Last week, John wrote the post "How To Gain Time And Be More Productive." When he was drafting his post, I sent him my own list of productivity things that I wrote up previously for the summer interns to teach them about … [Read more...]
When I was in Taiwan (learning Mandarin to learn about learning Japanese... and attending a friend's wedding) we took an off-day to visit Jiufen, the town that inspired the town and bathhouse in one of Miyazaki's greatest … [Read more...]
My (friend's) wedding / (my) vacation time in Taiwan has come to a close, and while these three weeks have been a lot of fun, they've also been very educational as well. You see, I wanted to attempt to remember what it's … [Read more...]
In previous motivation-related posts we talked about setting stakes to help with success as well as how to form good habits. This week we're going to learn some tricks - and they really are tricks - to help push you just … [Read more...]
Last week on the "Staying Motivated" front we talked about setting stakes and how that can greatly increase your chances for making big progress in learning Japanese. Let's say you did that, and now you're ready for the … [Read more...]
Let's say you're going to run a marathon. That's the plan, at least. "I'd better go run today," you say. But... you just don't really feel like it, so you think "okay, I can skip today, no biggie." Tomorrow, the same thing … [Read more...]