Struggling Along
2014 was kind of an underwhelming year for me, aside from meeting my girlfriend. I did a lot of fun things, certainly, and I established closer relationships with my friends here, but other than that I didn't do a ton.
I guess I just kind of feel a little stuck at the moment. Gonna sign up for the summer JLPT again and hopefully this time I can pass 一級。 I have the study books, and I want to get into reading Japanese novels again, so that will be helpful certainly. Been trying to make more Japanese friends too. Hung out a lot with Alexis's friends, but I also met some people at Tomo-chan's Christmas party and had a blast. (Come to think of it, I need to hang out with Tomo-chan more too.)
As much as I adore spring break because it's the warm, relaxing time of year I like best, I've spent this last one feeling rather lethargic and depressed. I'm getting a bit discouraged about the job hunt and whatnot, which just means I need to be more aggressive and work harder I guess. Just feeling a bit down on myself and my abilities.
I want to get into the habit of writing again--I know that for several years I was updating this blog almost daily, which was really nice. These days I post fandom-related junk to my Tumblr and Japan life-related stuff to my Japan blog and relationship-related things to my private blog I share with Mandako. I guess everything just became decentralized and therefore harder to keep up with.
I worry sometimes about losing track of these years of my life--where will my memories be preserved if I don't record them? It's a scary thought.
However, life is long, and I'm sure I can find appropriate triggers for the memories of these times later on. I'll just have to make notes of them from time to time.
I guess I just kind of feel a little stuck at the moment. Gonna sign up for the summer JLPT again and hopefully this time I can pass 一級。 I have the study books, and I want to get into reading Japanese novels again, so that will be helpful certainly. Been trying to make more Japanese friends too. Hung out a lot with Alexis's friends, but I also met some people at Tomo-chan's Christmas party and had a blast. (Come to think of it, I need to hang out with Tomo-chan more too.)
As much as I adore spring break because it's the warm, relaxing time of year I like best, I've spent this last one feeling rather lethargic and depressed. I'm getting a bit discouraged about the job hunt and whatnot, which just means I need to be more aggressive and work harder I guess. Just feeling a bit down on myself and my abilities.
I want to get into the habit of writing again--I know that for several years I was updating this blog almost daily, which was really nice. These days I post fandom-related junk to my Tumblr and Japan life-related stuff to my Japan blog and relationship-related things to my private blog I share with Mandako. I guess everything just became decentralized and therefore harder to keep up with.
I worry sometimes about losing track of these years of my life--where will my memories be preserved if I don't record them? It's a scary thought.
However, life is long, and I'm sure I can find appropriate triggers for the memories of these times later on. I'll just have to make notes of them from time to time.