I finished my degree a few days ago. It was horrible, a nightmare. The thought "it's finally over" hasn't arrived to my brain yet, it takes time. I've spent the last few days mostly in bed.
I'd like to thank you all, for your continuous support! I has meant a lot to me!
But I am already having further plans for this log. Truth be told, the procrastination during the last few months included languages, not just reading forums
. Tv series: I have yet to finish los Protegidos (awesome and Spanish), and I need to make myself watch the last episode of Lucifer (in Italian) with a cliffhanger, I watched Versailles. I started learning Japanese on Lingodeer a bit, played a bit with German in various forms, found out I'd really like to learn Hebrew one day. And I am still convinced some of my medical textbooks were secretly written in Klingon and I just hadn't been told (really. the people use words, which are in no dictionary and I really think aren't officially Czech.)My life plans are complicated and I'll know more in a few weeks. One thing is absolutely certain: there is no way I'd go to a czech hospital. I'm going either abroad or out of medicine. I do not owe them anything, it's the opposite. I am gonna fail my plan A (this is a fact, a consequence of a long and unfortunate chain of events), so it will be about finding an acceptable plan B. But nothing will be worse
From now on, I will always be free to leave without having so many years of my life flushed down the drain. My language plans for the months to come:
1.READING:
on Expug's log, I was joking about reading a pile of books as tall as myself during the summer. Well, it's actually a good idea. 1.61m of books. The rules of this "challenge" are simple.
-I want to have fun. I missed reading for pleasure without any guilt so much!!!!
-161cm all languages combined. The size of the book doesn't matter, small or big doesn't matter. Thin or thick matters.
-Czech books count but up until a certain point.
-ebooks count, I'll look up the physical copy online. That's because German might be better with Readlang now.
-the languages should be represented approximately like this:
30% German, 30% Spanish, 20% Italian, 10% French, 10%Czech+English
2.GERMAN
the ultimate plan B. If everything elsewhere fails, Germany is an option. For that, I need B2. Both the real skills and a certificate.
My level right now: weak A2.
I'll make a more detailed plan later. But it will be a classic. High quality coursebooks with tons of exercises (and a few good digital tools will fit there too, I've recently got a great recommendation on speakly.me), and tons of input. Later, there will be time for exam preparation.
3.Spanish
I really regret not having taken the damn DELE, it would have opened a very viable plan B. People, if you can take a language exam and are not in a well progressing and very sure career already, take these exams as soon as you can, don't wait till you need them. Because at that point, it will be too late due to all the wait times.
But Spain is closed for now. However, it doesn't mean I shouldn't continue and improve and take the DELE eventually.
Right now, I think my huge weakness is having read too little. I think that is the missing piece of puzzle, without which I won't move forward. Sure, other stuff will be on the list too, but extensive reading needs to happen at this point.
4.Italian
Not a priority but a language that brings me joy and is worth continuing with at any pace that fits between the rest.
5.Others. Now I am free and limited only by normal things like the other people. So, having fun is part of the plan, but after my Reading challenge.
