Humble Beginnings (again)

Hello. I mean I'm inherently talking to myself in the future I guess? I've wanted to start a blog from the beginning; regarding my Japanese learning journey that is. I think this will be a fun thing to look back on. To read through the struggles I had in the beginning, or even in the later stages. Maybe one day I'll live in Japan and can look back at how I started.

I originally started learning Japanese on 08/21/2023, so I'm almost at a year of studying. Of course, my studying this year has been off and on with intensity. I also went through a pretty crappy breakup this year! I ended up taking a month or two off and while I haven't lost a lot, I do feel pretty rusty. Although, I didn't put more than an hour a day this year, so I was learning pretty slowly.

This changes today, and I'm really serious about this. I've been slowly finding my identity again after my breakup. It was something that was really hard to stomach for a while, and something that lead to me taking a two month long break from learning Japanese. Sunday 07/28/2024, will be the day I start seriously taking my Japanese learning seriously. I plan on doing at least 4 hours a day of study. I can't wait to see what my progress is by the end of the year!

Why did I originally start learning Japanese?

As silly as this sounds, I started learning Japanese because I couldn't understand the signs in Persona 5 and it broke my immersion.

Goals for the next year

This year I would like to seriously take Japanese learning seriously, and because of that, I want to set myself attainable goals

• Read ten books
• Watch 4 full shows in Japanese with Japanese subtitles
• Start talking lessons on iTalki with a tutor
• Reach 100 hours of immersion time

At the end of the year

• Go to Japan (I really can't wait for this)