New Year Resolution Mega Thread! (2024)

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@DannyTheDaikon Good job! I also exercise daily, so it is nice hearing you are making progress!

14.1.2024

So, Duolingo was buggy today, and didn't let me do any practice. I honestly love the pressure of the hearts' system there for the free plan to get some refreshers in. If I am blocked from it, I honestly don't know what I'd do. I hope I just caught it on a buggy day.

Anyway, I watched some videos on Grammar and pronunciation to round up the hour. Funny thing: There are no Grammar notes on the Swedish Duolingo. Today I had to learn about the plural from a video.

Happy writing, everyone!
 
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15.1.2024

The problem with the practice is something other people have gotten as well. But, one can find something good even in bad things. As a result of no longer being able to get more hearts when I want, I was more careful during my lessons today. Lost just one heart. Also, I opted out of the public profile. Yes, I could see my exp in the league, but is that really important?

Did my hour, will probably do a review tomorrow.

Funny thing, if Duolingo still had monthly plans, I might have paid for a couple of months until I finished with it. But to pay for an entire year, when I most likely don't need it for more than 5 months? As if!

Happy writing, everyone!
 
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16.1.2024

Away, owl! If I have to pay, then for a real app! - Doravg as she pays for Babble's 6-month plan.

So, after a bit of research, I came to a grim truth. Duolingo is not only not free, but the Swedish course is so bare bones, that I might as well download an Anki deck. These led me to go on Reddit and see what the other people are using, which led me to babble. I have to say, the lessons there are good.

Sure, if I hadn't done the Duolingo up to the point when it wanted my money, I would have probably understood nothing, but I did good today. Did my 1 hour, even if I still need to do 10 more activities. Might do them later as a review.

But on the bright side, there are pronunciation lessons on Babbel, and the sentences are spoken by native speakers. The plan I paid for will be good for me because it gives me a deadline.

In six months I would complete the Swedish Babbel, and move on to Clozemaster! And in a year, I might read a book in Swedish. One day, one bright day, I will spread BL to the non-suspecting Swedish speakers.

BL... and the word of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

Ramen.

Happy writing, everyone!
 
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doravg said:
16.1.2024

Away, owl! If I have to pay, then for a real app! - Doravg as she pays for Babble's 6-month plan.

So, after a bit of research, I came to a grim truth. Duolingo is not only not free, but the Swedish course is so bare bones, that I might as well download an Anki deck. These led me to go on Reddit and see what the other people are using, which led me to babble. I have to say, the lessons there are good.

Sure, if I hadn't done the Duolingo up to the point when it wanted my money, I would have probably understood nothing, but I did good today. Did my 1 hour, even if I still need to do 10 more activities. Might do them later as a review.

But on the bright side, there are pronunciation lessons on Babbel, and the sentences are spoken by native speakers. The plan I paid for will be good for me because it gives me a deadline.

In six months I would complete the Swedish Babbel, and move on to Clozemaster! And in a year, I might read a book in Swedish. One day, one bright day, I will spread BL to the non-suspecting Swedish speakers.

BL... and the word of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

Ramen.

Happy writing, everyone!
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Money well spent. Since you are passionate about the language, you did well to invest in a better plan.
 
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Update:
Finished all my chapters for the week. Still need to do another editing pass on one of them but that is fine, I can do that tomorrow morning.

Going to try and get some extra words out and make some more chapters :blob_evil_two:
 
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RiaCorvidiva said:
Crossed 50,000 words for the year yesterday, well on pace for my goal of half a million, and well enough I might set a stretch goal of 750k as well.

And now, back to the writing!
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Hell, there's one guy in our little group already at 115,000 words for the year. Methinks you're barking up the wrong tree for any sort of advice.
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That's still very impressive! I think I've only done about 10,000 so far.
 
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@LuoirM Gratz on getting a following! @RiaCorvidiva I would really like to get the motivation of your friend. Just imagine how I can spam my readers with so many words per month! (evil grin) @Bobple gratz on keeping your readers happy!

17.1.2024:

I did my hour. Wasn't really feeling like it, but the app is friendly. Even though I made mistakes, it spurred me on.

Happy writing, everyone!
 
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doravg said:
@LuoirM Gratz on getting a following! @RiaCorvidiva I would really like to get the motivation of your friend. Just imagine how I can spam my readers with so many words per month! (evil grin) @Bobple gratz on keeping your readers happy!

17.1.2024:

I did my hour. Wasn't really feeling like it, but the app is friendly. Even though I made mistakes, it spurred me on.

Happy writing, everyone!
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LEMME LIC YO FEET
 
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LuoirM said:
LEMME LIC YO FEET
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Are you ok? And, honestly, if you want to churn up chapters like there is no tomorrow, then there is something you can do:

Work, don't think, relax.

Nothing more to it than that. (I shamelessly stole this from a book. Zen in the Art of Writing, Ray Bradbury)
 
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doravg said:
Are you ok? And, honestly, if you want to churn up chapters like there is no tomorrow, then there is something you can do:

Work, don't think, relax.

Nothing more to it than that. (I shamelessly stole this from a book. Zen in the Art of Writing, Ray Bradbury)
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I just want to lick your feet wdym
 
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18.1.2024

Did my one hour of Swedish. I don't know why, but Babbel has this classroom feeling to it. It is not as colorful as Duolingo, but it is solid. Tomorrow I will do a complete review of all I have learned so far on Babbel.

Happy writing, everyone!
 
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19.1.2024

Did my hour. I reviewed the Babbel lessons which I did until now, and then went to Clozemaster. Started the most common words section. It is funny because when I started using Clozemaster with German I thought that I couldn't have made any progress there without my months of Duolingo, but for some reason I am doing fine after only 19 days of Swedish.

There are words which I guess based on how close they are to English and German, and the rest I just mistake and learn as I go. Getting lessons from more than one place should be good in theory.

Happy writing, everyone!
 
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I did my hour, the first two newcomer courses in Babbel are done with, but I will probably do a review tomorrow and a bit more Clozemaster. Also, I am writing this without my glasses on!

Happy writing, everyone!
 
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Did 4 chapters last week, and 4 chapters this week.
Time to slow down and try and find a good balance. But maybe more fun news tomorrow.

Also on the excise side of things, that has been going good. Been going a lot of physical work at the farm, and being doing small amounts of excises everyday. I don't care much losing wait, just moving better, and I have been moving better.
 
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Have gotten 4 chapters out in the last 72 hours, plus a bit of other writing as well. Means I've been keeping at least a 3k per day pace. Definitely still on track.
 
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