Memory

In order to learn a new language it is very practical to have a good memory. I do not have that. In one way it is very good because it makes me move my body a  lot more. For example; sitting in the kitchen I want to fetch a pen in the living room so I get up and go to the living room.  Once there I have forgotten what I was going to fetch so I have to move back to the kitchen, sort of going back in my "dream path".
Then, miraculously, I remember. So it makes me move a lot more.
I also always leave my coffee cup far away from my Mac in order not to spill coffee on the keyboard but also consciously to exercise my body. The scientists tell us over and over again how important it is to move the body. I also have my very own conclusion: exercise promotes good memory!

Our teacher told us yesterday that we should study at least eight hours per week. That is what is recommended for half time studies. That is far away from enough for me.

I´m very happy that I started already in june to draw and draw and draw the chinese characters, over and over again, because they have their own life. I see them with my eyes and train my hand in order to create the necessary nerve connections in my brain but, alas! In five minutes they are gone.
Of course it is not enough to learn how they look like. You also have to learn their meaning, how you write them in pinyin and how they sound.
But miraculously some of them stay in there. Deep in my brain.
I have decided to be very kind to myself and my memory by telling myself that it is just as it is meant to be. It helps me to develop my persistency.

Next time I write here I will tell about one occasion when my memory really gave me a bad moment. After that I will stop saying to myself that my memory is bad and I will be sooooo kind to myself.