Put This on Your To-Do List
January 30, 2010 6 Comments
My grocery list from last week, unedited and uncut! Yes, I eat a lot of vegetables.
Are you a list person?
I’m a list person. I make lists for things I have to do, have to buy, want to watch, want to listen to, etc. I realize I may or may not have a problem.
Regardless, lists are a great opportunity to practice writing and learn new vocab!
I sit down for a few minutes before my day/grocery store trip/shopping expedition/whatever, and write down what I need. If I don’t know a word or kanji, I look it up. I help myself with furigana where I need it, but no English! (In my game I play inside my head, that’s cheating!) If I need to, I’ll butcher the heck out of a word to get it into katakana (See “Pedialyte” on the list to the right, haha. I’m easily dehydrated 
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Is it perfect every time? Probably not. Actually, definitely not. But that’s okay, I’m learning way more than if I didn’t do it!
Try it out! See if you can do it for 10 days. After that, I bet it’ll become habit, and you’ll have learned words and kanji for some of your regular buys/to-do’s!
great stuff, always liz. As soon as my real blog gets done http://www.pulsamento.com.br you are, for sure, on my blogroll, actually your are the first blog that really write and comment with the “newspaper reader feeling”, u know! god bless !
Thanks Theo! Can’t wait to see your blog
Great post, I used to do this, but recently fell out of habit. A good reminder to start again, thanks!
I love lists!（笑）This is a really awesome idea, and it becomes even better when you write on adorable paper :3
Haha, yay adorable paper! It really does make it more fun ^^
PS: Adorable paper available at Kinokuniya!
Ooo, never heard of Kinokuniya… will definitely be checking it out! Thanks~