My exposure of Japanese began in 1981 as a child lugged along during my family's exodus from eastern europe to north america. A six year interlude into Spanish dettered me from the unestablished goal but served to strengthen multilingual flexibility. It wasn't until 1990 that a consious effort was made and a realization that "the journey begins here" allowed me the chance to actually touch the language in a university course.
The years go on. On and off - and on an off... and finally on - hoping that my resolve to obtain a certain (?) literacy level in Japanese is not thrown off course by life's events.
There is just too much in the infospace now. Too much to sort through, too many distractions. Reflecting on GTD and other ideas, this virtual location is a reference foremost for myself.
While my focus is on Japanese, I feel that the mindset and techniques in language aquisition are similar if not the same, regardless of the base and target language. Let this life long journey bring more joy than pain.
with kind regards
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