(This blog entry is written in Spanish. There will be an English translation available tomorrow morning / Este blog está escrito en español. Habrá una traducción de inglés disponible mañana por la mañana.) Esta semana era rara. Hace poco, decidía alterar mis planes, porque ya no tenía el tiempo necesario para leer 90 minutos al … Continue reading Un Cambio de Planes de Nuevo
We’re on an off week again, so let’s jump right into the numbers breakdown and wrap up for the week. Tuesday 9/01 Duolingo: 20 XP earned, ~0 minutesReading: 1% of El Ojo del Mundo, ~60 minutesWatching/Listening: 3 episodes of Aggretsuko, 1 episode of Arte Divierte, 1 episode of Kiwllius, ~90 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 … Continue reading September 2020 Week 1 Recap
Last week, as I took a break from a main topic and just recorded the numbers for the week and recapped, I did end up having a bit of a topic to discuss, because I ended up giving up the ghost on my ‘platonic ideal’ schedule for working days and switched from 90 minutes reading … Continue reading Efficiency Vs. Accessibility
As discussed last week, this entry is on break from a primary blog topic, so let’s jump straight to the numbers for the week. Tuesday 8/18 Duolingo: 20 XP earned, ~0 minutesReading: 2% of El Ojo del Mundo, various subreddit posts, ~60 minutes + 10 minutes (Toki Pona)Watching/Listening: 1 episode of Daniel San GMR, 1 … Continue reading August 2020 Week 3 Recap
(This blog is the English translation of this week’s primary blog, which was originally written in Spanish.) Well, it's been a while since I wrote a post in Spanish. Last month I was studying another language, Toki Pona, a very simple constructed language (or ‘conlang’). It was a mini challenge that took me four weeks, … Continue reading A Blog Without a Topic
(This blog entry is written in Spanish. There will be an English translation available tomorrow morning / Este blog está escrito en español. Habrá una traducción de inglés disponible mañana por la mañana.) Bueno, ha pasado un buen rato desde que escribí una entrada en español. El mes pasado estudiaba otro idioma, Toki Pona, un … Continue reading Un Blog Sin Tema
It was a nice, long stretch there where I consistently had a lot to talk about in the blog as I worked my way through the challenge of learning Toki Pona for four weeks, then got back into the swing of Spanish and looked back over the autopsy notes on the challenge. I’m now fully … Continue reading Moving Forward After a Big Project
So this is the second week after my mini Add1 Challenge working on Toki Pona and switching back to focusing on Spanish. Two weeks is a pretty solid amount of time to stretch my legs and get back in the swing of things, and it was what I figured would be an appropriate amount of … Continue reading Taking A Break From Spanish: The Results
Last week, I went through my month-long diversion into learning Toki Pona as a play-by-play. Without further preamble, this blog continues on where that one left off, so let’s dive in. So, four weeks of Toki Pona, going from a position of knowing nothing to the level I’m at now. The question then naturally becomes: … Continue reading Wrapping Up My Mini Add1 Challenge Pt. 2
With week four wrapping up, that means this mini Add1 Challenge for Toki Pona is coming to an end. It was a strange and wild month, and before getting back into the swing of the Spanish grind, I think it’s only appropriate to go through a post-mortem on the experiment, what I learned from it, … Continue reading Wrapping Up My Mini Add1 Challenge Pt. 1
Fumbling Toward Fluent 