Japanese:
2024 goals:
- Read at least 10 books: I completed 7 until now, and I’m reading 3 books together with bookclubs (which are all set to finish at the end of the year), so I guess… I actually might have completed this one? Quite happy about that.
- Read at least 20 manga: 17/20. Not too bad. I feel like I focused more on books this year, so that makes sense to me.
- Read and listen to more news/non-fiction content: this failed, but I already expected (since I reviewed my progress end of March, actually). It’s just too hard for me to add yet another thing to my daily (limited) schedule.
- Read the dictionary of intermediate japanese grammar - Almost done!
- Start on the SKM N2 books - Started the grammar book and halfway through the vocab book. So this is going well!
- Read すずめの戸締り and コーヒーが冷めないうちに - I started すずめ and stopped in the beginning, didn’t even touch the other one. Perhaps next year?
- Focus more on immersion and enjoyment than SRS: I’ve been reading much more and I notice I tend to read more spontaneously (so I just start books and manga which catch my attention in kindle, opposed to waiting for a book club or something to start. I’m quite happy with this progress.
My goals going into 2025
- Once again, read 10 books
- Listen more, at least 2 podcasts a week
- Finish the SKM 2 vocabulary and grammar books
- Once again: read and listen to more news/non-fiction content, and just content out of my comfort zone in general
- Tentative goal: N2 exam in December
- Tentative goal: Complete the Bingo card here in Natively
I realised I lost a bit my habit of listening to podcasts, which is a bit unfortunate. My listening really improved when I was listening to them regularly. So I want to focus on that next year. I also want to read and listen further to content out of my comfort zone - be it non-fiction, or just genres I don’t usually read.
Finally, I have a tentative goal of trying for the N2 exam in December. This is very dependant on life/work events that may take place this year, so I will reconsider this depending on where I stand in the middle of the year. I might also add more goals later.
