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Here is my brand new challenge! So many people have asked if I would be doing it again this year and I really hope you will all enjoy doing it! I’m so excited to get to know you all through the posts and celebrate winter with you!

❄️ Info ❄️  

If you do the challenge, use the tag #winter studying challenge so I (and others) can see your posts. I will try to reblog as many posts in the tag as possible. 

This challenge will run for 6 weeks - from the 1st December to the 14th January

There are daily prompts for every day of the challenge

But, as always, I don’t expect everyone to be able to post every day so you can always do catch-up posts!

If you have any questions, feel free to send me an ask!

❄️ Rules ❄️

If you want to do the challenge, please reblog this post

If you do it on any other social media platform (ie. Instagram), please give credit (my instagram | my tiktok | my pinterest)

The challenge will officially start on the 1st December, but if you come across this later, you can definitely start anytime during these six weeks!

DISCLAIMER: Quite a few of the prompts in December are to do with Christmas because that is what I celebrate at this time of year. I was very aware of that when I was writing the prompts but I did not think that I knew enough about other festivals and holidays at this time to write prompts about them. I did not want any prompts I made to be disrespectful. If you don’t celebrate Christmas, please know that this challenge is still for you! You can either just use the prompts anyway (if they are applicable) or adapt them to fit the festival or holiday that you celebrate. If it is impossible to adapt, then simply tell me about what you celebrate during winter because I am excited to learn about them! 

❄️ Prompts ❄️

1st December - Do you like winter?

2nd December - What is your favourite thing about winter?

3rd December - What is your least favourite thing about winter?

4th December - What is an unpopular opinion that you have about winter? 

5th December - Are you usually busy during winter?

6th December - Do you get a break from school/uni/work during winter?

7th December - How do you stay motivated during winter?

8th December - What is your favourite winter outfit? 

9th December  - What winter activities do you love? 

10th December - What do you usually do during the holidays?

11th December - What is a cherished family tradition from your childhood?

12th December - What is a favourite family Christmas/holiday memory that has stuck with you through the years? Why?

13th December - Does your family have any odd traditions during the holidays?

14th December - When do you buy your Christmas presents?

15th December - Share a memorable gift-opening moment from your childhood.

16th December - What is the best gift you ever gave someone?

17th December - What is your favourite Christmas movie?

18th December - What is your favourite Christmas song/carol?

19th December - What is a Christmas song that makes you cringe?

20th December - What is your favourite and least favourite holiday/winter food?

21st December - What was the most memorable holiday celebration you had at school?

22nd December - Finish this thought, “It wouldn’t be Christmas without _____.”

23rd December - If you could design your own ugly Christmas sweater, what would it look like?

24th December - What is your Christmas wish?

25th December - Merry Christmas! Tell us about your day!

26th December - What do you do the day after Christmas?

27th December - What was the best moment of Christmas?

28th December - What are you grateful for?

29th December - Christmas or New Years

30th December - What is your best memory from 2020?

31st December - Would you rather stay home or go out on New Year’s Eve?

1st January - Happy New Year! What did you learn in the past year? 

2nd January - Have you made any New Years’ Resolutions?

3rd January - What is your aim for 2022?

4th January - What is the most important thing that is going to happen to you this year?

5th January - Would you rather live in a world where it is always winter or always summer?

6th January - What is the weather like during winter in your country?

7th January - Do you like the cold and where is the coldest place you’ve ever been to?

8th January - What is one place you could never live because of the winter weather?

9th January - Have you ever seen snow? When was the last time you saw it?

10th January - Would you rather have a snowball fight or build a big snowman?

11th January - Would you rather have an entire snow week off from school or an extra week of summer vacation?

12th January - What is your favourite winter drink?

13th January - Have a birthday in winter or in summer? 

14th January - What was your favourite thing about winter this year?

❄️ So this is the challenge! I hope that you will join in and enjoy doing it this winter! Please message me or send me an ask if you have any questions about it or just want to have a chat <3 ❄️

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Saw the most aesthetically pleasing book store in Amsterdam today

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100 days: LANGUAGE CHALLENGE • day 4&5

I forgot to update Wednesday(Mercredi) and Thursday(Jeudi) so I will post both days together here. I'll make a separate post for Japanese.

On Wednesday I reviewed the irregular verbs since those are the verbs I struggle with the most. I mostly remember how to conjugate them but will need to review them more in the future to understand them better.

On Thursday I reviewed être e and its conjugations. I spent the thirty minutes writing sentences and reading ones I wrote in the past. This one wasn't too difficult since I did mostly remember when to use it.

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day 10 of french | jour 10 de français

if you speak french, please read below the cut and correct me if you see any mistakes :)

Hi all! Yesterday, I did not post my writing because it was short and I wrote about my family to practice so I did not want to publish it online, but today I am posting again! This week, I have been watching a lot of Outer Banks and the second season is incredible! I know that once I finish watching it, I will be more productive, but right now I can't stop! Now, I am watching the ninth episode before the finale. Anyway, yesterday I applied for a job in a lab. I received an interview for next week so I hope it goes well! I listened to the news in French to practice my listening skills. It is a bit difficult, but I know it will become easier with time and practice. I will try to listen to it daily to improve. It is interesting to hear what is going on in France anyway, so the news is very interesting for me. In less than a month, I will be moving into university! I am super excited and a bit nervous. I hope all goes well!

Salut à tous! Hier, je n’ai pas posté mes écrits parce qu'ils étaient courts et j’ai écrit sur ma famille pour pratiquer donc je ne voulais pas le publier en ligne, mais aujourd'hui je poste à nouveau! Cette semaine, je regardais beaucoup de « Outer Banks » et la deuxième saison est incroyable! Je sais quand je finirai de le regarder, je serai plus productive, mais maintenant je ne peux pas arrêter! Maintenant, je regarde le neuvième épisode avant la finale. En tout cas, hier j’ai postulé pour un emploi dans un laboratoire. J’ai reçu un entretien la semaine prochaine donc j'espère que ça se passera bien! J’écoutais les nouvelles en français pour pratiquer mes capacités d'écoute. C’est un peu difficile, mais je sais que ça deviendra plus facile avec le temps et la pratique. J’essayerai de l'écouter tous les jours pour m'améliorer. C’est intéressant d’entendre ce qui se passe en France quand même, donc les nouvelles sont très intéressantes pour moi. En moins d’un mois, j’emménagerai à l'université! Je suis très ravie et un peu nerveuse. J'espère que tout ira bien!

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Learning Japanese day 1

While I am doing a language challenge for French I thought I could also do one for Japanese. Today I dedicated about 20 minutes to Japanese and have learned the vowels in Hiragana along with some basic words.

So far I've been using the app Bunpo on my phone. So far it has been really useful by providing explanations for the lesson topic. I'm also open to other suggestions for studying Japanese!

Characters and vocab learned

あ (a)　か (ka)

い (i)　き (ki)

お (o)　こ (ko)

う (u)　く (ku)

え (e)　毛 (ke)

あお (blue)

いえ (house)

あい (love)

あか (red)

かお (face)

あき (autumn)

えき (station)

いけ (pond)

こえ (voice)

こうこう (high school)

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english: coconut oil

french: :)

english: oh boy

french: oil of the nut of the coco

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100 days: LANGUAGE CHALLENGE • day 3

Today was pretty productive for French! As I was reviewing my notes I went over the vocabulary and was able to remember a lot of the translations!

I will list some of the vocab I reviewed or remembered today

Vocab

- la boulangerie the bakery

- l'argent money

- la bibliothèque que the library

-la librairie the bookstore

-le café the cafe

- l’aéroport the airport

-la ferme the farm

-La Semaine, Lundi , Mardi , Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi, Dimanche The week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Sunday

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• 100 days: LANGUAGE CHALLENGE • day 2

Today I spent the thirty minutes reviewing the conjugations for the verbs(regular and irregular) and listened to some songs in French to remember how it is spoken/pronounced. Mostly listened to Le Festin and it surprisingly helped me remember how vowels and accents are pronounced.

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• 100 days: LANGUAGE CHALLENGE • day 1

Today I revised my French notes that I took the second year I took it in High School. The French will be in bold and the translation will be in italics.

Bonjour! Je m’appelle Lali. J'ai étudié Français por trois ans avec mis amis en l’école. Je parle un peu français, ne bien pas.

Hello! My name is Lali. I studied French for three years with my friends at school. I speak a little French, not good.

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I'll be starting tomorrow this and try to post at least two times a day so let's see how it goes!:)

• 100 days: LANGUAGE CHALLENGE •

Good morning guys!

I hope you slept well! It‘s currently 7:30 in the morning and I am ready to start my day with some Chinese!

Aaaaand I‘m starting this language challenge today! Maybe you‘d like to join me?

These are the rules

1. You choose a language you‘d love to learn (I chose Chinese obviously haha)

2. You study for about 30 minutes a day (or however long you prefer)

2. You comment or post one sentence or word you learned every day (I will be posting every day) for 100 days <3

I hope you guys join the challege!! I love you!

Oh, and I’m posting 3 times a day from now on!

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everyone please stay informed and protect yourself to the best of your ability!!

couple important bullet points here:

the people who infected everyone else had gotten negative covid tests before traveling to the wedding

everyone was in a tent. it doesnt say how enclosed the tent was but it would definitely cut down on air flow

doesnt say whether or not people were wearing masks but i suspect not

if these people hadnt been vaccinated, it would have been a lot worse

the big delta wave will hit the US pretty soon, and is already starting in states with low vaccination rates. new mutations (delta plus, epsilon and lambda) are on the way; lambda is more infectious (symptoms and severity are unclear). the CDC is wrong, everyone should still be wearing masks indoors and in crowds (which is what the WHO says anyway). children still arent vaccinated. 

you do not want to get covid at all, even mild covid. long covid even with mild symptoms is really fucking people up (talk to anyone with a chronic illness about what this is like and hopefully they can scare you straight). even mild symptoms like “brain fog” can effectively ruin your life. one guy got tinnitus from long covid that was so bad he committed suicide.

in ten years youre not going to regret being extra cautious right now, but you could very easily regret being careless.

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Hey did you know I keep a google drive folder with linguistics and language books  that I try to update regularly 

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need a break? take it!

“I’m just going to finish this in 30 minutes” “My teammates need me to do this so I’m just gonna finish it”

There have been times where I’ve tried to continue to complete all of my work, however, things didn’t really work out and I felt extremely burned out afterwards. If you think that you need a break, then please consider taking it. 

Would you want to relax and come back with more energy or sit there endlessly and burn out?

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for those taking summer classes or getting ready for school

👏🏾Education 👏🏾is 👏🏾a 👏🏾right,👏🏾 not👏🏾 a👏🏾 service 👏🏾

Pass along and use the shit out of them