That manuscript paper vibe is great motivation, maybe I'll actually give your suggestion a try! That said, I'm deep in my JLPT season right now (studying for the N1) so the diary would definitely be a side thing. Writing out the example sentences for grammar points & vocab by hand before typing them into Anki has served me well so far.
Possibly controversial but I think Murakami hasn't really done anything new since 1Q84... I keep coming back to his earlier works. Just picked up South of the Border, West of the Sun (there was an interesting controversy about the first German translation so I'm curious to compare with the original) & What I Talk About When I Talk About Running from the local Book Off the other day.
I have really fond memories of my JLPT seasons! I guess I'm wired to set bite-sized daily goals because I always looked forward to doing my kanji/grammar patterns for the day.
I have to agree. I keep going back to 1980s Murakami.
I’m enjoying it although I never know how to study kanji beyond my daily Anki reps… There’s definitely something to be said for having clear goals (1 Sou-matome textbook lesson per day), even if I’m unsure how useful N1 grammar points & vocab will be “in the real world”.
That manuscript paper vibe is great motivation, maybe I'll actually give your suggestion a try! That said, I'm deep in my JLPT season right now (studying for the N1) so the diary would definitely be a side thing. Writing out the example sentences for grammar points & vocab by hand before typing them into Anki has served me well so far.
Possibly controversial but I think Murakami hasn't really done anything new since 1Q84... I keep coming back to his earlier works. Just picked up South of the Border, West of the Sun (there was an interesting controversy about the first German translation so I'm curious to compare with the original) & What I Talk About When I Talk About Running from the local Book Off the other day.
I have really fond memories of my JLPT seasons! I guess I'm wired to set bite-sized daily goals because I always looked forward to doing my kanji/grammar patterns for the day.
I have to agree. I keep going back to 1980s Murakami.
I’m enjoying it although I never know how to study kanji beyond my daily Anki reps… There’s definitely something to be said for having clear goals (1 Sou-matome textbook lesson per day), even if I’m unsure how useful N1 grammar points & vocab will be “in the real world”.