Sunday, May 1, 2005

Back on track after Vacation

After quitting my job, I took a trip to Belize, and then to Thailand. I just started a job, with a group I used to be in, in Texas. I kept doing my Heisig flashcards and Pimsleur lessons which I had in my mp3 player during my vacation. 

Now that I'm somewhat stable again, this is my program:
1) Heisig - 20 characters per day.
2) Pimsleur - 1 lesson per day. It usually takes 3 days to master one well enough to move on.
3) Vocabulary - I've copied all my vocabulary neatly into one notebook. I review the notebook daily, but it's getting too long to get through in one sitting, so I do a part of it.
4) JFBP - 1 chapter per week. This is hard, especially since it's all kana. And it's the first of 3 books. Man, Japanese has a lot of grammar.

I'm averaging over 20 hrs per week. I really underestimated this language. I still have my hopes of finishing my studies by the end of the year, but I'll see how it goes.