It’s the new year and this is normally where I’d spend a while looking back on yearly themes and planning one for 2022, but to be honest, the yearly theme thing has been kinda rough to really consider on pandemic time, and I’m rethinking that. 2021 was deemed The Year of Action for me, in … Continue reading Exploring Yearly Themes
Here again on Tuesday, let’s look at the numbers for the week, and back over November as a whole. Tuesday 11/30 Reading: 2% of Harrow la Novena, ~60 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 12/01 Reading: 3% of Harrow la Novena, ~60 minutesWatching/Listening: 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~60 … Continue reading November 2021 Monthly Recap Plus Plans
It’s November already, holy crap, let’s jump straight to numbers for the week. Tuesday 10/26 Reading: 4% of Harrow la Novena, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 10/27 Reading: 4% of Harrow la Novena, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes … Continue reading October 2021 Monthly Recap
We’ve got the end of a week and a month, so let’s go through it. Tuesday 9/28 Reading: 5% of Gideon la Novena, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 9/29 Reading: 5% of Gideon la Novena, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, … Continue reading September 2021 Monthly Recap
It’s September and still hot as hell, let’s jump straight to this week’s numbers. Tuesday 8/31 Reading: 2% of El Señor del Caos, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Masters of the Universe Revelation, 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 9/01 Reading: 2% of El Señor del Caos, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: … Continue reading August 2021 Monthly Recap
Another week, another blog, but this one rounds up the week and month! Let’s jump to the week first. Tuesday 7/27 Reading: 2% of El Señor del Caos, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Voltron, 1 episode of Alfrely, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 7/28 Reading: 2% of El Señor del Caos, ~90 … Continue reading July 2021 Monthly Recap
June has come and gone and it’s bizarre to think we’re already halfway through 2021. This last year and a half has been such a bizarre experience in general, with the ebb and flow of the spread of COVID changing so much of the status quo for everyone. My own personal journey through all this … Continue reading Thinking About Where to Go from Here
As we slide into June, this blog has slowly and quietly entered year four. I started it back at the end of May/beginning of June in 2018 as an experiment of sorts, tracking my time and effort spent on language learning, going over the stuff that has worked for me and the stuff that hasn’t, … Continue reading Entering Year Four of Blogging
So as we go into May, at the top of the month I thought I’d revisit a topic I’ve covered before, but one that I think naturally lends itself to evolution over time, and that’s answering the question: “I want to learn a new language, where do I get started?” I’m of course not particularly … Continue reading Language Learning: Where to Start
After 2020 lingered on like the smell of a dead animal, it’s amazing how much 2021 seems to be sprinting by. Part of it for me is definitely just a renewed focus on other stuff, as I’ve been busy and productive throughout this year in ways not related to my day job doing stuff like … Continue reading Revisiting the Yearly Theme for 2021
Fumbling Toward Fluent 