Learning the Spanish Language — Project Day 16

Another day dominated by steps to recover from New Year sleep loss.

Definite progress, signalled by sticking to the routine throughout, including a good and timely bike ride.

Outcomes were also good on balance. Productivity was around or just above the daily average and I was ready for bed an hour earlier.

Review

An inauspiscious start. I set my alarm for 9am, but woke at 7am. I attempted to roll-over for another sleep cycle, but I was far too alert — my ears and brain picking up every knock and scratch around the building.

I expected that would mean suffering the symptoms of sleep deprivation later — and it did. My eyes and lower forehead were throbbing by 9am, although I was still wide awake. There was little immediate prospect of recovering the lost sleep cycle by means of a short nap.

In the end, I had a few momentary 'nodding' episodes while watching telly, but never got a proper nap.

Good points

  • Got going earlier than yesterday — and got more done
  • Worked pretty consistently throughout the day
  • Sharpened understanding of Vogt's 'principal parts'
  • Did quite a lot of 'listen and talk' exercises
  • Did enough 'read and write' grammar exercises
  • Completed chilly bike ride

Must do better:

  • Get to bed before 0000 tomorrow
  • Balance company admin with project and maintenance
  • End breaks and short distractions more abruptly

Routine Checklist

Legend

  • Ticks — right activity on time
  • Crosses — not done to schedule
  • Hyphens — not applicable to currrent routine configuration
Task M T W T F S S
0730 — Get going
0845Session 1
1015 — Break
1030Session 2
1200 — Dinner
1245Session 3
1415 — Break
1430Session 4
1600 — Transition
1630 - Session 5
1800 — Tea
1830Maintenance
2000 — Relax
2230Review, uwind
2330Bed

Learning Tasks Checklist

Task M T W T F S S
Reading comprehension
Read aloud
Just read
Word & phrase exercises
Sentence exercises
Socratic dialogue
A song
Aural comprehension
Verb exercises
Preposition exercises
Pronoun exercises
Conjunctions
Eng.→Spa. translation
Spa.→Eng. translation
Physical exercise
Subbed video
Non-subbed video
Research lang. acquisition
List 'issues'
Prepare materials
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