#goal updates

Things that happened this week:

A good thing is that I was able to finish 5 lessons of kpk this week!  That was really nice.

I didn’t keep up my duolingo streak though so that’s a shame.  

But I was able to watch one episode of Dekalog.  I need to find them again and schedule when I’m going to watch it...

Though I also didn’t read much from my children’s book.  I am going to try and break that habit tomorrow.

A native speaker noticed that I’ve been growing more comfortable speaking/using Polish so that was the proud moment of the week!

I need to incorporate minor German practice into my routine or I will not be prepared for next semester. 

Things that I will try to do next week.

I need a balance of planning and not planning so that I get things done without getting stressed.  I think this is going to take the form of getting back into the habit of making checklists for the next day.  

I do think I have a idea for another tumblr post.  I’m going to start on it this week and see where it goes.

I am going to try and incorporate a little bit of German into my daily routine.

I also need to start reading my book and get on track to finish it by the end of the month hopefully and if not, by the end of the summer.

Things that happened this week:

This week was kind of rough for me emotionally ngl.  But I think it was fairly productive all things considered. 

Four lessons of kpk done!  Seven more until the book is finished!

I do kind of want to try and get the book finished this week and it’s really not impossible if I do one a week, but the concepts are getting more difficult/are those I never really got down solid so idk

Did...not read from my book this week either.  And I’m not too happy about that.  So, I’m going to try and finish the whole thing this week. 

I did start on that tumblr post today.  I’ll continue working on it this week.

Duolingo streak is at 8 days!  So that’s a good thing.  Ngl, sometimes I think I’m not a competitive person but I am when I have a shot at doing well.  So that league thing is helpful when it comes to keeping my streak.  

Minor German practice has been introduced to my routine!

This includes Duolingo and listening practice

I also started on my German film for the month.  

Things that I will try to do next week.

I still need to get into the habit of making checklists.  I’m going to start on one for tomorrow after I’m done with this post.  

 I want to continue working on that tumblr post.  

I want to finish my book in Polish this week.  I need to calculate how much I need to read a day to reach that goal

I want to get Dekalog from the library again and watch a bunch of them. 

Keep up German practice

Finish my German film (I might actually do this tonight)

Keep up Duoling streak!

Change the balance of Polish/German so that I actually have a shot at getting the tree gold.

Polish is June’s language of the month!

As I’ve said, I’m moving away from concrete goals, however, I do have a few:

I want to finish watching Dekalog since I am more than halfway through.  

Finish the children’s book that I’m reading.

Make a new vocab list (or something related) to post here.

Do something in Polish every day even if it’s just flashcards for 5 minutes.

And then the softer ones are:

Get through as many of the lessons in my Krok po kroku books as possible.  Hopefully this will be at least 3-4 lessons a week.

Work towards completing the Duolingo tree again and getting everything gold.

Keep practicing speaking and get at least semi-comfortable speaking Polish again. 

Listen to more Polish podcasts.

As for my other languages:

German

I’m still going to keep up my goal of watching one German film a month.  I need to figure out which one I want to watch...

I’m going to save the review of my grammar book for next month.

I need to see if I can get the books for next semester asap so I can look over them early.

I know there is some kind of news service that has a review of current events that’s like 2 minutes so I think I should try to incorporate that into my daily routine.

Latin

Polish

I did my four lessons again!   And I have done a lot of listening practice and I was able to talk to my grandmother in the typical ponglish way.  Unfortunately, I’m still not comfortable with speaking beyond ‘dzień dobry’ ;;;; I did find dekalog at the library this week so I’m planning on watching one tomorrow and a few more over the course of the week.

German

Oof.  I’m not happy about how I did this week either.  I did play catch up from last week, but I didn’t get to the second chapter.  I ought to start the week with German....  We shall try this tomorrow.  I also need to find some new German films to watch.  

Latin

On track for Latin again.  I finished the first chapter and even made flashcards!  

General thoughts

I need to come up with a way to practice speaking without....actually speaking to anyone rip.  Perhaps in addition to flashcards, I should take 5 minutes or so to read in my target languages out loud just so I get comfortable hearing myself?  I’ll think of something.  I also need to get back on track with duolingo.  

Next week’s goal

Polish

I got through my goal of four lessons this week so that was nice.  Gosh I realized how much I missed Polish...and now much is actually in a chapter gosh.  It feels good to know that my brain is working hard.  I’ve also discovered an opportunity to practice my speaking ;v; so that will be nice.  For that reason, I’m introducing a new goal in which I become comfortable speaking again by the end of the summer.  I also do really want to see if I can find the Dekalog this week though because I would like to finish it soon.  

German

This one, I am not as happy about.  I reviewed the first chapter in my book, but I didn’t get to the workbook or any kind of flashcards so I’m going to have to make that up this week.  However, I did do quite a bit of listening practice this week so I think that makes up for it at least a little bit.  I watched the German livesteams for Eurovision two times (only discovered it for the second semi) and I watched the first of my monthly German films.  I really do need to see which other ones I can watch.

Latin

Started a chapter so I’m on track for that....save the flashcards.

General thoughts

Flashcards are definitely not my favorite way of studying.  I think I’m going to switch my flashcards for Polish and German to Duolingo practice.  (Especially because my sister is using it and I need to stay ahead of her pff.)  My goal is going to be to review the Polish tree and to complete the German tree by the end of the summer.  Unfortunately, I don’t think there is a Latin tree so I will have to continue using quizlet for that language. 

I also need to discover new German films because I’m running low on the ones my professor recommended over the last year. 

I do also want to make some posts here over the summer, but I’m not too creative so we’ll see what I’ll be able to come up.