240505 — DOYOUNG 'little light' ending fairy

sunday afternoon

The shimmer is gonna be so fun during summer. Summer deprived girl skincare

I’ve been really enjoying using both of these Nécessaire products together. Together, they leave the skin feeling hydrated and moisturized. I’ve liked everything I’ve tried from this brand so far, I love that they offer fragrance-free products, and they focus on using good ingredients. I’ll post full reviews for both of these products once I’ve been using them for a little longer, but so far, they’re really great!

I am not a professional. I’m just someone who loves skincare and wants to share my research and opinions.

— Kató Lomb, from Polyglot: How I Learn Languages

(8/30) What have I learned recently ? -> Learning French is not linear at allll. The first lesson I had with my tutor we were chatting so fluidly but today I really struggled to generate thoughts in French 🥲 It’s okay though, I’m still a lil sick now so the next lesson will go better 📖✨

In light of Duolingo laying off its translators, here are my favourite language apps (primarily for Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and te reo Māori).

Multiple Languages

Anki is a flashcard programme and app that's not exclusively for languages. While making your own decks is ideal, you can also download shared decks for most languages.

If you're learning Japanese, specifically, Seth Clydesdale has websites for practicing alongside Genki's 2nd or 3rd editions, and he also provides his own shared Anki decks for Genki.

And if you're learning te reo Māori, specifically, here's a guide on how to make your own deck.

TOFU Learn is an app for learning vocabulary that's very similar to Anki. However, it has particularly excellent shared decks for East Asian languages. I've used it extensively for practicing 汉字. Additionally, if you're learning te reo Māori, there's a shared deck of vocabulary from Māori Made Easy!

Mandarin Chinese

Hello Chinese is a fantastic app for people at the HSK 1-4 levels. While there's a paid version, the only thing paying unlocks is access to podcast lessons, which imo are not really necessary. Without paying you still have access to all the gamified lessons which are laid out much like Duolingo's lessons. However, unlike Duolingo, Hello Chinese actually teaches grammar directly, properly teaches 汉字, and includes native audio practice.

Japanese

Renshuu is a website and app for learning and practicing Japanese. The vast majority of its content is available for free. There's also a Discord community where you can practice alongside others.

Kanji Dojo is a free and open source app for learning and practicing the stroke order of kanji. You can learn progressively by JLPT level or by Japanese grades. There's also the option to learn and practice kana stroke order as well.

Monday was so tiring and very neutral. Some good happened, some bad happened. I went to bed super angry and grumpy last night. But it happens when you're tired like that. I got some stuff done but I need tonrestart my reading habits tracker because i didn't read yesterday.

🩷 What I Accomplished:

💞 Good Things That Happened:

💗 Stuff For Tuesday

I'm tired. I'm so tired this morning. need all the coffee.

💕 Song of The Day: WOOAH - Blush

what a cutesy song, love the vibe so so much. the choice was between this and Lucky Girl Syndrome. Maybe the latter will be for Tuesday!

til next time lovelies 🩷

❀ 𝟡𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟜 ❀

A new washi tape just dropped!

Commonplace pages about Joan Didion’s On Keeping a Notebook and the art of Louis Wain

A quick reminder that the bullet journal method was designed as a disability tool by a person with ADD. It's meant to be practical, and can be helpful especially to neurodivergent folks. Don't let the Instagram pictures or grind culture make you believe you cannot use it. The method will not work for everyone of course, but it is largely what you make of it.

05.02.24// work has been surprisingly calm today, so, after running some errands an revising my script for tomorrow's phd conference, I've done some phd brainstorming and class prepping :)