The Official Mamba Mentality self improvement/betterment thread

[Trav]

Thread bump...

I'm doing much better brehs.

I've enrolled back in school.

#MambaMentality

Good shyt, breh.

Just wrapped my BSHIM last week and about to start a Masters program at the top of the year!

 

[VegetasHairline]

Good shyt, breh.

Just wrapped my BSHIM last week and about to start a Masters program at the top of the year!

That's what's up brodie!

I'm going to need support and motivation from my Coli brehs. My so called friends and family basically gave up on me. There are a handful that still have my back but this shyt has made me stronger. I got this. For myself. For my mother.
FOR KOBE TOO!
I SERIOUSLY LOVE Y'ALL!

 

[pickles]

Dope thread

Goals:
Believe in myself
Play the piano
Play the violin
Write my novel
Learn Japanese

Process:
I've been learning Japanese for almost a year and have gaps in my knowledge that need to be corrected. For that I'm starting from the beginning with starter material in which I'm completing 5 chapters a day with review. Reading articles and listening to Japanese only music for 80% of my consumption rate.

Piano is really fun trying to get things out by ear and the freedom to create, 45 minutes to an hour.

Violin, my fingers know where to go, my ear knows what each note should sound like, those filters need to be trusted. Practice, no set time, my improvements come through frustration and playing through that after analyzing why I'm frustrated. Usually an hour and a half to two hours.

Last night I finished the last poem in my poetry collection. I've always felt my writing was not good enough. Looking at an old phone full of notes, character concepts and plot points I realized how good I can actually write. My metaphors, physical descriptions and tone are all great. It took time for that to settle and firm over but the overall package of my words are ready for consumption. The blank page can be defeated just keep writing.

Confidence, standing up straight, saying I'm going all the way and limiting the amount of rap music i listen to. The biggest one is not settling and remembering my dream and how it feels to accomplish something every day. Without putting in work I feel like crap and there's no way out of that unless the work is done.

How are you learning Japanese?
How has it been going?


This is a great thread.

I am going to assume some of you have read Mamba Mentality. How is the book?

 

[Monsanto]

How are you learning Japanese?
How has it been going?


This is a great thread.

I am going to assume some of you have read Mamba Mentality. How is the book?

Youtube videos, patreon, iTalki, music, IG.

I'm in enrolled in an exchange program at a Japanese university and they have a lot of events where you can talk with Japanese people. Three hours of conversation with other people pretty much forces a do or die mentality.

Reading articles, listen to the news, watch Japanese TV. I find translating news to be the fastest way to improve, personally. Print out an article and go to work with your pen. Kanji practice will take off from it.

Those variety shows help you to pick up on casual forms and how to make jokes.

All that said it's a marathon. I would like to be at N1 but I'm at N3 all around. Have to be careful to round the edges, listening, comprehension, speaking, writing. You improve in one, you may become rusty in another.

The only problem I'm having is not enough immersion sometimes. I'm working on some educational reform for black people and I can spend all day reading English material, watching videos in English, etc.

I've added French to my bag as well. In the tough period right now, but I'll make it.

 

[pickles]

Youtube videos, patreon, iTalki, music, IG.

I'm in enrolled in an exchange program at a Japanese university and they have a lot of events where you can talk with Japanese people. Three hours of conversation with other people pretty much forces a do or die mentality.

Reading articles, listen to the news, watch Japanese TV. I find translating news to be the fastest way to improve, personally. Print out an article and go to work with your pen. Kanji practice will take off from it.

Those variety shows help you to pick up on casual forms and how to make jokes.

All that said it's a marathon. I would like to be at N1 but I'm at N3 all around. Have to be careful to round the edges, listening, comprehension, speaking, writing. You improve in one, you may become rusty in another.

The only problem I'm having is not enough immersion sometimes. I'm working on some educational reform for black people and I can spend all day reading English material, watching videos in English, etc.

I've added French to my bag as well. In the tough period right now, but I'll make it.

How did you do this? Are you in school?

I want to use some thing like rosetta stone.

 

[Mr Rager]

Youtube videos, patreon, iTalki, music, IG.

I'm in enrolled in an exchange program at a Japanese university and they have a lot of events where you can talk with Japanese people. Three hours of conversation with other people pretty much forces a do or die mentality.

Reading articles, listen to the news, watch Japanese TV. I find translating news to be the fastest way to improve, personally. Print out an article and go to work with your pen. Kanji practice will take off from it.

Those variety shows help you to pick up on casual forms and how to make jokes.

All that said it's a marathon. I would like to be at N1 but I'm at N3 all around. Have to be careful to round the edges, listening, comprehension, speaking, writing. You improve in one, you may become rusty in another.

The only problem I'm having is not enough immersion sometimes. I'm working on some educational reform for black people and I can spend all day reading English material, watching videos in English, etc.

I've added French to my bag as well. In the tough period right now, but I'll make it.

You been doing wanikani?
And have you officially taken the jlpt n3?

 

[Monsanto]

How did you do this? Are you in school?

I want to use some thing like rosetta stone.

Yeah I'm enrolled in school. There are some language learning communities that you should look into joining. I always recommend Meetup, HelloTalk and some others I will edit after I find them.

I've never used Rosetta Stone but used some Michel Thomas cd set at the start. Skip that. Download Anki, download the 5000 sentence set and eat. Also, check out Miku Japanese and Japanese Ammo on YouTube.

You're going to need to learn how grammar works so either grab Genki 1 or Minna no Nihongo. There are teachers who go through each lesson on YouTube as well, if you're having difficulty.

I'm going to go through my resources to see if I can send you free copies of the textbooks and workbooks.

 

[Monsanto]

You been doing wanikani?
And have you officially taken the jlpt n3?

I've been doing Anki. I started Wanikani, but it was too slow for me. Reading news and using Anki decks like Heiseg RTK (Remembering the Kanji) worked out better for me.

The tests have been canceled over here because of corona. But I've taken mock tests and have done quite well the 4 times I've done it.

Are you learning? How's your progress and goals?

 

[The axe murderer]

 

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