Learning the Spanish Language — Project Day 25

A good day — but only marginally.

As the checklists reveal, a lot of high quality Spanish learning took place, if not the maximum possible.

The main disappointment was a severe drop in self-discipline towards the end of the evening — resulting in a late bedtime and eating too much. I attribute both to hubris — inspired by comparative successes, earlier in the day and week.

Clearly, I need to concentrate harder on late evening decision-making.

At least some of the late night eating would have been avoided, had I persuaded myself not to watch the last two episodes of "The Great" — in Spanish.

That decision gave too much weight to the fact that that a late rise was possible on Friday — and too little weight to the fact that taking the time would undo all of the good work I'd done on exercise and sleep in previous days.

The most important thing to remember in future is — not to make such decisions at all, after 8 pm.

In almost all circumstances, the planned routine will have incorporated much better evaluation and decision-making.

Review

Wins

1. Got up on time
2. Weight stabilised
3. Best daily performance yet before lunch
4. Good performance between lunch and late afternoon

Setbacks

1. Switched to preparing tea earlier than necessary
2. Ate too much later — should usually be nothing after 8pm
3. Watched 2 more TV episodes than acceptable

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	✕	✓	✓	✓
Just read	✕	✓	✕	✓
Reading comprehension	✕	✓	✓	✓
Physical exercise	✕	✓	✓	✓
Non-subbed video	✕	✓	✕	✓
Subbed video	✓	✓	✓	✓
Conjunctions	✕	✕	✕	✕
Read aloud	✕	✕	✕	✓
A song	✕	✕	✕	✕
Research lang. acquisition	✕	✕	✕	✕
List 'issues'	✓	✓	✓	✓
Prepare materials	✓	✓	✓	✓
Review this checklist	✓	✓	✓	✓