Another week has passed in this weird version of reality and it feels like the entire world is holding its breath. My city’s extended the stay at home orders through April 26th in the hopes of flattening the curve, while my job has long since said that we’re working from home until May 15th at … Continue reading Not Feeling Like You’re Stuck in a Rut
I’m starting to develop a bit of a complex when it comes to writing this blog, because as the weekend hits and it’s time for me to get to drafting, I start panicking about what topics to cover. I still have plenty of things I want to cover for this blog when it’s appropriate, but … Continue reading Dealing With the Need to Change Plans
I’ve had some trouble figuring out how to go about blogging for this week. The last month or so of blogs have all been circling around the topic of the pandemic in some fashion, which I suppose is to be expected to some degree as it’s just everywhere, but it’s gotten to be too much … Continue reading Week Two of Staying at Home
So the last handful of blogs I’ve written for this project have been dancing around what’s currently happening in the world due to the fact that it has been impacting this project. That isn’t particularly surprising or anything, as this pandemic has impacted most people in some fashion, but there’s been a certain, specific tone … Continue reading Language Learning While Quarantined
(This blog is the English translation of this week’s primary blog, which was originally written in Spanish.) What a strange week, huh? There are strange things going on in the world right now and I feel kind of weird. This pandemic is no joke and I don't think that what’s happening is funny, but, well, … Continue reading The Obligatory Blog About the Coronavirus
(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.) Qué semana tan extraña, ¿no? Hay cosas raras pasando en el mundo actualmente y me siento un poco rara. Esta pandemia no … Continue reading El Blog Obligatorio Sobre el Coronavirus
So after the previous blog’s disaster of dealing with the market crash, I had all of this week to work on getting back into the swing of things. The market’s still been volatile, but work’s evened out again for the most part, which meant I had the time available to ramp back up on my … Continue reading Trying (and Failing) to Ramp Back Up After a Tough Week
There are good weeks and bad weeks. I’ve covered this topic before, a long time ago, but as I just weathered a pretty difficult week it feels like a good time to revisit. This week was pretty rough for Spanish studying time, as will become apparent down in the number section of the blog. I … Continue reading Working Through Rough Weeks
A lot of advice and conversation about language learning gets devoted to the amount of time needed to spend per day working on the new language. Of course, the exact amount of time recommended per day tends to vary with who you’re talking to, and everyone has their own minimums, too, but the consensus is … Continue reading A Day In the Life of a Language Learner
(This blog is the English translation of this week’s primary blog, which was originally written in Spanish.) There’s a common piece of advice for language learning (and perhaps learning anything) that you should enjoy the journey. The end goal is fine and it’s important to have one, but you shouldn’t worry about the goal, rather … Continue reading Don’t Enjoy the Journey, Enjoy the Things
Fumbling Toward Fluent 