Goals & Plans 2025 + Review 2024

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So, I’ve actually started the intensive side of this when I read through the 1st book again and found it much more my level now that I can understand a lot of it without having to break things down as much as I was before. It’s a much easier read than it was when I last read it so I progressed onto the second book though I am reading at my own pace.

I also read a fair few new booked for my Bingo challenge, think I managed about half of them before I hit a wall and struggled so much with 坊っちゃん putting me on the back foot a bit with the bingo challenge which I will pick up again in a bit.

My tutor has changed this year and there is a possibility that one of my Language exchanges has dropped out though I still have one that I meet with regularly and I am looking at taking more lessons with the tutor when I have more time away from work, or work has settled down after I get moved into my new department.

For Dogen’s course, I might look at it next year in February when I should have almost 4 weeks off work so plenty of time to work through it and see if it will suit me, though my new tutor is correcting me real time so I’ll need to see which will be more beneficial at that time.

I have been refreshing my knowledge on the grammar both in self study and in lessons while we get up to speed, though I haven’t progressed with Tobira or Quartet.

I have been listening more regularly, even starting up audio flash cards to help train my ear better and speed up my understanding alongside both audio books and comprehensible input videos on YouTube.

I have been writing more frequently and have been restudying writing Kanji as well as writing short prompts both for my language exchange as well as for my tutor lessons for the free speaking part.

I have been trying to do something in Japanese daily, with listening on most days, reading when I feel up to it, formal study at least 2-3 days a week (textbook, language exchange and tutor led lessons). I’ve been keeping up with the audio flashcards most days too which I feel is helping alongside the YouTube comprehensible input videos.

So far I have managed 14 books this year (not including textbooks or graded readers) so hitting 18 for this year is totally do able :slight_smile:

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TLDR: Things are going surprisingly well??

  • 26/36 read! This definitely feels achievable.
  • I kind of forgot about this goal for a while, but I’m (somewhat inadvertently) back at it this summer, since I’m alternating an easier KU book with a harder library book.
  • Done, finished, feeling accomplished! I’ve found a couple of new series to add into my reading mix, but I’ve also been doing a fair amount of standalones as well.
  • I haven’t done this yet but I DID read 2 other entire web novels! One was only a single volumes, the other one was about three volumes and had an audiobook. I noticed a marked increase in my listening skills and ability to follow along with the audiobook while reading it and had a great time overall!
  • I completely forgot about this goal. However, I have watched an entire C-drama and parts of several others, so I’ve gotten ~15 hours of listening per month on average, which is fantastic for me!
  • 6.5/12 so far, so doing pretty good!
  • I’ve been doing listening, but not watching dramas, since they’re still too hard to do comfortably.
  • I went, it was snowy but fun, and I had a great time!
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This is progressing well due to the WK book club for 香君. We’re halfway through the first book out of two, so I’ll probably hit the goal just from this. The only downside is that the book takes up a lot of my reading time, so I’m not reading any other novels/LNs. :sweat_smile:

This is going relatively well so far. I did buy a bunch of volumes of スキップとローファー | L24 and 君は放課後インソムニア | L24 earlier this year, but I finished the former and I’m reading the latter now, so it won’t impact my 積読 pile. I haven’t counted precisely, but I think my 積読 pile is about the same as it was at the start of the year.

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The midpoint of the year finds me in a hectic time where I had to stall most of my studies.

  • reach level 45 on wanikani deck : level 40, it is not great that I have only went up 3 levels in as many months, but I am taking an intentional break from new cards now, and I’m on track for hitting this anyway.
  • read 6 novels: done
  • read 75 manga volumes: done
  • finish 1 vn: done
  • read the pyhsical manga tbr: last time I mentioned this is on hold because I might move soon, and now I’m in the middle of a move. So still on hold.

new goals

  • wk: keeping at 45
  • manga : 100 volumes, a nice round number
  • books: 12
  • vns: 2
  • physical tbr: keeping this goal as is

gave up on my listening goal immediately because tracking is a pain.
For books I made little progress. But still doable until the end of the year.

I had no real goals for mandarin but I had to put even what little I did on hold due to life. My new goal is to start again until autumn.

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