking up words and realising how to piece them together to make phrases and sentences.

I need to continue listening daily. 1 day ago

I looked in the app store for Laguage teaching apps, expecting to have to pay much more than 99c, I happened across Duolingo. This should be fun! 3 days ago

I don’t remember when I decided I was going to, but I kept this as my goal and I plan to go for it as soon as I have spare time and as soon as I am fluent enough in japanese. 3 days ago

Duolingo :D 1 week ago

I went to France in high school for a few days and I loved it. I knew almost no French, but everyone was really nice because they could tell I was trying and was really respectful and appreciative of their patience.

Next time I go, which is another goal, I want to know more so that I can properly function as a tourist. 1 week ago

It’s not hard to say why; the vocabulary lessons are shorter and less involved, which means they’re more approachable. I guess you could say as a metaphor that je prefiere manger des bonbons. J’aime petit et sucre.

Anyway I’m hoping I can flog myself into catching up to my study plan over the next few days. I’m just chronically overwhelmed in general, which is a lot of why I feel like I don’t get anything done. If I tell myself to do one thing today I will probably do it. If I tell myself to do two things today they will probably both happen. If that excites me enough I might be inspired to do a few more things. But if I actually have a list, there’s an excellent chance I’ll just give up and play Facebook games for an hour and a half instead…which is a problem since I don’t remember the last time I had a day in which there were only one or two things I needed to do. 1 week ago