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After joining the Spring 2023 Read every day challenge, I ended up with a read every day habit that has stuck ever since (and a WK foruming habit which takes up about just as much time… 
) and my reading level has improved a lot! Perhaps listening every day can do the same thing. Previously my listening practice was listening along to Satori stories, and now that I’m transitioning/graduating from that, I need to experiment with some solid replacements.
The tricky part is - I’m not a natural podcast / youtube / audiobook type person, so it doesn’t have a firm place in my life. I like to exercise without headphones, I don’t have long drives, I don’t do repetitive tasks where I could listen to it in the background and still pay attention. So listening for me is its own deliberate activity, like taking a break from work, or relaxing after work, or (at a loss to think of what else I will anchor this to).
Favorite listening resources so far:
- Audiobooks for Zenitendo series
- I read these books so I can listen to previous chapters with good comprehension, or listen along to current chapters while reading
- 4989 American Life podcast
- They are comprehensible enough that I can just listen. I think what helps is that the topic of conversation is generally familiar, so it’s way easier than other podcasts not intended for learners. After she realised so many learners were attracted to her podcast (despite that not being her intention), she made transcripts available from around episode 89.
- Story podcast - 黒木渚の夜のまどろみ 〜大人のための読み聞かせ〜
- These are short stories written and narrated by a musician / writer 黒木渚. I like the general light mystery mood, and the narration is calming since they are meant for falling asleep to. They are not always comprehensible for me, but if I make it all the way it feels like such a victory to understand the whole story!
I stole the pretty calendar from @javerend I hope that is ok!
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