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You are not causing world hunger if you throw out the lettuce you forgot about, you don't need to feel guilty.

Your followers are not going to die if you don't update your blog or fanfics, you are not their sole source of happiness.

Drinking bottled water might be bad for the environment, but it's also bad if you forget to drink & you get dehydrated.

Eating junk food is better than not eating at all.

Eating cereal for dinner is better than not eating at all.

Writing in your journal/going to therapy/meditating once a month is better than not doing it all.

You're allowed to mask if you need or want to. Masking is not a moral failing.

Other people aren't relying solely on you to cheer them up or to make them feel welcome. If you don't have energy to take care of people today, there are other places and people they can turn to for help. You don't have to take care of everyone.

Your feelings are separate from anyone else's. You can be sad when other people are happy, and happy when other people are sad.

Week 8 vocabulary

안녕하세요~ If you have been following my blog, you’ll know that I am currently studying in South Korea. I decided to share the vocabulary I have to learn every week. So if you want to study in Korea, this might be a fun little challenge for you to try and keep up! This is the actual pace, so a great way to get into the Korean study vibes~~

All the vocabulary can be found on memrise.

schedule - 스케줄

appointment - 약속

to make an appointment - 약속하다

to keep an appointment - 약속을 지키다

appointment time - 약속 시간

appointment place - 약속 장소

to wait - 기다리다

to have another appointment - 일이 생기다

to be late - 늦다

to cancel - 취소하다

to delay - 미루다

to help - 도와주다

text message - 문다 메시지

colleague - 동료

traditional dance - 전통 춤

작년 - last year

사과 - apple

큰형 - male’s oldest brother

멋있다 - to be cool, handsome 

마시다 - to drink

덥다 - to be hot

은행 - bank

배 - ship

오후 - afternoon

부분 - part

댁 - home (honorific form of 집)

의미 - meaning

깎다 - trim

묻다 - to ask a question

배우다 - to learn

ASL is American Sign Language and it's a beautiful and complex visual language used primarily by Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. I've been studying it for about 3 months now and have completely fallen in love with it! My roommate and his gf both know varying levels of ASL (she's fluent and he's around my level) so it's been great to practice with them when we're able.

A lot of my language progress has been coming from youtube videos and practicing by myself (especially in a mirror or recording myself) so I wanted to share some of the resources I've found particularly helpful!

HandSpeak ASL Dictionary: This is a great database where you can look up how to sign various words

What The Deaf?! Podcast: A podcast run by two Deaf women talking about various aspects of their lives, gives some insight into Deaf culture and their lived experiences

ASL Fingerspelling Receptive Practice: They show short videos of a fingerspelled word that you then type out to see if you interpreted it correctly. Fingerspelling is a super important skill in ASL so I highly recommend practicing either with sites like this or through other resources meant for receptive practice!

Bill Vicars ASL 1 YouTube Lessons: These are more extended lessons taught entirely through sign while still being largely understandable. I recommend checking these out once you have a little more of a foundation in vocabulary so you can follow along better!

Chris Gorges ASL Basics YouTube Lessons: He gives clear and concise explanations for a lot of different concepts. I went through all of the videos in this playlist which helped me build up my vocabulary quickly

The Daily Moth YouTube Channel: They produce daily news segments signed in ASL with captions, which I’ve found is great for receptive practice and semi-immersion even though they still go quite fast for my current level

Little dino says no needless guilt! We should be allowed to live our lives without feeling guilty about everything!