Learning Toki Pona has been an interesting and unpredictable experience. The only part of it that’s really gone the way I expected was in the first week, going through traditional instruction lessons, because after that it’s been wildly different than I thought it would. After last week’s blog of me being blown away by how … Continue reading Week Three of Toki Pona is Apparently When Things Get Difficult
Toward the end of week one of this mini Add1 Challenge of learning Toki Pona, I predicted I’d be moving past the pure study phase of learning soon. What I didn’t expect, was how much I could do a single week after starting in on this language. Like, okay, sure, I know the lexicon is … Continue reading Barreling Ahead on Toki Pona
So I’ve been mentioning for like a month now that I’ve had a ‘secret project’ bubbling in the works, and my plan has been to start in on it as soon as I finished off the portion of Riftwar that was available in Spanish, and I put a cap on the series this last Tuesday. … Continue reading Starting a (mini) Add1 Challenge: Toki Pona
If you read last week’s blog, it’ll be of no surprise to you that I haven’t been feeling that great emotionally, and, well, considering the world right now, it’s no wonder, right? It’s made focusing on a lot of things difficult for me, and has presented an interesting challenge when it comes time to sit … Continue reading Escaping the Real World
(This blog is the English translation of this week’s primary blog, which was originally written in Spanish.) I think I'm depressed. Well, I think everyone is depressed, because you can't look out the window without getting depressed. This week was tough again. There are protests everywhere, the stock market went down, then it went up, … Continue reading Trying to Process the World
(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.) Creo que estoy deprimida. Bueno, creo que todo el mundo está deprimido, porque no se puede mirar por la ventana sin deprimirse. … Continue reading Tratando de Procesar el Mundo
This has been a rough week. And I don’t really mean for me specifically, as it was pretty much normal stuff in my day to day life, but the world is just so crazy right now, and it’s hard to not be wound up and numb at the same time from all of it. I … Continue reading Getting Through the Week
Well, year two of this blog has ended and this blog marks the start of year three. A lot has happened over the course of this running time, and I’ve seen a huge amount of growth in my language skills. That growth hasn’t come easy, as I’ve devoted a huge amount of time and effort … Continue reading A Look Back on Two Years of Language Learning Progress
So this week was a weird one for me, and counter to how things have been going in the world, that weirdness was neutral to positive. My day job is a Monday to Friday affair, but is open for limited hours on Saturdays, so they have to work around that. Everybody gets scheduled one Saturday … Continue reading Setting a Structure for Language Learning
(This blog is the English translation of this week’s primary blog, which was originally written in Spanish.) There are so many sources of advice for learning new languages in the world. And, well, this blog might be one of them, although I’ve been very clear that I’m not an expert. I’m a student, trying and … Continue reading Learning Languages to Have Fun
Fumbling Toward Fluent 