I know resolutions can be a little silly and get dropped quickly. But setting goals is good practice, and any excuse for self-reflection is a valid one.

So yeah, what goals do you have in mind? Bonus points if you can be specific, realisitic, and/or measurable.

Do you plan to start a new language this year? Hit new milestones with ones you’re already learning?

  • missingno@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    Aiming to pass the JLPT N3 in December. I know N3 is a pretty big jump up from N4, and I’ve kinda been slacking on my studies - still keeping up with SRS, but I know SRS alone isn’t really learning. Life stuff has just kept me too busy to make time for that big pile of manga. But I’m sure if I start picking up the pace, I can get there by December. I just have to procrastinate less and immerse more.

    Secondary goal, maybe try to finish a JRPG. I sorta skimmed through Puyo Puyo Box last year, but I really only skimmed, and I’d like to actually try to dig into something more story-driven. That’s going to be a harder challenge, may or may not be one I’ll be ready for by the end of this year, but we’ll see where I’m at. There’s a few possible candidates I have in mind to try, pick one out, start on it and see if it feels doable.

    • emb@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 day ago

      Can be tough for me to approach games at the right balance, it’s so easy just keep playing as if there’s no text or to get bogged down looking up every little thing. What candidates do you have in mind?

      Also, curious to hear your impressions once you get through all those manga.

      • missingno@fedia.io
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        1 day ago

        First one I’m thinking of is Summon Night Swordcraft Story 3, I actually own a copy of this I picked up used when I visited Japan as part of a tour group when I was in high school. Loved the first two games, been waiting for that translation patch that’s been in development hell for forever, maybe I should just try to play it myself.

        Second one, Boktai 3. First two games are so near and dear to my childhood, when the third game didn’t get localized I convinced my parents to sign me up for Japanese classes on the weekend just because I wanted to play it on original hardware with the Solar Sensor. Ended up dropping it because it was hard and I had too much trouble keeping up with my actual schoolwork, but now that I’m trying again as an adult maybe I could revisit the childhood holy grail.

        Or maybe a Tales game, any of the ones that still aren’t translated yet.

        But I’m also thinking about how when I tried to skim through Box, the pixel font was kind of a struggle for me. Might be better to play something newer, ideally something with Furigana. Though the appeal for me is to play games that don’t have localizations, and almost every modern game does now.

        As for the manga, so far I have finished Yotsubato, RuriDragon, and Look Back. Enjoyed them all, but I needed a lot of help from those Wanikani vocab lists. Got a bookmark partway through Shirokuma Cafe, but haven’t been feeling this one as much. And since I started with the ones LearnNatively ranked as easiest, I fear the rest are getting harder from here…