Plans for June to kill July



This month is going to be about business and nothing but business, baby. This month for me will be like hyperbolic time chamber training (As long as I can focus lol ADHD you are my life's liquor) since school will be the last thing on my mind since finals are over. Yes, this is like a breath of fresh air to my Japanese studying life ^_^. With Tadoku coming up next month I am very excited for another round of competition where I can prove myself to myself. However, before I get to July I want to use this month to facilitate my path in the way how racers get used to the track then dominate the Preliminary races before they get to the Grand Prix. So here is my playbook:

Things that halt/drag

Since I've had some slacking in my studying I took time to analyze where my short comings are coming from.
1. My love of English music
Problem: I have abundance of english music that I love to have around me at any given time. This music ranging from being Hardstyle party music to Inspirational HipHop that helps me when I feel like crap. Which are all in English.


Solution: Drop my mass English music consumption to one English song on my Ipod that can be played only twice a day. Further, I will look desperately for Japanese Techno and Hardstyle mixes. The thing that will help me continue this will be the fact that that one English song will be inspirational and for the other time I will put my Ipod on shuffle and let it do what it does best in the way of giving me new songs that I've downloaded which keeps from getting bored since I won't know what is next.

2. Watching and Reading too much English

Problem: I've been looking at too much English whether it's on the screen while I'm playing SSF4AE (YUN AND YANG ARE BROKEN BTW) or its during the few movies that I watch aside from the Redbox ones that my mom gains by the free codes. Though enjoyable since I am use to the American formula for movies I am a Japanese learner and need to see Japanese movies as the norm.

Solution: Get cracking on that list of 42 Japanese movies sitting in my Netflix queue and push more Japanese no subbed anime in my face and make sure it stays there. That's all that's to it for that one.

The Short Term Goal Aspect

Problem: I haven't been setting short term goals for myself. This becomes a problem cause my Motivation for anything in life right now is pretty low.

Solution: I will start planning ahead using memory aids such as mind maps so that I can feel as if I accomplished something before I even get into the depth of the section of Japanese that I am tackling for that week.

So this is how I am going at Japanese for the rest of this month. Please wish me luck as I wish all of my readers luck in this conquest that we take in learning this "difficult" language.