Hi to whoever may read this,
It's been a while since my last update here, but I thought I'd sort of re-purpose this blog as a way to track my Japanese studies. I've been learning on-and-off since 2018, but this year I started taking actual classes to assist my learning, and I feel I've made some good progress, though I'm still very much a beginner.
Anyway, as part of my homework for my most recent class, I've been keeping a daily journal. Usually just a few sentences each day, utilizing the grammar and vocab I've picked up. It's been really helpful so far (I think), and I figured I'd basically use this blog as a record of those journal entries to track my progress as I continue. For now, the sentences will seem really simple, but hopefully I'll be able to see the progress as I go. If you happen to speak the language and want to offer some tips, I'm open to them!
Basically how it'll work is this: 1. I'll write the sentences down (when possible, using the kanji that I actually know/recognize), 2. Transcribe them into MS Word exactly as I wrote them, and 3. Copy them here. So far I've got two weeks of journal entries, which I'll start adding today, with the plan for weekly updates following that, probably every Friday, when I've got some time off.
Also, I may one day return to doing book reviews, too, or at the very least adding my list of books I read each year, but other than my book-tracking spreadsheet, I don't really do "reviews" anymore.
You'll also notice that I archived/privated all of my previous posts (with the exception of the very first and last from 2014) and don't intend to bring them back at any point. For now, those are just for me, as a record of my college self's reading.
Nathan
