Oh well, only so much time can be dedicated to "prepping," and I'm already at nearing the top end of what I want to do with it for now. My time instead channeled into foreign languages. I started hitting the Esperanto pretty hard on the 'ol Anki deck, and I saw a chart on the correlatives that blew my mind and help me get my understanding to the next level.
I also pulled down some books in Spanish to start the ball rolling again on my 1,000,000 word goal. And as is often the case, just starting was all it took to lead to a productivity explosion. I just feel in love with what I was reading and that enthusiasm transferred to all of Spanish. I really have come a long way over all of these years of working on Spanish off and on (the worst way to learn a language). There are a lot of texts where I can figure out my missing words by reading around them and using context. . . and learning the vocabulary under those circumstances is just a joy.
I did some calculations and if I read a little over 8,300 words a day, I can hit my million word goal in Spanish by the end of the year. And sure, I will be able to cross a goal off my list, but more importantly, I know I'll be much better at something I love by taking this challenge. If I do hit the reading goal by Jan 1st, I still will devote the next year to Spanish, taking on composition and conversation, and reading old books in Spanish -- I am a sucker for the classics.
While I have really enjoyed using New Years as a way to kick off a new skill, I don't think I will this year. It'll be more work on Spanish. I've reached a point of proficiency that I have basically fallen in love with it.
Update: Nope. I'm not going to get there by the beginning of 2017.
