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So it’s almost been a month now that I’ve been on Textfugu but it already feels like a lot longer than that. I’ve had up’s, down’s, been through the dip, climbed the dip, fallen back into the dip, crossed off days in the dip, got touched up by burly men in the dip, hid in the dip, climbed the dip again rinse, repeat and etc … Recently it seems I’m going backwards more than I’m going forwards, catching up on vocab, re reading the posts about making time to study or the aforementioned dip to help me pull through.
Don’t get me wrong, Textfugu is awesome, and I’m still having a lot of fun but recently I’m more often disheartened by the fact that I’m literally dragging myself through.So how do you guys do it?
(also, JFDI, yeah i know i know)
I write down when I want to be done with something, and which days I should spend studying, and which ones where I should just be going through anki. It is getting though due to college homework, but it is going fine this far.
One of my big motivators are blogs from people who live in Japan. It makes me want to study, and I can see what I will achive by studying :)
The other day I watched an episode of a series called clannad, where I all of a sudden understood parts of the conversation. When I can see things that aren’t from textfugu, and I can understand them, then I feel that I have achived something, and that is my biggest motivator :)As far as I remember, this was what happened:
One person was telling another person that drawing the charater:人 would make you have luck, but he was drawing the charater: 入
So basic, but still I could understand the kanji ;DAnything Japan related = motivation for me :)
Some blogs I enjoy:
Danny choo
GetToJapan
WhatJapanThinks
Gakuranman
Japan times (news)Rather than JFDI, it’s more like JKDI
JUST KEEP DOING IT
I’m the same way, I know I need to set up a schedule or something. Basically I study randomly and sporadically. I don’t recommend it! At least I have a few apps on my android phone (anki, obenkyou etc..) so when i get bored sometimes i’ll whip out my phone and study a bit
=^..^=Pay attention to how you are feeling when studying. Do you feel like a f**king rock star? Awesome. Do you feel frustrated, stupid, or bored? Try a different approach.
Well the blogs thing is a good idea, to be honest I’m completely new to the blogging scene which is why I suppose I haven’t had a look yet, but I will.
@jkl, ya know, now that you mention it, I did feel like a f**king rock star, before this sink hole like week… that’s pretty cool.
@zeldaskitten, I have a schedule, sorta, it’s just a crammed and rushed one. A couple of hours every morning between dropping my wife off at work and going to work myself. Thing is that’s all the time I ever have to myself so it’s all a bit mashed together.
consistency… and so much of it. :’(
words of wisdom Koichi-sensei
What Koichi said. My schedule is random… but also consistent – I study at different times every day but I make sure I study *every* day. It’s actually kinda cool that I don’t think I could go a day without doing Japanese stuff; I’m just so used to it! :D It would feel too weird.
lol so basically what i said
I know that feeling, except I kind of dug myself into my current hole. My college schedule will screw me this semester (along with my possibly random work schedule).
I have a 3 hour lab for Geology, GEOLOGY!! What in the world could we be doing for 3 hours a week that has to do with the earth’s crust… drilling for oil??
Basically I study when I can get myself to, but I make an effort to study everyday, and I also make an extra effort to immerse my self during one of the most routine times, my jog, I pop out my phone and listen to live Japanese talk radio, after that I want to study even more.
Basically my tip is when you have at least 1-2 hours of free time, take 5 minutes and find that motivator to get you started.
Just watching Ari pumps me up to study (http://www.youtube.com/user/ARIKEITA113).@Mark, haha I know that episode, Sunohara is trying to motivate Nagisa for the play.
I also find that variety is the spice of life also holds true to studying. It may seem random or like you keep starting and stopping new things, but I think that so long as the end goal remains intact, it’s ok. I don’t just mean many random textbooks, I mean however you can get some Japanese into your day without it boring you is good.
@Raven: http://xkcd.com/913/
And incase you miss the alt text on the comic:
If you’re a geologist or geophysicist and you don’t introduce yourself by saying your name, then gesturing downward and saying “…and I study that”, I don’t know what you’re doing with your life.I wish i could get some Japanese talk radio on at work, but we can barely get local stations >.> Maybe i should get some J-music going on in there…
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