Chinese Reflections - August

In the closing thoughts of my last post I said I was going to start taking notes again. One month later and I have nothing to show for it...

I have plenty of excuses, but ultimately it boils down to the fact that right now I did not prioritize it enough to make it happen. I still want to learn Chinese, but all the other things in my life are taking precedence.

My partner has been talking about improving her mastery of a foreign language for a while now, and has made the brave decision to take an intensive language course. This does mean that she'll have to dedicate a lot of time to it, which in turn means that I will need to step up and make sure she has the time and energy to do it.

Closing Thoughts

I'm inspired by my partner's progress in improving her mastery of a foreign language and this has strengthened my desire to learn Chinese. I do recognise that I'm going to have to put in a lot more work to get to a comparable level, and that right now I'm not able to dedicate that time to it. I hope that maybe next year I can start lessons or go on a language retreat to really start learning.

For now I'm content to keep on using Duolingo and listening in on my partner's videos. Better than not doing anything at all. I'm happy to support my partner in her learning now and will happily make time. My own learning can continue at the same pace it has for the past few months and when things calm down I can start picking up the pace.