Challenging the Summer

So this Summer I set a goal for myself, much like many others, to try and complete something that would prove to help me in the long run. Although this goal of mine seems to be a very ambitious one and there is no way that I would be able to complete all of it in one summer, I thought that it would give me a chance to start something that I have been wanting to learn. So after i finished a few summer courses that i decided to take this summer, my goal was to learn Japanese. Now, i understand that this is very ambitious to set out and try to learn a language in just a few short months, but i thought why not use my time wisely and try my hardest to learn all that i can. Well of course, like learning any language I found it to be much more difficult than i anticipated.... I went to my local bookstore, found some books to help me learn. Like Japanese for Dummies, and a Japanese to English Dictionary. I also searched the web and came across some websites that would help learn what you could online. But what i found most helpful with a range of things was a youtube channel made by a couple, Rachel and Jun, also conveniently called RachelandJun. I had been watching a few of their videos and found that they have a wide spectrum of things that they cover over their channel. Things like what to bring to Japan what not to bring, how to get to Japan, some social issues with Japan, and many other interesting things. In any case setting out to accomplish something in one summer would seem like a great idea for most people to do, being able to have fun and challenge yourself all at the same time. Although i think with this one i might just have over stepped my abilities to be able to accomplish this in one summer.

I would love to hear all of your summer accomplishments and goals that you have set for the summer and if you have any easy tricks or advice in helping me learning another language i would love to hear them.

Always and Forever
Shane

~Rachel and Jun's youtube channel~
https://www.youtube.com/user/MyHusbandisJapanese