11/10/2025-11/16/2025
I thought very little happened this week until I sat down to summarize it all soโฆ
Achievements 
Listened to 645/600 minutes 
Read 7/7 days (Tadoku Lvl 3 x 8)
Reached WaniKani 8!!
Made a LangCorrect account and posted four times :>
Passed Bunpro N5 Practice Test 
Survived job interview 
Reflections 
Iโm all abuzz because of the job interview I had on Wednesday. They said theyโd be getting back to me with whether I have an offer or not in ~two weeks and the news canโt come soon enough. Hate waiting so bad but this would be such a perfect opportunity T^T
On the writing front, LangCorrect has turned out to be both motivating and convenient. It is quiet, but because I can just type things out on desktop it helps me get into a flow. Itโs daunting and a little embarrassing though, putting my compositions out there with all their flaws for people to see; itโs a bit demoralizing, too, when something I thought was clean comes back with heavy corrections. But thatโs how the learning happens I guess. Iโve also found it helpful to cross-post sometimes to HelloTalk after the fact, since thereโs more activity there. I think the cognitive work of writing functions as heavy reinforcement for me, so Iโm deciding to add writing three LangCorrect posts to my weekly goals.
The Bunpro N5 Practice Test, which Iโd set as a goal last week, was easier than I thought it might be. My only mistake was pretty funny: I chose the wrong conjunction, and the explanation was essentially that โthe sentence was saying X, whereas with the conjunction you chose, it would mean Yโ. And, well. I thought it was saying Y! But Iโm not pressed about it.
Itโs nice to be familiar with the test format now: I literally stared at the first problem for a full minute trying to figure out where the various parts of question even were, but once it clicked it was easy going from there. If I do end up taking a JLPT it wonโt be for another year, but besides the psychological preparation, I have a pathological taste for standardized tests and it was fun in itself. According to the long-term timeline Iโve set for myself, the Bunpro N4 practice test should be happening in January.
For Next Weekโฆ 
Adding LangCorrect to my regular schedule!
POTW 
Have this time-lapse I took of LAX on my last night in the cityโฆ
