Stamina: high / medium charge
Focus: high / full
Magic: high / full
It's a rainy day here in the rainforest, which I actually really enjoy. I've done some yoga and was just looking forward to a walk when I realized that my Fitbit was on the verge of battery death, so I've decided to stay in and do a little bit of computer stuff while the device charges.
This does of course raise some questions about whether or not I should limit myself based on Fitbit charges. But in this instance, I don't mind taking a little more time before getting out the door. It won't be long, and I was planning on getting a few thousand steps, which would be nice to log. Still, important to notice that I am being tethered by an inert object, which can be fine in small doses but should not come to rule my life.
I'm pretty optimistic, though, since the improvements in lifestyle really are starting to pay off in terms of my energy levels. I'm looking forward to a day of reading French and maybe writing some English and likely doing some meditation and/or listening to music. Hence why staying in to charge my Fitbit doesn't exactly distract from my day's goals.
Apparently our supper plan today is to order in Chinese food, so we've got a reasonably lazy Sunday planned.
I've read about some people who are polyglots of languages, gaining fluency in several and competence in a dozen or more. Apparently after you pick up a couple of languages, it becomes easier to pick up more. This led me to wonder if it is better to learn more than one simultaneously, or if it is still best to learn one at a time. I came across a blog that professed the latter, that you need to immerse yourself in a language for a while so that you could really pick up the core of it. He recommended no more than two languages at once, provided the two languages were significantly different from one another. Even then he advised that learning one at a time was better.
So it looks like I'll be sticking to French for a while. I'm still enjoying it at any rate, which is important when you are dealing with my attention span. Karen and I watched a French film called Le Prenom yesterday (I believe I mentioned it on my last check-in). The first half, which I have seen before, was more of a comedy, while the second half was much more of a drama. In a way this was a bit disappointing, as it had been a good comedy, but the drama wasn't bad--it felt like a Breakfast Club for French adults. In any case, I was able to pick up a little more this time through, so my ear is getting better at following the cadence of the language. The Archie comics have been good for teaching me the way that the language is constructed, and the way that they express certain ideas. For example, the word "tenir" roughly means to "hold", but gets used in a variety of ways like, "Here!" or "I hold the idea that". Those kinds of usages are much easier to learn through live exposure than through formally study of the rules, it seems.
At this point I am just rambling. Time to check on the charge in my Fitbit.
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