#studdyblrring

first post back from my unplanned hiatus! i'm still not in a great space mentally, but i missed being active on here :')

for now i'm not sure how to approach studying/studyblr in a way that doesn't burn me out, so i'll just be taking it one day at a time

i'm still working on my thesis, tho i am incredibly behind. i'm not sure if it's even realistic to hand it in and pass at the end of october, but i'll stay positive (read: delusional) for now.

these are my current goals/tasks:

♥︎ finish debugging SVD++ model

♥︎ set my obsidian + zotero environment for the literature review

♥︎ read + annotate 5 papers

♥︎ finish 1 book (this week)

all but the last goal are for my thesis and have no hard deadline. ideally they'd be done ASAP (aka by the end of the week), but i'm not sure if i'll be able to given my current mental state. as long as they get done that's all that matters!

the lesson's description say that you must be at least at B1 level in order to take the class ?? i certainly don't feel like I am nowhere near B1 (i consider myself upper A2 on a good day and i don't have many of those). maybe its imposter syndrome and my comprehension skills are at least around upper A2 if not B1? because im assuming otherwise my teacher wouldn't keep accepting my lessons and would suggest i pick another lesson plan.

italki

had my first Japanese conversation lesson on italki in over a month today! missed talking to my teacher and it was fun as always. we bonded over k-pop which was very sweet and gave me a big boost of serotonin for the day lolol!

we were talking about music and she asked which genres i listen to. as soon as i said kpop she lit up and i asked

「先生もK-popが好きですか？」　

「好きじゃない、大好きです！！！」

ended up booking another lesson for next week to continue our fangirling shenanigans! 楽しみ〜

she also said that she could tell i've been studying since the last time we spoke. which honestly surprised me a bit because i haven't been keeping up with my studying as much as i would've liked to.

it was really nice to hear tho and gave me more motivation to keep going ＜3

wanikani

i managed to get to under 300 reviews by the end of august like i was planning to! i was at ~280 reviews today i think and i managed to get it down to 188 after today's review! (for now lol, tomorrow we're back at 200+)

irodori

havent been able to keep up with irodori because of work + thesis writing, but im hoping to find a way to fit into my schedule somehow, even if its just 10min bit every other day or something

100 days of productivity ?

keeping it light today since i'm still a bit tired:

wanikani (20-30 reviews + any new lessons that come up)

listen to 2-3 episodes of nihongo con teppei (beginners podcast)

bonus:

irodori L2 flashcards

i fully plan on trying to get the irodori practice done at the office lol. not to jinx it but my tasks for today are pretty light so i think i might be able to do it on company time. otherwise, i wont time to get it done since i have plans in the evening

been trying to get back into japanese (aka be consistent for once and be able to finally string more than 2 sentences together) so here are my very messy and disorganised study plans for the foreseeable future:

Finish Irodori Elementary 1 & 2 by the end of October;

italki lessons 2x month;

daily wanikani + get reviews down to 0 (currently have 352 piled up 🫠 - but it could be worse because i started with nearly 500 so there's hope)

prepare/pass jlpt N3 next summer *VERY tentative* should be doable but idk if i can keep up the study pace for that long so we'll see

immersion !! (mostly by watching streams, youtube videos & listening to podcasts in japanese; i also watch shows/anime but those are with eng subs so its not full immersion)

finish vol.1 of Yotsuba&!

im doing this very impulsively at 3 am on a monday so pls excuse how short and messy it is, but there's no time like the present, right?

i'll try to keep myself accountable by posting on here what i work on & my progress !! so if anyone's looking for more jp content/study buddies hmu im also happy to chat and make new friends :)