Happy new year, all! I was lurking a little bit in the last thread, and listeningās been on my to-do list for what feels like forever, so Iām going to try to make an effort to post here this year!
I probably (?) wonāt be formally tracking anything, but I do have a few goals Iām aiming for this year:
- Listen through Teppeiās archive of the first 700 intermediate podcast episodes he did. This one is the one Iām hoping to make a habit; something to dig into my brain until I can eventually drop it/finish it and still have my brain ping me with, āshouldnāt you go seek out some Japanese?ā
- Listening to the Flesh&Blood drama CDs with @ekg and friends! Iām a big fan of the book series, so Iām extremely excited to try the drama CDs out. My big goal with those is to get to the point where I can listen to and understand the free talk CDs ekg mentioned above, as well as the CDs with å¤ä¼ story content.
Iām hoping to intersperse my listening with more variety as the year rolls onward, but these are my two definite activities I want to focus on, if nothing else.
And so in that vein, Iām happy to report I started with Teppei yesterday and listened to episodes 1 & 2! My thoughts are to listen to two episodes per day; enough to build a habit, but not something thatās going to necessarily eat up all my time. Iām not incredibly sure how I want to handle sections/episodes that completely go over my head: try to transcribe them? Listen again several more times? Do nothing and go with the flow? All three options have their place and time; might just be a matter of where Iām at and what Iām doing at the time.