Comments on: Automated Discipline: How To Stay On Track All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: It’s Not Choice, It’s Environment | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-120089 It’s Not Choice, It’s Environment | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:03:44 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-120089 [...] never needed to “manage time” and I never needed to discipline myself. People who have dealt with me know how I am; I am intensely undisciplined: I sit around [...] [...] never needed to “manage time” and I never needed to discipline myself. People who have dealt with me know how I am; I am intensely undisciplined: I sit around [...]

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]]> By: angel13 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-99186 angel13 Mon, 23 May 2011 23:10:03 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-99186 I started using the countdown timer and I have to say that I am doing a LOT more kanji reps than before. I use google chrome and use stayfocusd instead of leechblock. So far that has also helped a lot too. I started using the countdown timer and I have to say that I am doing a LOT more kanji reps than before. I use google chrome and use stayfocusd instead of leechblock. So far that has also helped a lot too.

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]]> By: Romuś http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-95315 Romuś Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:43:41 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-95315 This is a quote by Eliezer Yudkowsky. Quite AJATT in taste: To do things that are very difficult or "impossible", First you have to not run away. That takes seconds. Then you have to work. That takes hours. Then you have to stick at it. That takes years. For more go there: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences This is a quote by Eliezer Yudkowsky. Quite AJATT in taste:

To do things that are very difficult or “impossible”,

First you have to not run away. That takes seconds.

Then you have to work. That takes hours.

Then you have to stick at it. That takes years.

For more go there:
wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences

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]]> By: Bucolic Wisdom, Or Stop Slagging Seeds, Silly City Slickers! | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-49385 Bucolic Wisdom, Or Stop Slagging Seeds, Silly City Slickers! | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:01:45 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-49385 [...] An old TV becomes sodaigomi (oversized garbage). Dead weight. Bulk.  It gets thrown in the dumpster, to be replaced with something new — the newer, the better. Just like those fad diets and New Year’s resolutions… [...] [...] An old TV becomes sodaigomi (oversized garbage). Dead weight. Bulk.  It gets thrown in the dumpster, to be replaced with something new — the newer, the better. Just like those fad diets and New Year’s resolutions… [...]

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]]> By: 9 (九) ways for motivation | My Japanese is A.com http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-47342 9 (九) ways for motivation | My Japanese is A.com Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:29:09 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-47342 [...] Remember why you are doing it in the first place. As Khatzumoto so eloquently put it, our lack of discipline/motivation is due to the fact that we’ve [...] [...] Remember why you are doing it in the first place. As Khatzumoto so eloquently put it, our lack of discipline/motivation is due to the fact that we’ve [...]

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]]> By: Nucular Weapons | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-45696 Nucular Weapons | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:50:57 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-45696 [...] plan. A habit, good or bad, will wipe the floor with any plan. A habit, good or bad, will trump any resolution. So, if you must, treat Japanese like cigarettes. One at a time. 90 seconds of song here, 90 [...] [...] plan. A habit, good or bad, will wipe the floor with any plan. A habit, good or bad, will trump any resolution. So, if you must, treat Japanese like cigarettes. One at a time. 90 seconds of song here, 90 [...]

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Language-Learning As Gun Violence: Frequency and Quantity http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-37694 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Language-Learning As Gun Violence: Frequency and Quantity Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:15:38 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-37694 [...] enjoy negative-sounding metaphors for positive activities — everything from drug abuse to cancer to, now, gun [...] [...] enjoy negative-sounding metaphors for positive activities — everything from drug abuse to cancer to, now, gun [...]

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Managing Greed: How To Deal With Your Language Lust http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-26278 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Managing Greed: How To Deal With Your Language Lust Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:20:20 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-26278 [...] Discipline is, “remembering what you want”. Apparently the source of this quote is a guy called [...] [...] Discipline is, “remembering what you want”. Apparently the source of this quote is a guy called [...]

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Motivation For Cynical People http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-21371 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Motivation For Cynical People Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:44:12 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-21371 [...] thing is…I was barely even trying. Not really. I mean, yeah, I have Cantonese TV and movies playing 24/7 in my house, and put a laptop in the kitchen so I can watch things like The Simpsons Movie [...] [...] thing is…I was barely even trying. Not really. I mean, yeah, I have Cantonese TV and movies playing 24/7 in my house, and put a laptop in the kitchen so I can watch things like The Simpsons Movie [...]

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » If Immersion Works So Well, Then Why Can People Live In a Country For Double-Digit Years And Never Learn The Language? http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-20714 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » If Immersion Works So Well, Then Why Can People Live In a Country For Double-Digit Years And Never Learn The Language? Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:15:49 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-20714 [...] the way, I personally subscribe to the idea of discipline as “remembering what you want”. This is a totally different animal from all these masochistic attempts at inflicting suffering [...] [...] the way, I personally subscribe to the idea of discipline as “remembering what you want”. This is a totally different animal from all these masochistic attempts at inflicting suffering [...]

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]]> By: Jonathan Mahoney http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-16673 Jonathan Mahoney Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:50:34 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-16673 It would be interesting to see how those saved clicks affect the life of your mouse. It would be interesting to see how those saved clicks affect the life of your mouse.

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]]> By: Yvonne http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-15488 Yvonne Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:42:09 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-15488 I just read an article on the psychology of procrastination where someone said "Procrastination is about not having projects in your life that really reflect your goals." So my procrastinating work this week to set up and post on my blog is probably good news for my language learning progress (reflects my goals/what I want)...not so good for my actual, paying job. ;) I just read an article on the psychology of procrastination where someone said “Procrastination is about not having projects in your life that really reflect your goals.”

So my procrastinating work this week to set up and post on my blog is probably good news for my language learning progress (reflects my goals/what I want)…not so good for my actual, paying job. ;)

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]]> By: obama http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-15102 obama Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:28:21 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-15102 Duuude... what's w/ the aggression against whitey? Start a different blog for that... I'm here to focus my efforts on learning Japanese, not feel bad about something I have no control over. Focus, yo. Duuude… what’s w/ the aggression against whitey? Start a different blog for that… I’m here to focus my efforts on learning Japanese, not feel bad about something I have no control over. Focus, yo.

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]]> By: digi http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-15061 digi Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:14:55 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-15061 ファイフハッカーの日本語版と言えば：http://www.lifehacker.jp/2009/01/090114anki.html ファイフハッカーの日本語版と言えば：http://www.lifehacker.jp/2009/01/090114anki.html

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]]> By: きのこ http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-15044 きのこ Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:29:25 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-15044 "Discipline is remembering what you want" only works if there's something you want. Like I want to go to grad school so I got off my butt and wrote those essays. On the other hand I DON'T want to work and I don't care how my job goes, so it took forever to get round to drafting a few things for my boss. Luckily Japanese falls under the "what I want" group so we're cool. :-p “Discipline is remembering what you want” only works if there’s something you want. Like I want to go to grad school so I got off my butt and wrote those essays. On the other hand I DON’T want to work and I don’t care how my job goes, so it took forever to get round to drafting a few things for my boss.

Luckily Japanese falls under the “what I want” group so we’re cool. :-p

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]]> By: Relja http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-15043 Relja Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:57:27 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-15043 Here's a little something which might prove useful in combo with the programs Katz mentioned. http://www.memiary.com/ I'm quoting the guy who sent it to me: "If you want to take more frequent snapshots of your life, there’s an excellent little online app at memiary.com. It puts emphasis on the stuff you’ve already done (the question What did you do today? greets you every time you log on) but you can type in anything you like, as long as it’s 160 characters or less. [...] I’ve been using it for a little more than a month now, so I can’t really comment on the long term looking-back aspect. What I’ve noticed, though, is that it’s quite good at making you (re)evaluate your immediate priorities. Keying in “six hours of useless postgrad lectures” for five days in a row, with a couple fields left blank ’cause I didn’t have time to do much else, was an eye-opening experience of sorts." It seems it might be really useful to finding out where you're loosing your time so you can fill that with even more language immersion goodness (e.g. you can write "went shopping, but didn't bring the mp3 player. Again". or "spent 2 hours in front of a TV watching stuff in English instead of Japanese. Again" :) ) Here’s a little something which might prove useful in combo with the programs Katz mentioned.

www.memiary.com/

I’m quoting the guy who sent it to me:

“If you want to take more frequent snapshots of your life, there’s an excellent little online app at memiary.com. It puts emphasis on the stuff you’ve already done (the question What did you do today? greets you every time you log on) but you can type in anything you like, as long as it’s 160 characters or less.

[...]

I’ve been using it for a little more than a month now, so I can’t really comment on the long term looking-back aspect. What I’ve noticed, though, is that it’s quite good at making you (re)evaluate your immediate priorities. Keying in “six hours of useless postgrad lectures” for five days in a row, with a couple fields left blank ’cause I didn’t have time to do much else, was an eye-opening experience of sorts.”

It seems it might be really useful to finding out where you’re loosing your time so you can fill that with even more language immersion goodness (e.g. you can write “went shopping, but didn’t bring the mp3 player. Again”. or “spent 2 hours in front of a TV watching stuff in English instead of Japanese. Again” :) )

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]]> By: 2JPN http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-15023 2JPN Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:01:00 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-15023 Nice. Thanks for the software links. Keep up the great writing! Nice. Thanks for the software links.
Keep up the great writing!

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]]> By: muhammad husni http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-15008 muhammad husni Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:52:24 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-15008 good blog and nice post.... keep post oke and teach me more good blog and nice post….
keep post oke and teach me more

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]]> By: Sebastian V. http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-14986 Sebastian V. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:18:46 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-14986 Wow.. batch files are a lot more useful that I thought. I will probably use them a lot more often from now on. Anki, Audio Recorder, Text to Speech Software or Winamp, Keyhole TV and Media Player Classic with just one click. So useful! :) Wow.. batch files are a lot more useful that I thought. I will probably use them a lot more often from now on. Anki, Audio Recorder, Text to Speech Software or Winamp, Keyhole TV and Media Player Classic with just one click. So useful! :)

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]]> By: quendidil http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/automated-discipline-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-and-stay-on-track-all-the-time#comment-14973 quendidil Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:21:48 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=342#comment-14973 Ferriss has a blog too. Check the URL on my name.Oh, and he thinks language classes suck too :D. Ferriss has a blog too. Check the URL on my name.Oh, and he thinks language classes suck too :D .

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