January 2022 Week 2 Recap

This is likely the lightest week in the history of this blog. No regurts.

January 18, 2022 ~ bats ~ Leave a comment

So this week marked a big, important event for me in that I took a long-awaited vacation, and during that time away didn’t do squat when it came to language learning. I had thought that, perhaps considering there would be downtime, I might get some time to keep things going with the Duolingo lessons in … Continue reading January 2022 Week 2 Recap

January 2022 Week 1 Recap

So far 2022's been treating me well, hope the same's true for y'all, too.

January 11, 2022January 10, 2022 ~ bats ~ Leave a comment

Let’s jump straight to this week’s numbers. Tuesday 1/04 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Wednesday 1/05 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Thursday 1/06 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Friday 1/07 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Saturday 1/08 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Sunday 1/09 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Monday 1/10 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 … Continue reading January 2022 Week 1 Recap

Exploring Yearly Themes

There's also the perpetual yearly theme: The Year of Stress and Anxiety.

January 4, 2022January 3, 2022 ~ bats ~ Leave a comment

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

December 2021 Week 4 Recap

As 2021 comes to a close, all I can think is 'meh, at least it was better than 2020.'

December 28, 2021 ~ bats ~ 1 Comment

Let’s jump straight to this week’s numbers as such. Tuesday 12/21 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Wednesday 12/22 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Thursday 12/23 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Friday 12/24 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Saturday 12/25 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Sunday 12/26 Duolingo: 10 lessons, ~60 minutes Monday 12/27 Duolingo: 10 … Continue reading December 2021 Week 4 Recap

First Week Learning Japanese

It finally happened. I was shopping and heard Mariah Carey xmas music. RIP.

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 ~ bats ~ Leave a comment

So the time has come this week that I’ve embarked on a new language learning journey and have begun my first forays into Japanese. As I had expected, this is a really different mountain to begin climbing with a much steeper cost of entry compared to Spanish, and it’s been humbling, exciting, scary, and interesting, … Continue reading First Week Learning Japanese

December 2021 Week 2 Recap (The End of Spanish)

Spanish has been a crazy ride. Here's hoping for Japanese to be the same.

December 14, 2021December 13, 2021 ~ bats ~ Leave a comment

Let’s do a quick numbers dive and look back on the week. Tuesday 12/07 Reading: 3% of Harrow la Novena, ~60 minutesWatching/Listening: 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 12/08 Reading: 2% of Harrow la Novena, ~60 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Thursday … Continue reading December 2021 Week 2 Recap (The End of Spanish)

November 2021 Monthly Recap Plus Plans

I had fun with my guest, but am now tired and need another break, lol.

December 7, 2021December 6, 2021 ~ bats ~ Leave a comment

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

November 2021 Week 5 Recap

This year I was thankful for a lot more than I was last year, that's for damn sure.

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 ~ bats ~ Leave a comment

Wow December’s knocking on the door. Let’s just straight to this week’s numbers. Tuesday 11/23 Reading: 2% of Harrow la Novena, ~60 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 11/24 Reading: 3% of Harrow la Novena, ~60 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes … Continue reading November 2021 Week 5 Recap

November 2021 Week 4 Recap

Thanksgiving and I haven't heard a Mariah Carey xmas song yet, am extra lucky.

November 23, 2021November 22, 2021 ~ bats ~ Leave a comment

Holy cow it’s the week of Thanksgiving already, let’s look at the numbers for last week. Tuesday 11/16 Watching/Listening: 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~30 minutes Wednesday 11/17 Reading: 2% of Harrow la Novena, ~60 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Thursday 11/18 Reading: 3% of Harrow la Novena, ~60 … Continue reading November 2021 Week 4 Recap

November 2021 Week 3 Recap

I can't believe that it's just like a week away from Thanksgiving, WTF.

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 ~ bats ~ Leave a comment

We’re gonna get into the numbers now for a weird one. Tuesday 11/09 Watching/Listening: 1 episode of Kiwillius, 1 episode of Daniel San GMR, ~30 minutes Wednesday 11/10 Watching/Listening: 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~30 minutes Thursday 11/11 Watching/Listening: 1 episode of Kiwillius, 1 episode of Plano de Juego, ~30 minutes Friday 11/12 Watching/Listening: 2 episodes … Continue reading November 2021 Week 3 Recap