An exceptionally good day in most respects.
I completed a goodly number of Spanish learning tasks and, after a late start, stuck to the routine in all but three respects.
Those three? A late start, swapping cycling with session 4, and a little 'work' during relaxation and reading times. Making for a ride in bright sunshine and taking little from leisure or wind-down.
The only significant negative is that today's high performance was, in great measure, a bounce-back — from yesterday's collapse.
Review
Lovely bright afternoon for cycling. Spoiled only by the usual:
- Phone zombie encounters
- Non-phone zombie pedestrians in cycle lanes
- Near-death experience from vans turning into Queen street without looking left
And by a noticeable lack of pedal power.
The phone zombie encounters reinforced my conviction that there's little chance of modifying their behaviour — best just get used to waiting for them to shuffle into a more convenient position. Something similar applies to white vans turning into one-way streets — just expect them to do the wrong thing and prepare to brake when they come into view.
I'm guessing that I should attribute the lack of pedal power, and hunger pangs after my ride, to a glycol deficit — induced by last night's over-indulgence. Which is part of the reason I decided to split my usual big tea into a late afternoon snack followed by mid-evening light meal.
I say, partly, because I'd already been thinking of experimenting with more evenly spread eating — in an attempt to moderate mood swings, concentration and energy levels.
Routine Mark 3 — Teaching Days
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 | ✓ | ✕ | |||||
| 0845 — Session 1 | ✓ | ✕ | |||||
| 1015 — Break | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 1030 — Session 2 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 1200 — Dinner | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 1245 — Session 3 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 1415 — Break | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 1430 — Session 4 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 1600 — Transition | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| 1630 - Riding | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| 1800 — Tea | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| 1830 — Maintenance | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| 1930 — Active leisure | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| 2130 — Reading | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| 2200 — Review | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| 2230 — Wind-down | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| 2330 — Bed | ✕ | ✓ |
Learning Tasks Checklist
| Task | M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word & phrase exercises | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Sentence exercises | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Socratic dialogue | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Aural comprehension | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Pronoun exercises | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Preposition exercises | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Verb exercises | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Eng.→Spa. translation | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Spa.→Eng. translation | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Conjunctions | ✕ | ✕ | |||||
| Physical exercise | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Subbed video | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Non-subbed video | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Reading comprehension | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| Read aloud | ✕ | ✕ | |||||
| Just read | ✕ | ✓ | |||||
| A song | ✕ | ✕ | |||||
| Research lang. acquisition | ✕ | ✕ | List 'issues' | ✓ | ✓ | Prepare materials | ✓ | ✓ |
| Review this checklist | ✓ | ✓ |