I want to finish a textbook!
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I want to finish a textbook!
As the title says.
I have many interests and way too many books and textbooks.
Unfortunately in the past I have seldom been persistent enough to finish any of them on my own, and recent experience has shown I tend to stop going to non-mandatory classes after a while.
So I want to finish, well, quite a lot of them, but for starters I'll focus on my "KP" textbook. Note: for privacy I won't detail exactly what it is about.
"KP" textbook: 198 pages + 24 pages of vocabulary index, 30 chapters.
I've more or less studied the first 4 chapters already, in fits and starts over the past 2 years.
Well now I just have to finish it
I'm not giving myself a deadline but if I was done by the end of September it would be nice, because I would then join a class on a slightly different topic.
Feel free to join in with your own textbook(s), and/or share your experience with self-study.
I have many interests and way too many books and textbooks.
Unfortunately in the past I have seldom been persistent enough to finish any of them on my own, and recent experience has shown I tend to stop going to non-mandatory classes after a while.
So I want to finish, well, quite a lot of them, but for starters I'll focus on my "KP" textbook. Note: for privacy I won't detail exactly what it is about.
"KP" textbook: 198 pages + 24 pages of vocabulary index, 30 chapters.
I've more or less studied the first 4 chapters already, in fits and starts over the past 2 years.
Well now I just have to finish it
I'm not giving myself a deadline but if I was done by the end of September it would be nice, because I would then join a class on a slightly different topic.
Feel free to join in with your own textbook(s), and/or share your experience with self-study.
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Rose, you are trying to finish a textbook? Ugh, I would think that time would be far more enjoyable reading a real book! If your textbook is science, find a popular science book. If your textbook is Spanish, read a book in Spanish. You know what I mean? Textbooks are dry! Books are Alive!
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hmm yes I know what you mean.
But I don't just want to understand the topic, I want to memorize and be able to use it. This textbook contains exercises which will help me do that (hopefully).
And yes it's more difficult but also more rewarding imho. Anyway the difficulty is why I intend to post daily here for motivation. I wouldn't need to do that if it was easy...
That said, perhaps I should also make time to read easier books on the same topic as you suggested... but reading such books alone I would forget the details immediately. I need some difficulty and hands-on practice to memorize things.
Thank you for the suggestion.
But I don't just want to understand the topic, I want to memorize and be able to use it. This textbook contains exercises which will help me do that (hopefully).
And yes it's more difficult but also more rewarding imho. Anyway the difficulty is why I intend to post daily here for motivation. I wouldn't need to do that if it was easy...
That said, perhaps I should also make time to read easier books on the same topic as you suggested... but reading such books alone I would forget the details immediately. I need some difficulty and hands-on practice to memorize things.
Thank you for the suggestion.
Not exactly a good day at work.
I had planned to do the exercises from the first part of chapter 5 today but I felt tired and skipped to read the start of the 2nd part which is more interesting than the first part.
17' - nothing exceptional but I'll count it as a success habit-wise.
Tomorrow I have a day off work and 3 appointments. Now I make a 4th appointment with the chapter 5 exercises
I had planned to do the exercises from the first part of chapter 5 today but I felt tired and skipped to read the start of the 2nd part which is more interesting than the first part.
17' - nothing exceptional but I'll count it as a success habit-wise.
Tomorrow I have a day off work and 3 appointments. Now I make a 4th appointment with the chapter 5 exercises
Hi Rose-
You're doing great! That's soo good to be using the NoS principles to get through something worthwhile like continuing learning. I'm currently taking a distance course, so I have the enforced discipline of weekly check-ins with an instructor and assignments, but I'd love to adopt your method for keeping up with things when the course is over. (It's language, so if I don't keep it up, I will probably lose whatever gains I will have made.)
You're doing great! That's soo good to be using the NoS principles to get through something worthwhile like continuing learning. I'm currently taking a distance course, so I have the enforced discipline of weekly check-ins with an instructor and assignments, but I'd love to adopt your method for keeping up with things when the course is over. (It's language, so if I don't keep it up, I will probably lose whatever gains I will have made.)
-Sonya
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