Stay motivated: look back!
Take your measuring tape To stay motivated, measuring one’s progress is essential. Even small progress is worth celebrate. No matter where you are now, one thing is certain, you are further than when you started, you have a knowledge you didn’t have before you started Japanese. Measuring those progress and celebrate should punctuate your learning adventure. But as we look forward, staring at our goal, we sometimes forget where we come from and we don’t look at that path we leave behind us. And one day, it happens. The goal we set for ourselves seems out of reach, it stands so far away we can hardly see it. In those moment, we feel like we are getting nowhere and want to give up. That’s why it’s important to look back and to be proud of what we have done. I think I should set a reminder in my calendar: “time to look back and appreciate the distance covered so far”. Ideas to measure one’s progress Write a blog Some days ago, I would have said: …