A Year with Rosetta Stone -- Week 2*: Procrastination
A semi-regular reader of this blog will note 3 things:
“Wait, wasn’t this feature called 26 Weeks with Rosetta Stone?”
“Um, that last update was six weeks ago, dumbass, you’re actually on week 7.”
“That reminds me: You are such a slacker, slackass — you haven’t posted an update in seven weeks. Did you blow $500 to post a few pictures, kinda-sorta-take the first lesson and then drop it?”
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Yes, and yes, and no.
Like anyone else, there are other demands on my time. While some of these are common to almost all [work] and others more idiosyncratic [blog, beer, anime, manga] I have to say that, yeah, I’ve been ignoring RS Japanese almost as assiduously as I used to avoid class, back at uni. Since I’m the only one who suffers, one has to wonder why — and I’ll be able to answer that question after I go in to work the 3pm-11pm shift at the bookstore, down a couple of beers while reading a hundred pages of text (or 200 of manga) and fall asleep after an episode and a half of Le Chevalier D’Eon. Again. (It’s a good show; I’m nodding off because I’m tired — and the beer doesn’t help — so don’t take my comments as an indictment.)
You’ll note there’s not much room there for writing blog posts, even, let alone the amount of time necessary for language lessons.
I need to find, or make, an hour’s worth of time in my schedule every day for Rosetta Stone, to make the most of the both the product and the opportunity it provides. As far as a review of the product, though: Isn’t an amount of hesitancy and procrastination to be expected from most users?
