Art, Music, Minimalism, Projects, and of course Languages ( with a lot of Frustration mixed in;P ) has been the main paragraphs of my story for the past month or so.
You know, when I come to think of this experience. I think, I have been out of my comfort zone the entire time, which is definitely a good thing. I am learning tons about Myself and about what works for me. To put it poetically, I am learning more about the Mind, Body and Soul.
My very own Whys, Whats and Hows. Experimentation is certainly becoming a part of my being, a good thing, I know.
I think, it's all about Learning and it all definitely started with languages and overtime it has revealed itself as being one of the most important thing that I can invest my time in. Time - the only true measure for us is becoming more and more precious with so many things that we should/would/need/might do. Funny, I read somewhere that in the ages past we only had an average life of about 30 years and that's all the time we needed to do what we needed to do.
I think, it's something that I didn't anticipate when I wrote down all my goals a few years back and then slowly and surely things started falling into the right place - something that's becoming all the more frequent as time goes by. I love this feeling!
The thing being that Learning is the way we grow! Isn't growing for the Living.
I have been struggling with a lot of things, indiscipline, moodiness, not giving enough time to languages, not making enough progress with my Projects, not being organized enough. But somewhere deep down, I know that it's all coming together. I am still improving myself constantly and one day, the pieces of this Jigsaw will become a beautiful work of Art, just like that.
For the ProgressLog part of it, here goes what I have been doing in the meantime.
Languages
Been watching a lot of Anime, Inu Yasha being the latest one - 70 episodes done already. Dragon Ball Z being the main one that I purely in Japanese, I use the Russian subtitles in Inu Yasha;P Then there are many other Anime, Serials and Movies that I'll be watching over and over again to become more and more accustomed to the various nuances of the Japanese Language.
Of course, it's not about the Anime as such but it's only the same principle of " You can only learn what you already know". I used to watch these Cartoons when I was little so I have a certain level of Nostalgic affection for them already and I use this as a motivation for carrying through with the parts I don't understand and there are a lot of Dialogues which just fly by, without me learning anything.
Regarding Finnish and Hebrew, I haven't made any progress with Hebrew apart from listening to Hebrew songs and I think, I almost have them in my sub-conscious now;P
In Finnish, the progress has been slow but I can definitely see the end of the Tunnel, the tipping point coming close when I have enough vocabulary under my belt to be able to read and understand even what I already know. Takes patience though;P
Arts and Music
I haven't made any real progress with either, if you count making random tunes with the Harmonica - then I might still have some points in this department but otherwise no real progress. The shift in Mindset i.e. noticing patterns, imagining the world as sketches has been immense. And now I appreciate Feynman's words even more " What I can't create, I don't understand". Even if it's done passively, Music and Art teach us to really Notice things around us.
Memory
The pack of cards awaits my visit! I'll get around to it soon, I hope. Though, I am still working on the Memory Palace technique for language learning materials.
Organizing
This is one place where I am happy with the progress made. Actually, it's about figuring out how to automate things in computers, in physical spaces or even the way I approach things, all the while acknowledging that it will never be full-proof method of taking care of everything.
From Email to actually arranging the way I store the information, which podcast to hear, how to gain and put into practice all the wonderful things and. of course, reading books, I have gained tremendous insights about myself. The main setback is becoming judgmental when it turns out I have been taking it easy. I try to remind myself that it's a gradual process but it's frustrating more often that not.
You know, when I come to think of this experience. I think, I have been out of my comfort zone the entire time, which is definitely a good thing. I am learning tons about Myself and about what works for me. To put it poetically, I am learning more about the Mind, Body and Soul.
My very own Whys, Whats and Hows. Experimentation is certainly becoming a part of my being, a good thing, I know.
I think, it's all about Learning and it all definitely started with languages and overtime it has revealed itself as being one of the most important thing that I can invest my time in. Time - the only true measure for us is becoming more and more precious with so many things that we should/would/need/might do. Funny, I read somewhere that in the ages past we only had an average life of about 30 years and that's all the time we needed to do what we needed to do.
I think, it's something that I didn't anticipate when I wrote down all my goals a few years back and then slowly and surely things started falling into the right place - something that's becoming all the more frequent as time goes by. I love this feeling!
The thing being that Learning is the way we grow! Isn't growing for the Living.
I have been struggling with a lot of things, indiscipline, moodiness, not giving enough time to languages, not making enough progress with my Projects, not being organized enough. But somewhere deep down, I know that it's all coming together. I am still improving myself constantly and one day, the pieces of this Jigsaw will become a beautiful work of Art, just like that.
For the ProgressLog part of it, here goes what I have been doing in the meantime.
Languages
Been watching a lot of Anime, Inu Yasha being the latest one - 70 episodes done already. Dragon Ball Z being the main one that I purely in Japanese, I use the Russian subtitles in Inu Yasha;P Then there are many other Anime, Serials and Movies that I'll be watching over and over again to become more and more accustomed to the various nuances of the Japanese Language.
Of course, it's not about the Anime as such but it's only the same principle of " You can only learn what you already know". I used to watch these Cartoons when I was little so I have a certain level of Nostalgic affection for them already and I use this as a motivation for carrying through with the parts I don't understand and there are a lot of Dialogues which just fly by, without me learning anything.
Regarding Finnish and Hebrew, I haven't made any progress with Hebrew apart from listening to Hebrew songs and I think, I almost have them in my sub-conscious now;P
In Finnish, the progress has been slow but I can definitely see the end of the Tunnel, the tipping point coming close when I have enough vocabulary under my belt to be able to read and understand even what I already know. Takes patience though;P
Arts and Music
I haven't made any real progress with either, if you count making random tunes with the Harmonica - then I might still have some points in this department but otherwise no real progress. The shift in Mindset i.e. noticing patterns, imagining the world as sketches has been immense. And now I appreciate Feynman's words even more " What I can't create, I don't understand". Even if it's done passively, Music and Art teach us to really Notice things around us.
Memory
The pack of cards awaits my visit! I'll get around to it soon, I hope. Though, I am still working on the Memory Palace technique for language learning materials.
Organizing
This is one place where I am happy with the progress made. Actually, it's about figuring out how to automate things in computers, in physical spaces or even the way I approach things, all the while acknowledging that it will never be full-proof method of taking care of everything.
From Email to actually arranging the way I store the information, which podcast to hear, how to gain and put into practice all the wonderful things and. of course, reading books, I have gained tremendous insights about myself. The main setback is becoming judgmental when it turns out I have been taking it easy. I try to remind myself that it's a gradual process but it's frustrating more often that not.
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