Ever Want To Learn A New Language?

Have you ever wanted to learn a new language but had no idea how to do it? Wait, you knew how, but you didn't have anyone to teach you? Or, you just didn't have the time, energy, resources, money, etc.? I know I have before. I took 3 years of Spanish in High School just to have it disappear slowly over time until I have just a smidge of it left in my brain. Why? Because I never used it! I never, ever had any reason to speak or write Spanish. I didn't know any native Spanish speaking people. How am I supposed to continue learning or even knowing what I learned before if I can't talk to anyone else in Spanish? It's difficult and almost impossible. Then, I thought to myself. What if I never stop learning?! Won't I always continue to learn more and more and then, perhaps one day I can be fluent? Or at least never forget what I learned in those years/months of learning? I believe so. That's my goal. To never stop learning when there is more to learn. It's an impossible task to learn everything there is to know in this universe and it's my task I've set myself to learn as much as I can in the time frame I have. I've got only so many years in this life and I want to make the most out of every single one of them.

I came across a blog the other day. Fluent In 3 Months. It's exactly what you would expect. How to learn a language in 3 months! No, you won't learn everything there is to learn about the language in 3 months but you can learn a heck of a lot in that short amount of time. He gives you every single tool except one small book to learn a new language and I got that book. I am going to follow everything he says to do to a T. First Step? Make a blog. I know for a fact that this part of the learning stage is going to help immensely for myself because it's something that will keep me on track. Having so many people watching my progress and commenting on it every single time I learn something new? Heck yes! Confidence boost and definitely a booster for my own personal fire under my butt. I know if I have this blog up and keep up with my learning, I'll be held accountable by the people reading it. What better way than to possibly have anyone in the world reading this?! There isn't one better motivation I can think of that would help more.

So, down to business. I'm going to be learning Japanese. But that's the most difficult language to learn if you're a native English Speaker!? I don't care about all of that. I know it's going to be difficult. I know it will possibly be one of the most difficult things I've ever done to date. Who knows? Maybe it won't be! Maybe it will be a simple task that won't be nearly as difficult as I've always expected it will be. I love learning new things and this is one that I've always wanted to learn. I've just never actually tried hard enough to do it. I'm a fast learner as it is, and have proven that on many occasions at quite a few jobs. I learned how to thread a movie projector in less than a day. By the end of the second day, I could do it within 10 minutes with no problems at all. On the 3rd day? I was down to less than 5 minutes per movie. I think I can learn a new language - any new language - in 3 months.

I have written down my S.M.A.R.T. goal and it looks like this:

I am going to learn 2042 Kanji in 90 days. I will be learning 28 Kanji every single day. That's 73ish days to get it done if I stick with the 28 every single day. I am going to start on February 24, 2014 and finish on May 25, 2014. I will be updating this blog daily, without fail on exactly how many Kanji I learn every single day and you all will be holding me responsible if I fail. I have yet to decide on something that will happen if I fail.

Thanks in advance for any and all support that you give me everyone! Here's too the start of a learning journey that will last a lifetime!