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[–] arxaseus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

More on the ball but still not on the horse. Studying my Japanese and Spanish a lot more. Still have my Irish untouched, but also doing a bit more math again, so there's that. What happens is I do studies at random times throughout the day, and if I'm waiting on someone for something I just study until they're ready. So when I'm on Warcraft waiting for my friend to tuck in his kids, I'm studying Spanish for about 15-45 mins. Or if my girlfriend is just out to the shops, I might do a few mins of Japanese, or the like.

Maths is still by far the hardest to get back into. There's a lot of instilled perfectionism from schooling that I have yet to get over. I do honestly like maths, but it's also the most taxing. So the Irish would be a lot easier to get into than my maths.

Also sort of put off my Irish due to me hating Rosetta Stone, and the Duolingo Irish is sorta ass. There's a new app called Sionnach that I found, but it's in very early Alpha, so it sort of lacks a lot of content. Feel sort of clueless as how I'm supposed to learn on it either. Just has me spell out sentences without going into grammar or phonetics, but it could just be a me issue.

I still don't feel on the horse yet, but I feel at least forcing myself to study, on the down periods of the day, is helping. Also helps that I've been having better sleep hygiene recently, as well as taking vitamin D pills, so mood is also somewhat up too.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

About Irish, dunno if you're into fan translations of old games, but saw a few Irish translations of Game Boy-era games popping up in recent months. Maybe those would help?

[–] arxaseus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

I thought I heard something about this too not too long ago. I might keep my head up and look for something feasible. I'd love if they released a Pokemon Blue in Irish. Doubt that exists though. Maybe though.

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