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[kazma-does-school]

good notion templates?

i really want to try making a good notion page to use for this academic year, but making one myself seems too daunting,,, at least for now. if anyone has a good one i could use, that'd be lovely!

[kazma-does-school]

ask me some of these! i want anyone who follows my endeavor through academics to learn something about the human behind the blog, lol

50 Q’s

1.) describe yourself through the eyes of a stranger? 2.) what is a quality you’d like to change about yourself? 3.) what is your worst potential fear for the future? 4.) which television series do you use as a form of escapism? 5.) share a secret about yourself? 6.) if you could choose any place in the world to visit, where would it be? why? 7.) what advice would you give your childhood self? 8.) describe how you envision your ideal life partner? 9.) what is your favorite environmental season? why? 10.) what’s one book you’d suggest every person should read? 11.) what is one song that’s able to bring you to tears? 12.) describe your best friend? 13.) what was the premise of your last dream? 14.) what’s your favorite warm beverage? 15.) name one musical album that greatly impacted your life? why? 16.) what’s your favorite form of flattery? 17.) what’s your favorite painting? and describe how it makes you feel? 18.) describe your personal style? 19.) what was the last concept that inspired you? 20.) who was your very first artistic inspiration? 21.) how long have you used tumblr for? how has your style changed over the years? 22.) what was your first cell phone? 23.) what is your favorite fruit flavor? 24.) whom would you resurrect from the afterlife? which 3 questions would you ask them? 25.) if you could choose only one meal to eat for the remainder of your life, which would you choose? 26.) which of the 7 deadly sins do you struggle with the most? and which the least? 27.) your latest obsession? and why? 28.) if you could domesticate any animal as your pet, which would you choose? 29.) what’s your least favorite smell? 30.) favorite mythological creature? and why? 31.) name a scene from a movie that makes you cringe? 32.) favorite piece of memorabilia you own? 33.) your personal favorite oddity about yourself? 34.) favorite concert/show you’ve attended? 35.) what’s one thing you would tell to the last person who betrayed you? 36.) your favorite mantra to live by? 37.) do you have any strange habits? 38.) what’s your favorite white-noise to fall asleep to? 39.) what is your favorite gemstone? why? 40.) how do you choose to cope when you’re upset? 41.) what are you currently trying to accomplish? 42.) what’s your favorite item you’ve purchased secondhand? 43.) describe your personality is only 3 words? 44.) how is your relationship with your parents? 45.) an instrument you aspire to learn how to play? 46.) relate yourself to one movie character? 47.) least favorite music genre? why? 48.) which animal would you be the most terrified to encounter? 49.) name a public figure you find to be overrated? why? 50.) what purpose do you get out of using tumblr?

[gentlespriting]

consolidated all the upcoming assignments this morning...there's so much to do :')

submitted 1/4 of my assignments !! 🙌 🙌

hot pot for one (hdl soup packet that my mum bought) 🍲

[liones-s]

we should have books, and love, and flowers to heal us

[kazma-does-school]

this is so real

i know succeeding out of spite might not be the healthiest motivation but theres something about the idea of proving to everyone that i deserve to be here

[sugaredpastille]

☕️📑🐻🧺 - today consisted of studying, consuming an unhealthy amount of cafe au lait, doing laundry & dishes, and cramming five-week’s worth of material for an exam (math) (yikes).

[luckydoeslanguage]

🎏Immersion, its quirks, and tips for language learning this way!

its the 5th of May, so happy children's day! 🎏 I got a question in one of my posts asking for some advice on immersion learning! i thought it would be a good opportunity to talk about immersion in general, my current study(?) routine and perhaps give some useful advice! As the name suggests, Immersion language learning is done primarily by consuming media in your target language. Immersion can seem super intimidating to us learners, mostly cause we can't understand most of the stuff available to us. But! its not impossible to start out using immersion right out of the gate. i think people tend to get scared or go "I'll immerse when i get better at my TL!" But the truth of the matter is, your not going to get used to, or better at your target language unless you consume actual content. (in my opinion.)

Honestly, a lot of immersion learning is being able to tolerate that i probably wont understand everything right away. I will someday, but for now i have to be comfortable with not understanding a lot. which is okay! So, what is my current study routine?

right now, my routine consists of:

doing vocabulary cards on Anki from a premade anki deck.

playing about an hour of Animal crossing everyday

watching 1 - 3 episodes of an anime

watching Youtube videos

weekly (ish) grammar done by reading Imabi, and watching Cure Dolly videos on Youtube.

The bread and butter of my routine is learning vocab, and occasional grammar studies. I'm using the core2k/6k deck. which as the name implies, is an optimized vocab deck that contains the most common 6k JP vocabulary. i currently take 5 new vocab cards a day, and try to get my reviews in everyday. my anki deck has contributed a lot to me being able to immerse so early in my language journey. learning and then reviewing new words everyday lets me recognize words in my immersion. As time has gone on, i can recognize more and more words, and even some words I haven't encountered yet in my deck. Immersion, while still uncomfortable, (especially with complex media) is the other side of the coin. i try to spend double the time i spend on anki, immersing. Mostly because i enjoy what I'm immersing in, but also because i get more out of it the more time i spend immersing.

"that's all well and good Lucky, but what advice would you give to someone who wants to learn this way?"

Well! first of all, and this is very important:

Be comfortable with ambiguity. you may not be able to understand some, or maybe most of the thing you are immersing in. that's okay! Your brain is already looking for patterns to see in your TL, and is growing more accustomed to it. I got a lot of headaches in the beginning, i still do actually. but i know that's my brain working hard! (take a break if you get a headache!!)

Second, and probably just as important:

Follow your interests. make immersion fun! whats the point of immersing if its torturous?! I'm a lot more likely to continue immersing in something if i actually enjoy it. there are a lot of easier anime to immerse in, but if I'm not having fun, I'm not going to learn anything. you should do the same! even if its too difficult to understand. I'm currently watching someone on YouTube play a dating sim, and even though its waaaay above my skill level, I'm really enjoying myself watching it! I've even recognized some words i know. whole sentences, even.

Third:

Be Consistent! This is probably advice you've already heard, but it bears repeating! even if you do something small like listening to a song in your TL, that's immersion babyy :) consistency is key, above all.

Lastly: Track your Immersion. a problem with immersion is it can feel like you are going nowhere. tracking how much time you spend doing an activity, (watching videos, reading, etc) is a great way to make immersion more tangible. lots of people reccomend toggl, but i personally use polylogger. its built with language learners in mind, and is stupidly easy to use. i also keep personal logs in an online diary, as well as here on my blog to measure my progress. it helps!

alright, i think thats everything i have to say for now! if you've made it to the end of this long post, hello! and thank you <3 hope you've had a good day so far! I will leave you with some links to more reading on the subject under the cut, they go into more detail than i have here.

take care for now! またね！

this article by Refold about tolerating ambiguity:

The Moe ways guide to immersion:

Making the leap to Immersion, Video by Cure Dolly:

[study-coffee-chicago]

I’ve lost count of how many days in a row I’ve been running on ~6.5 hrs of sleep and 3 cups of coffee…I think it’s at least five at this point.

[fraisefille33]

Setting realistic goals for 2025 because I refuse to spend another year not doing anything because I made my goals too difficult to achieve in one year.

[kazma-does-school]

i quite actually fell off tumblr but here's a cute life update

- i visited a college, which was dope asf

- got a lead in my musical

- am setting up the first table at a club fair for my main club

- literally am so jet lagged

[kazma-does-school]

this is why i wished i was serious about studying years ago so i could have built a following to share things with

because i'm genuinely curious about how alive tumblr is nowadays...

[mar-why-am]

Been visiting the library more regularly...

[girl-please-study]

2/25 days of productivity

Meet my Krishna Kanhaiya. After attending Temple at midnight for Janamastmi, we woke up at 6 to go for our daily run and exercise! But the park was unusually empty today for some reason.

[cosmowes]

anyways. here's how i'll be starting my spring:

productively (and prettily): i definitely wanna work on my goal setting and being more productive in my work time. pomodoro timers have been super fun to help me stay on task. i have a post coming up about goal setting as well ^__^

abundantly: going to go into spring with an abundance of knowledge and hopefully exit with a wealth of new things! i have a bunch of new hobbies i've been starting and i hope to maintain them all.

cleanly: a big goal! wanna get into cleaning more often, because it's a dreaded task. trying to start a daily/weekly/monthly cleaning routine.

openly: want to begin this month with an open mind and heart. going to try to read more, and see more from the other side :)

[liones-s]

autumn sends her readers into the coziest library corners

[slavic-roots-western-mind]

Life in China #16 The Goodbye

People often talk about the great love of their life, but I think this can also apply to places. Because this city has captured my heart in a way like no other, and the thought of this magical chapter coming to an end is bittersweet.

All the people I met, all the friends I made, all the unforgettable experiences we had. All good things must come to an end.

However, where one chapter ends, a new chapter begins so here's to whatever comes next. 🥂💖