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hilsToday I hit my 1 year streak of learning Mandarin on Duolingo, which I'm really pleased about. This is the longest I've managed to stick with studying a language outside of the ones I learned in school or at university.
I think being stuck at home for most of this time has helped. It's easy to get into a routine when you have no social life.
I'm still very much a beginner, but at the same time I can see the progress I've made over the past year which is the important thing.
Hopefully now I've settled into it I'll be able to keep going. I don't anticipate ever getting to the point where I'm fluent unless I decide I want to pay a tutor, which I don't, but I'm enjoying learning and I think consuming a lot of Chinese media is helping.
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Challenge #5
In your own space, talk about an idea you wish you had the time / talent / energy to do. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
You know what, I kind of did this to myself, because I keep thinking about the AU I came up with on a whim in my Day 3 post.
Those of you who have read my stuff know that I don't really do long fics. I did a couple of bigbangs back when I had more time and energy several year ago but these days a long fic for me is 10k.
So, I do want to write this AU but it's going to be long and I don't know if I have the time for that, or the talent for that matter. AUs are hard, and they need a lot more groundwork than a canon fic does.
I've said that I might write it in the background around shorter challenge/exchange fics and see what comes of it. I don't know.
I think being stuck at home for most of this time has helped. It's easy to get into a routine when you have no social life.
I'm still very much a beginner, but at the same time I can see the progress I've made over the past year which is the important thing.
Hopefully now I've settled into it I'll be able to keep going. I don't anticipate ever getting to the point where I'm fluent unless I decide I want to pay a tutor, which I don't, but I'm enjoying learning and I think consuming a lot of Chinese media is helping.
Now, back to
snowflake_challengeChallenge #5
In your own space, talk about an idea you wish you had the time / talent / energy to do. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
You know what, I kind of did this to myself, because I keep thinking about the AU I came up with on a whim in my Day 3 post.
Those of you who have read my stuff know that I don't really do long fics. I did a couple of bigbangs back when I had more time and energy several year ago but these days a long fic for me is 10k.
So, I do want to write this AU but it's going to be long and I don't know if I have the time for that, or the talent for that matter. AUs are hard, and they need a lot more groundwork than a canon fic does.
I've said that I might write it in the background around shorter challenge/exchange fics and see what comes of it. I don't know.
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Date: 2022-01-11 05:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-12 12:16 am (UTC)I've been debating the possibility of a tutor, maybe just one or two times a month. I just never get to TALK to practice at all!
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Date: 2022-01-16 10:33 am (UTC)Good luck for your AU! I have so many vague writing goals for this year... omg.
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Date: 2022-01-16 02:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-19 02:38 am (UTC)And yes, chipping away at something long and time consuming is a good way to go about it. I hope you have the pocket of time and energy in the near future. ♥