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How to Accomplish your Goals (Second Part)
Hello! I hope you're well. :)
I submitted a journal some weeks ago with the same topic but finally here's the second part. I'll choose a goal that probably many of us have: learning or improving in a language.
Here's a summary of the past journal:
1 Make a list for all kinds of goals in your life
2 Choose those that give you more results and require less effort
In the first journal I didn't include a crucial step which is changing your beliefs.
Our beliefs have such a great impact in our behaviors. Before starting our goals, it's necessary to change our limiting beliefs. These are two ways to do it:
Get out of your confort zone
Try new things. Let's imagine that I want to learn I language but I never do it because I think that it's impossible. How will I know it if I don't even try it? and if I fail, maybe it's because I'm getting stuck on my comfort zone (trying the same methods and so on).
Ask if they are true
In her book "Loving What Is" Byron Katie explains her method to change our beliefs, which is just asking four questions.
Think about a belief that's stoping you from accomplishing your goal. Now ask yourself the following questions and take your time to do it.
Is it true?
How do I react when I have this thought?
Who would I be without believing this thought?
Now, turn the thought around. For example, if the initial thought was "I will never learn a hard language like _______" the turn-around-thought becomes, "I'll always learn a hard language like ______"
Then, think about three things that prove that this thought is true. Example:
- Someone else learned this hard language, so I can do it too.
- There are several thousands of learning techniques. If I learn them, I'll learn this hard language easier.
- If I practice enough, I'll master this hard language.
3 Set a habit that helps you to accomplish your goal
Any habit is made of these four factors: cue, desire, action and reward. I'll give you some tips to succeed when setting habits.
- Cue
This is what reminds you to do the habit. In order to succeed, put something that reminds you to do the habit where you can see it every day.
Example: I have an app to study English and I place it in front of the screen.
- Desire
The desire is knowing what the reward is.
Is there any reward you search for when you learn a language?
Maybe it's watching your favorite series without subtitles, listening to music and so on.
- Action
Is what you do to obtaing the reward.
In this case, you need to make your study as small as possible so that the habit is easy to keep.
- Reward
This is what you get when you complete the action.
There are two kinds of rewards: intrinsic rewards and extrinsic rewards.
Extrinsic rewards are those that are out of ourselves, such as money, fame, beauty, etc. Meanwhile, intrinsic rewards are those that we feel when we're doing what we like, no need payments or prays.
Following extrinsic rewards it's ok but keep in mind that you'll adaptate to those pleasures (beauty, fame, money, etc) and it will decrease your happiness.
4 Define a tangible result that determine whether you accomplished your goal or not
What do you want? When will you notice that you accomplished that goal?
If your goal is too hard, divide it into small parts or skills and define a tangible goal for each one.
For example, you can divide the ability of reaching B1 level of Japanese into:
1 Reading
2 Listening
3 Speaking
4 Writing
5 Immersion
Find some resources you like in your target language in the four skills and fit them into your routine.
Example of goal: I'll know that I'm immersed when I surround myself of at least 2 books that I like reading, 1 serie, and speak that language with my friends.
To know if you accomplished the final tangible goal (reach to B2 level) you can take a test.
5 Divide your habit into baby steps
Sometimes, we don't have enough motivation or energy to keep doing something. If the action is small, we can do it even when we're experiencing a hard moment. That's the importance of this step.
Ask yourself, "what's the first step to do this?" And set this as your daily goal.
As long as you'll practice, your habit will become even easier so adding a bit of difficulty will make it interesting.
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Ein Video: Warum klingt das Deutsche so schön (hart)?
Das Youtubevideo „Warum klingt das Deutsche so schön (hart)?“ von François Conrad ist ein Ausschnitt einer humorvollen Konferenz. François Conrad ist ein Sprachwissenschaftlicher aus Hannover, der steht vor dem Publikum auf einer Bühne bei ScienceSlam in Hamburg, um uns zu erklären, was die meisten Züge der deutschen Aussprache sind und warum sie in den Ohren vieler so hart klingt.
Der Ansager hat scheinbar das Ziel, uns lachen zu lassen. Er macht kleinen Witze und zeigt uns mehrere Memes, die er auf Internet gefunden hat. In dieser geht es um : Die Deutschen sprechen zusammen und sie denken, dass es wunderbar klingt. Die Fremden hören trotzdem nur kleinen Kopien von Hitler, die bellen. Er sagt, dass zwar ist es übertrieben, aber wenn man an die Wörter „Strumpf" (pfffffahah :D) und „Tropfen" nachdenkt, man muss zugeben, dass es eigentlich nah dran steht. Er stellt danach fünf Punkte vor, um es zu beweisen:
1. Deutsch hat viele Frikative, Konsonant wie „f", „S", und andere, die ich hier nicht schreiben möchte, weil ich das phonetische Alphabet nicht kenne, aber das Synonym davon das Wort „Reibegeräusche" ist. Die häufigste Aussprache des „R" ist François Conrads Meinung nach der meiste Grund dafür, dass die Sprache so hart klingt. Außerhalb in der Welt aussprechen die Leute das „R" wie eine Taube, während die Deutschen machen es wie ein Tiger, oder ehrlicher gesagt, wie ein kleiner knurrender Hund. Ich stimme davon nicht vollkommen zu. Französische mit seiner standard Akzent hat auch dieses knurrende „R" und nebenbei ich finde, dass viele Deutscher*innen nicht es haben.
2. Die optimale Silbe würde theoretisch aus einem Konsonant und einem Vokal verfasst. Auf Deutsch geht es nicht so: „Strumpf" (pfffffahah :D *2) hat beispielsweise viel zu viel Konsonanten im Vergleich zu Vokabeln. Man sieht es so in einem Meme, wo verschiedene Leute sagen das gleiche Wort in ihrer jeweiligen Muttersprache. Der Spanier sagt „Ma.ri.po.sa", und der Deutscher sagt „Schmet.ter.ling", und zwar mit einer bösen Tonart. Die Tonart ist hier, denke ich, der Schlüssel. Vielleicht könnte der Deutscher versuchen, nicht wütend und besoffen zu aussehen, wenn er seine Sprache zu der Welt teilt. Ich auch habe Schwierigkeiten, das Wort „letzt" zu aussprechen und manchmal nervt es wirklich. Trotzdem kann man einen großen Atemzug nehmen, damit man nicht aufregen wird, und wenn ich sagen würde ,, Schatz, du bist meine Sonne, du bist die LETZTE Person, die ich verloren möchte", würde es hoffentlich lieb klingen, egal wie viel Konsonanten dort stehen.
3. Der dritte Punkt handelt von den Knacklaut. Der Knacklaut ist wie eine Schere, die zwischen jedes Wort eine Grenze bildet, damit sie in einem gesprochenen Satz optimal von miteinander getrennt werden. Ich schätze diesen Zug, weil er die Leute verständlich schafft. Gleichzeitig beschweren sich die konservative französische Leute, dass die Jugendlichen nicht mehr genug Bindungen zwischen Wörter machen. Ich finde es auch Schade, aber zumindest macht es die Sprache für Fremden ein bisschen leichter zu begreifen, oder?
4. Die Auslautverhärtung betrifft das Ende die Silben. Man schreibt "Hund", aber man sagt "Hunt" und das klingt einfach hart. Davon würde ich nichts widersprechen.
5. Die Stammbetonung steht am Anfang des Wortes und das wäre, laut des Wissenschaftlers, nicht sehr schön. Er nimmt ein Satz und liest es laut auf Französisch und auf Deutsch. Et sagt, dass das deutsche Satz harter klingt, auch wenn er einer charmante Stimme verwendet. Ich bin nicht überzeugt.
Zum Schluss, sagt der Wissenschaftler, dass Deutsch ist schwer zu produzieren, aber leicht zu verstehen und dabei hat er einen ganz schönen praktischen Vorteil. Ich stimme zu und das ist der Grund dafür, jemand hat mir das Video erst geschickt. Die fünf Punkte waren sehr interessant zu entdecken und ich habe viel gelernt. Damit Conrad eine leichte Atmosphäre schaffen konnte, hat er viel Humor verwendet, und die Sprache mit Bellen vergleicht. Ich verstehe, warum er übertrieben hat, aber ich finde es trotzdem unfair. Bevor ich nach Deutschland umziehen bin, hatte ich auch dieses Stereotype. Seit ich hier wohne, habe ich nur einmal etwas schockierend gehört, aber der Mann hat es mit Absicht gemacht, weil er leider, sehr leider, ein echter Nazi war. Damals hatte ich fast eine Panikattacke, jetzt denke ich lieber an "Muskatnuss" und beruhe mich. Die deutsche Sprache klingt eigentlich im Alltag überhaupt nicht hart, und wir müssen mit der Sprache spielen und lachen, bis wenn unsere Welt wieder umdreht und wir nicht mehr lachen dürfen. Und ich „strumpfe" es im Ernst.
Jan. 28, 2023
Mon matin
Beaucoup de gens pensent que je suis un lève-tôt, mais ce n'est pas naturel pour moi. Peut-être c'est mieux de dire que je me réveille tôt mais je préfère me réveiller tard. Chaque matin, je me lève à environ 8h. C'est parce que quand mon chat voit que je suis réveillée, elle n'arrête pas de m'appeler. Chaque matin nous nous promenées dehors, et elle est vraiment impatiente de commencer. Donc, tout les matins, elle me réveille tôt!
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The Language Diary
In this post, I want to talk about two things which have caught my attention this week, namely a writing practice and a strategy of small habits.
How to create new habits
One guy on a learning forum advised me of a book by Brian Jeffrey Fogg “Tiny Habits”. He told me that this book is a great tool to build regular habits for anything, including language learning. I’ve started to read it and, to be honest, found it quite interesting. There’s a lot of advice about approaches that can help not only build healthy habits but also eliminate bad ones.
I’ve written out some advice so that I can remember them better:
Keep a positive attitude. If we want to achieve our goals we should keep in mind that we and only we are in charge of our behaviour and attitudes. It doesn’t make sense to be hard on ourselves or sink into despair when we don’t perform by our intentions.
Don’t rely on motivation and willpower. These are too shaky concepts that have nothing to do with long-term goals. At times we can be motivated and complete even more than we’d planned, other times we don’t have enough energy and can just sleep in and binge-watch Netflix. Instead of letting our willpower control our behaviour, we should rely on small, regular habits. In the long-term perspective, they help us accomplish more regardless of whether we have the motivation or not.
Take small steps. There is a popular delusion that to succeed we have to do radical, bold, and complicated things. However, that’s only the way to self-criticism and disappointment. If we want to build a positive streak and maintain regular habits, it’s better to take small steps: do 5 minutes of exercise instead of 30 minutes, or write one page of text instead of a whole article.
How to create new habits:
1) clarify your aspiration;
2) decide which kind of behaviour will help you to achieve your aspiration and write out 8-10 possible habits;
3) choose from the list of habits 2-3 habits for your everyday life.
Here’s an example. Let’s imagine I want to write in a foreign language every day. Because I know about the power of small steps, I eliminate my ambitions and clarify my aspiration — I have to write only 500 words every day. Now I have to think about possible habits that can prompt me toward writing and after a little brainstorming, came up with a list of possible habits.
Then I narrowed down the list to three habits:
1) drink a cup of coffee before writing;
2) brainstorm some ideas for posts;
3) open the document and create a structure for a post.
In theory, these habits will help me to write 500 words in English without hesitation every day. To be honest, I don’t know whether it’s a workable strategy so you’ll read about the results of my experiment after a while.
Writing Practice
Another thing that concerns me already for a week in my learning is writing practice by itself. A couple of native English speakers after seeing and correcting my English posts concluded that since I achieve an intermediate level, it would be better for me to devote more time to writing practice than to immersion with books and podcasts. As they explained to me, from this point deliberate and longer writing practice will help me improve my writing more than listening/reading. I still haven’t decided whether I should follow this strategy so I continue to postpone my decision. it would be great to hear more opinions and advice from other language learners.
Jan. 28, 2023
Learning languages
Let's start by pointing out the main reason why people often learn English. Without a doubt whatsoever, most students choose English over another language for the better job opportunities it brings.
However, I'm leaning more towards the chances that English gives you to learn about other cultures and to meet people all along the world.
When we tackle English learning, we tend to focus on grammar rules and tenses; just to give and example, we usually memorize large lists of irregular verbs.
Yet, we can't overlook the fact that when we learnt our native language we didn't do that way.
That's why I strongly feel that the best and amusing way to learn it is through reading books and talking with native speakers.
To wrap up, as for learning a new language is relate you should concentrate on enjoy the learning process and make the best of your study time.
Jan. 28, 2023
Ich mache einen Programmierkurs!
Seit ich sehr jung war, habe ich die Computer gliebt, leider könnte meine familie nicht damals einen Computer leisten.
Wir konnten unser erster Computer gekauft, als ich ungefahr 15 jahre war.
Nach dem Schule fange ich mit Systemingenieur an der Universität an, aber das konnte ich nicht enden, wegen die schleckte situation meines Land.
Bevor die Unversität habe ich Programmirung gelernt. Meine Lieblings Programmiershprache dammals war Java.
Danach habe ich einen Job als Tech support gefunden, der ein guter Job ist, aber nach drei Jahren, möchte ich etwas anders.
Also habe ich mich entscheidet, um eine Programmierkurs anzumelden.
Ich war 3 jahre ohne Programmieren, dehalb denke ich, dass iche eine Angleichung brauche.
Ich mache gerade einen Fullstack carrer path. Ich habe die Frontend beended, und habe ich mit dem Backend angefangen.
Die Frontend ist was die Menschen sehen and die Backend ist was die Menschen nicht sehen können, zum beispiel was pasiert in einem Server.
Mein neues jahr ziel ist, ein neues Job als Entwickler zu finden, ich möchte aber aus dem Ferne arbeiten, um einen Digital Nomad zu geworden
Jan. 28, 2023
Divagaciones 11
El examen me hizo darme cuenta de que no hacía falta estudiar tanto, pero al menos no tenía que preocuparme por el resultado.
A esa altitud, el espacio aéreo no debe ser compartido, y no se permite entrar sin permiso previo del controlador del tráfico aéreo.
El clima de ayer no aportó condiciones favorables para hacer una prueba de vuelo, pero tuve que correr el riesgo para terminar todo antes de la fecha límite.
El acuerdo que desarrollamos de una plantilla no fue suficiente para que ellos quisieran seguir con las conversaciones sobre convertirse en uno de nuestros distribuidores.
Jan. 28, 2023
España
Quiero visitar España en 2023 porque me gusta las personas y la cultura. Hace cuatro años visité España con mis padres después de estudiar en Suiza durante la primavera. Mis padres y yo visitamos Toledo y Madrid. Me gustó más Toledo que Madrid porque tiene cosas más únicos como catedrales e iglesias. Espero poder ver más del norte de España y el campo en las montañas.
Jan. 28, 2023
Units of Electricity Production by Fuel Source
The pie charts present information about the amount of electricity created in two countries in two separate years.
The figure for electricity generated by Australia dramatically grew to 130 units in 2000, which was nearly three times more than it was in 1980. In France, however, this kind of fuel was much lower. Nuclear power was a noticeable rise from 25 units in 1980 to 126 units, which reached the highest level in 2000 in France.
The hydro power modestly increased by 16 units in Australia over a span of 20 years, however, there was an opposing pattern in France, slightly decreasing to 2 units in 2000. We see a tiny drop in oil in Australia over two different years. Conversely, France had a steady rise. The figures for natural gas showed the same pattern, dropping to 2 units in 2000.
Overall, the total electricity production in both countries increased significantly. Coal was by far the most important fuel source in Australia in both years while nuclear power was the primary source in France. We see a clear upward trend in the amount of electricity of these two resources in their respective countries.
Jan. 28, 2023
A Fun Video
A video made by one of my favorite youtuber Tokai On Air was fun, so I’d like to try to write about what was fun.
Please note that today's post contains spoilers.
If you are interested in the video you had better to watch it before.
“It's too cold 3 games at the freezing cold river! This is too much physical exertion! ! !”
Here is the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDWgJYATZF8
Tokai On Air is a 6 member group.
In this video Mushimegane was a MC, and the other 5 members play some games and the one who loses the games must enter the winter river.
The 5 members except for Mushimegane, ate ice candy with tank tops, threw water on them, fall into the river etc.
It looked very cold and I wondered if it was safe.
After the end of the games, Mushimegane fell down the ground. (Of course it was an acting though.)
I didn’t understand what happened.
Then Ryo shouted like “Tetsuya, it’s your fault, because you suggested the video like, ‘if we shoot a video easily in summer and just upload it in winter, it might seems we work really go all out.’”
I was tricked! XDDD
I had thought that Mushimegane had a most easy work with warm outfits, but actually he was almost suffering from heatstroke and had done the most hard work of all.
I watched the video again, then the other staffs wore half sleeves T-shirt, ice candy melted with heat, the cicadas were singing so loudly, it was definitely summer.
There were many voices that they did not notice even in the viewing comments.
It's scary how you could be blinded by prejudice, right?
Tokai On Air is interesting because sometimes they shoot videos from a different perspective.
Jan. 28, 2023
People Should not Pay any Tax to the State.
Tax is regarded as a burden by many people, especially in today’s competitive world. Although no tax is good for people to some extent, it has a negative effect on society’s normal operation.
People will live in better conditions without paying any taxes. The tax system means that every law-abiding citizen has the responsibility to pay a certain amount of money to the government. If people don’t need to pay this sum of money, they will have more disposable income and the pressure of making money will be much lower. In this case, people are able to spend more quality time with their family members or close friends in their spare time, instead of worrying about how to make more profits to pay the tax.
On the other hand, tax revenue plays a key part in the whole country’s economic system. Whether the country is wealthy or poor, directly determines the development of the whole society. The money from taxpayers makes the country guarantee the income of civil servants who can help the public deal with sudden accidents, such as fire brigades and police forces. Apart from that, the income from tax allows the government to invest money and time in constructing and improving public services, including the educational environment, medical services and public facilities.
Tax is also able to promote income redistribution of the whole society. Many countries implement an aggressive tax system, which means the higher income, the more tax should be paid. If people are living under the basic survival standard, they will be free from tax. The tax paid by high-income people is used to help those who are living in impoverished areas through giving out subsidies, providing affordable housing and other social welfare.
In conclusion, no tax indeed brings some benefits to citizens, however, all parts of society will function well based on a sound tax system.
Jan. 28, 2023
Life in SZ (8)
Why sister Wang looked at me with a so nice smile, that's because she thought Diana arranged for me to work here. Diana had told sister Wang that she would have a friend to work in the exhibition center. Interestingly, her friend hasn't arrived at SZ. Diana's friend - a talented young woman came here two weeks later, we became friends.
Of course, I didn't know the truth on that day. My most urgent thing was to find a job and a place to live tonight.
Each of us gave a brief introduction one after another, the seven people recruited from the job market all graduated from university, and can speak different levels of English, I am not the worst one. The two young girls who I met before had many years of selling tourist items, they had followed sister Wang for many years.
I felt a little awkward in my mind because I didn't how I passed the recruitment. I mimicked other newcomers and gave a very short introduction for myself, "I'm Ben, 24 years old, nice to meet every one of you here, and I am passionate to learn from you and our boss." The shorter introduction was better for me. In fact, no one wanted to listen more about others, they wanted to go back home as soon as possible except me. Finally, sister Wang gave some brief welcome words and left hurriedly.
Overall, I got the job without being interviewed by anyone. One of the old staff phoned Diana asking her to prepare a room for her new staff members - two boys had no place to live on that night including me.
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Jan. 28, 2023
A letter to Value (2)
Glad to hear from you, Valya! I'm fine, thanks! How's it going recently?
Oh in China, grade 9 is in middle school! How interesting! I know you are learning art now. What kind of art are you learning, painting or dancing?
Because of the Covid-19 , I have left school for 2 month. So our exams are canceled, too. But we'll have them when we come back to school. We have classes on computers these days (although it's winter vacation now). Luckily, we'll come back to school in February.
It's warmer and warmer in Xi'an these days. But it's still cold at night. lol I wish your dream will come true in this year.
Have a good day~
I'm waiting for your reply ~
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Jan. 28, 2023
『ター』（ネタバレなし！）
土曜日に友達と新しい映画をみた。『ター』という映画だった("Tár")。我らオーストラリア人が主人公を演じるケイト・ブランチェットという女優が好きで、アカデミー賞にノミネートされたからワクワクしていた。
私たちみんなが大好きだった。主人公のリディア・ターが現実的な性格で、よく描かれた人物だと思う。現実的な感じがとても強くて、映画が終わった後から7時間ぐらい経った時に、友達の一人が我らのグループチャットに「ターが現実界に存在しないの？」というメセージを驚いて届いた。人物が本当の人に基づいたと思う人が多いだそうだ。
ターはクラシック音楽の指揮者だ。映画ではベルリン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団の指揮者としてマーラーの交響曲第5番をリハーサルする。映画は力、芸術、道徳、性などの深いテーマを描写する。
後悔なことに、日本公開月日は五月十二日だ。ちょっと長い待だけど、お勧めだよ！
Jan. 28, 2023
Életem internetelen
Ma, válaszolok egy írás javaslatará franciaul: "képzeld életedet internetelen: mi lenne eltérő? Lenne problemás?"
Őszintén, életem internetelen lenne nehéz. Egy nem vagyok egy geek, de ezzel cisnálok sokat. Az interneten tanítok, tanulok nyelveket, hallgatok zenét, olvasok cikkeket és nézek videókat különféle témákról… Ha megátalakítanám ezt digitális tartalomt fizikai tartalommál, akkor szerintem, házom nem lenne elég nagy! Tulajdonképpen, sőt nem találnék mindent a fizikai világban…
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Today, I'm answering a French prompt: "Imagine your life without the Internet: what would change? Would it be problematic?"
Honestly, my life without the Internet would be complicated. I'm not a geek, but I do a lot of things thanks to it. On the Internet, I teach, learn languages, listen to music, read articles and watch videos about various topics... If I wanted to have this digital content physically, I don't think my house would be big enough! Actually, I wouldn't even find everything in the physical world...
Jan. 28, 2023
Un giorno meraviglioso
La mattina siamo usciti di casa con uno dei gatti. Il suo nome è Tredici. Insomma, è un gatto nero; sembra comune ma assolutamente non è comune per me. Ci porta la fortuna da quando lo abbiamo. La sua storia felice è che l'abbiamo salvato da una vecchia casa, dopo l'abbiamo visto su Internet.
Gli ho datto da mangiare e poi abbiamo fatto una estremamente breve passeggiata per la strada, dietro l'appartamento.
Abbiamo voluto mostrargli la neve - è un gatto molto speciale, quasi umano a volte. Prova sempre a bere dai nostri bicchieri e in generale gli piace l'aqua tuttavia non gli è piaciuta la neve. Lo amo tantissimo perché è un amico migliore degli altri. Mi fido di lui, non è solo un gatto.
Mi è dispiaciuto che non siamo rimasti molto fuori, ma la salute di Tredici è più importante.
L'altra gatta si chiama Poja. Era la gatta di mia suocera è dopo era morta, noi l'abbiamo presa con noi. Il suo comportamento assomiglia a una vecchia donna. La gatta, non la suocera.
I due gatti non vanno d'accordo ma li amo lo stesso comunque. Molta gente dice che i gatti sono meno fedeli che i cani, ma solo la gente che non ha avuto mai un gatto può crederci.
Lavoro di nuovo oggi; fortunatamente ho già pulito la casa e ho preparato i pasti per oggi - posso rilassarmi un pochino.
Sta ancora nevicando fuori - non ho visto l'ora per godere di questa splendida vista.
Vado a fare un pisolino - me lo merito.
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