01-08-2017, 01:15 PM
Stage 4, Day 19,
Productivity is kicking on.
I've signed on for the 100 Day Challenge on the 1st of January with these three goals:
1) Finish or put an enormous dent in writing my rhetoric-related books (confining myself to three); publish them to Amazon
2) Become a kick-ass singer; practice everyday and 'lean in'
3) Become conversationally fluent in German. From my current level of A1/A2 to B2; from light conversational ability and 3,200 or so flashcards, to reading entire paragraphs of complicated materials on a variety of topics, and learning new facts or figures from that language.
The past 7 days, I've written about 9,400 words for the book, am about to hire a freelance researcher, and will be looking into paperback publishing as I finish the first book. I've also ordered three books on Amazon on English grammar, and submitted an order with the inter-library loan for four books on logic.
On singing, I've been putting in the time, especially during the weekend. Noticing a big difference over the course of the week. I've seen that there are audition for a singing contest in 3 weeks. Incidentally, it happens on the morning in which I host an event in the evening. Plus, the audtion is a 2 hour drive away. That said, I can make it work.
On the German, I've been playing with flashcards, by looking at 0 new words, and amping up the number of review cards, from 125 to 200. I've also cut down the amount of time it takes, from around 50 minutes, to 26 minutes today with 200 cards. All this was accomplished by diving headlong into the material, and diving through. I've also taken to reading and listening on LingQ for short bursts of 10-15 minutes. I'm learning plenty of new words that way. Going to look for conversation partners or voice lessons in about one month.
I've considering energy levels through sleep and food, to be able to have the mental RPMs to do all this; I found that I undersleep during the work week, with 7 hours a night. It's not sustainable for me at my age. Increasing it to 8 hours.
This weekend has been enlightening, too: I've been in room for most of it, and I've found that I'm much more productive than when I'm downstairs on my couch (for obvious reasons; couches aren't the best way to be productive). I will continue tweaking my strategy.
Productivity is kicking on.
I've signed on for the 100 Day Challenge on the 1st of January with these three goals:
1) Finish or put an enormous dent in writing my rhetoric-related books (confining myself to three); publish them to Amazon
2) Become a kick-ass singer; practice everyday and 'lean in'
3) Become conversationally fluent in German. From my current level of A1/A2 to B2; from light conversational ability and 3,200 or so flashcards, to reading entire paragraphs of complicated materials on a variety of topics, and learning new facts or figures from that language.
The past 7 days, I've written about 9,400 words for the book, am about to hire a freelance researcher, and will be looking into paperback publishing as I finish the first book. I've also ordered three books on Amazon on English grammar, and submitted an order with the inter-library loan for four books on logic.
On singing, I've been putting in the time, especially during the weekend. Noticing a big difference over the course of the week. I've seen that there are audition for a singing contest in 3 weeks. Incidentally, it happens on the morning in which I host an event in the evening. Plus, the audtion is a 2 hour drive away. That said, I can make it work.
On the German, I've been playing with flashcards, by looking at 0 new words, and amping up the number of review cards, from 125 to 200. I've also cut down the amount of time it takes, from around 50 minutes, to 26 minutes today with 200 cards. All this was accomplished by diving headlong into the material, and diving through. I've also taken to reading and listening on LingQ for short bursts of 10-15 minutes. I'm learning plenty of new words that way. Going to look for conversation partners or voice lessons in about one month.
I've considering energy levels through sleep and food, to be able to have the mental RPMs to do all this; I found that I undersleep during the work week, with 7 hours a night. It's not sustainable for me at my age. Increasing it to 8 hours.
This weekend has been enlightening, too: I've been in room for most of it, and I've found that I'm much more productive than when I'm downstairs on my couch (for obvious reasons; couches aren't the best way to be productive). I will continue tweaking my strategy.
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