Comments on: Why You Don’t Need To Go Back in Time and Do It All Over Again

By: three dots

three dots — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:42:17 +0000

Lately, I’ve been thinking of things like that a lot, too. I had 6 months of free time, as in free time without any compulsory work or school at all. I wasted it by lying around… actually, I’m not sure what I did. Now it’s coming to an end in three weeks and all I can think of is, if I’d been more productive… I’d have completed JLPT N3 by now, if I did this… if I did that…

I know thinking that way changes absolutely nothing but I still can’t help it. Worse is, while there’s still three weeks left of the holiday, I just can’t find it in myself to work up the motivation to actually start learning Japanese. Quite a few of the articles here just tell you to go watch anime and read manga… the problem with this is, I rarely get internet access which makes it difficult to do so. I love anime to death honestly and this “holiday” has been killing me more than anything but now that it’s nearly over I want to restart it anyway.

Helpppp I dont even get myself anymore.

By: Legend

Legend — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:55:38 +0000

A more obvious analogy with save files to me is that even in unsaveable video games you can’t avoid starting dirty every time you play. While there might not be a save file on the cartridge, there is one in your brain! Which is exactly how you’re still able to make progress in it.

Just like Super Mario Bros 1, [Japanese] is old school and comes with no battery backup. There isn’t anything to wipe, so the only option to make progress is to play the game and let your brain save file fill up with the data you need to master it.

(it’s all pretty shaky but let’s just say I learned from the best.)

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 05:16:28 +0000

@Shironamushin

What if scenario’s are the least productive use of ones time. You can come up with as many of them as you like. What if I had this, had that, did this, pursued that, dabbled in this.

What’s important is you’re studying hard now. Enjoy it.

By: Shironamushin

Shironamushin — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 03:42:55 +0000

If I could go back… I would start studying Japanese at age 12 (10 yeears ago). If I would have started at age 12 and would have been going as hard as I have been going for the past 4-5 years now, I would be sooo much more fluent and ready for college level Japanese… lol.

Well I cant really obsesses on that… I have to be happy that I started studying it at 18 yrs old