No language learning planned from now till the Nightmare Exam on the 7th of March. A few relaxing bits are possible in between studying for this one (to get my degree, I need two more normal, three very hard, and two nightmarish exams), but that will be all.
I am so glad for all the options to strain my eyes less from now on. Thanks for it. I would like this stupid "eye ache" to go away and never to return and I understand I'll have to do some changes for that.
I wondered about adding this battle against the Surgery exam to my learning log here. It is learning. It feels like learning Klingon sometimes. I am learning from resources in more than one language, even though Czech prevails this time. If this makes me put in those tons of hours needed, it is worth a shot. And it is a better way for medicine to invade this log than the usual rants. And Iguanamon and Rdearman have been reigniting the old passion for challenges recently. And turning this torture into a kind of a game might work.
As far as language activities go, I have been watching Mentalist (I need to cut down on that seriously) and I have a few French
Kwiziq tests left. I will use them up and I am even considering buying one month later (when I don't have exams), as I haven't been systematically revieweing grammar for some time.
I tried the Czech Duolingo out of curiosity and it looks very good, much better than many other Duolingo courses, so I can recommend it as part of the Free challenge.
My rules from now till the 6th:
-cutting down on extensive fun (tv series, games, books), an equivalent of one episode per day is allowed at most, and only if I am doing well
-language learning activities:
Kwiziq. There are only a few tests left and I need to use them up till the end of February. They won't take much time.
-the preferred relax activity: music. Listening, singing. It helps reduce stress a lot.
-no idle googling, foruming,facebooking. News allowed for at most 10 minutes (I want to know the Olympics results)
-the goal is to put in all the time I have available.-I will go to sleep every day. (No, this is unfortunately not obvious.) Following my natural rhytm, I will study till the night and wake up around 9 or 9:30. No time to sleep till the midday, but it simply adds no value to get up early. The early bird usually takes the worm. I, trying to be the early bird, am dully looking in the ground, not noticing anything smaller than an anaconda anyways. I'll just allow myself be the owl within reason.
-the usual study methods are gonna be used. Reading, highlighting, making notes, talking to myself, talking to my plants or my boyfriend (the plants don't fall asleep so easily during my monologues. And he needs to study for his exams now). Talking to my imaginary friends (I use them just for studying! These are physiological! I simply need to explain stuff to someone or something). I will try to make audios for myself, to replay and therefore try to reduce a bit the eye strain. But the eyes will still suffer. This recording is a new thing, I'll give it up, if it is not good.
-where to study: at home or in a study room, there are several good ones in Prague.
THE CHALLENGE: How many hours am I able to put in? This is something like a practice round. I will have to put in incredible amounts of time to succeed at that French exam I have been telling you about for ages. in 2019. This one horrible exam (One of the examinators is something like Lord Voldemort combined with Darth Sidius.) is a small scale sample. It is absurd I am doing this challenge so late (and so old
). Better late than never.
I want to find out my limits this time. How to work really hard and not to destroy myself. Right now, I am probably the healthiest I have ever been since the beginning of my studies!!! Despite the transitory eye problem. So, it is time to calibrate the scale I am comparing my study efforts to.
I am always hearing of other students putting in much more time then I am. I can afford it in some cases, but not this time. So, I want to know whether I can be just as good as they are.
The part of the outcome which is the most related to language learning: I expect the results of this experiment to help me plan my future studies much better. To make more realistic time plans. I expect to know more about my efficiency, resilience, and so on. As a side effect, I need to pass that damn exam.
Any words or support will be welcome, my friends. And prayers. My studies are a series of miracles actually.
And here is the fun part: would you like to guess how much time I'll be able to invest in this?
I'll make a poll.
Just call me Captain Obvious!
