My Holiday Plans: 40 Hours of Language Study

But the real goal is to enjoy the process

My holidays have begun and my idea of rest is to challenge myself to 40 hours of language study over the next 7 days!

I felt that doing a challenge to encourage myself to do more language learning would help me get back into a consistent language-learning routine. I’ve done the 40-hour, 7-day language challenge (40d7hlc) several times before and have been successful. I’ve done it while working and also during breaks from work. This time around I’m not travelling for the holidays like I did last year so I’ve got plenty of time to study.

Usually, I start challenges on Mondays since I consider it the start of a new week. However, I was so energized to be on holiday that I decided to start my challenge on Saturday instead.

This time around, while it’d be nice to "complete" the challenge, my main goal is to choose to spend time with my languages and enjoy the process.

I’m tracking my activities using the Toggl app. They have a new goal feature that allows you to set time goals. I decided to …