Goals & Plans 2025 + Review 2024

I don’t think I commented here but my goals are in my mind so I’ll just write them here from memory :slight_smile:

Japanese
the basic goals I’ve been tracking on my personal log are…

  • reach level 45 on wanikani deck : on track. I’m on level 37 currently
  • read 6 novels: done
  • read 75 manga volumes: on track
  • finish 1 vn. I am on the third route out of 5 of code_18. If I gave up on it and picked up something else I’d probably be done with this but I feel stubborn.

Other goals I have but no idea if I wrote them down anywhere

  • read the pyhsical manga volumes I have of the first 4 arcs of higurashi: not started at all. I probably won’t soon since I will likely move in a few months. And packing unpacking manga is a hassle.
  • More listening practice: I tracked my listening for a month and decided I do enough of it “naturally”. I don’t feel like my listening is far behind my reading. I don’t think I need to make a concentrated effort for listening specifcally anymore because of this and also that the primary reason I learn japanese is reading. As long as there isn’t a huge gulf in skill, I think I will continue as is.

I’m not going to update any goals now because a lot of weird things going in my life and hard to predict what I will have time for. Maybe at the midway point of the year.

German
I wanted to read 12 books in german this year. And specifically I wanted to read books from my physical library.
I read…1…and it was an audiobook not from my owned books. :grimacing:
I did start watching osme tv in german. But that wasn’t a goal.
I’m going to set new goals for german only since it feels a bit dire:

  • 100 hours of listening until the halfway point of the year
  • 12 books. They don’t have to be from my owned books but if they are, they count for 2 books.

Mandarin
surprise entry! My goal for this year was just to dip my toes in mandarin. And I did. I used several sources but most often I use an app called superchinese. I don’t do more than 5 mins a day, but that’s all I want for this year. This won’t be a serious focus for quite a while I’m happy to just slowly build some foundation.

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