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 (DIR) Post #AxOzLbkyVp6Ujk0D8S by jnl@hcommons.social
       2025-08-21T17:08:18Z
       
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       I have learned a tiny bit of Japanese over the past week, thanks to Wani Kani and duolingo, and I feel pretty fierce about it
       
 (DIR) Post #AxOzLcrkO87CB2B8KW by jnl@hcommons.social
       2025-08-21T17:15:48Z
       
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       I am a huge believer in having seasons of low key obsession about particular things, and developing new skills and knowledge bases related to those. Thematic living for the win. It keeps things fresh, keeps you learning, and you'll be amazed at the symmetries and synergy that pop up. Which is to say: IT'S JAPAN YEAR, MOFOS
       
 (DIR) Post #AxOzLiu5wJYeu3K5p2 by jnl@hcommons.social
       2025-08-21T17:20:31Z
       
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       Thematic living and learning aside, I am also sharing this because IT FEELS AMAZING.  In spending a couple of relatively fun hours spread across a week, I learned a few functional pieces of a language I previously knew NOTHING from and had dismissed, even as something of a language learner, as "too hard." Did you know that our brains are plastic, in the sense of continually able to change and expand and make new connections?Did you know that one of the actually good things about this tech era is that tools exist and they are good and so quickly available and some are even free? Like yeah we all love to hate Duolingo but lol guess what it beats the shit out of tapes from the library.Did you know that you can just choose something, anything, and with some effort you can get better at it?Did you know that it's ok to suck at something and ALSO get better at it? Now you know. 😉