Accepting one's limits

This week, I had to face a hard fact of live: we all have limits and need to accept and embrace them. Even moi ;-)

I have been having a hard time recovering from the PE incident last March (pulmonary embolism), with high daily doses of Warfarin (blood thinner), a busy life and now the terribly hot and humid Japanese summer.

I had the PE incident just three days after registering (and paying for) the Japanese intensive class. I had therefore no choice, but take the course. Which I did for 3 months. I registered to the next level and paid half of the course. Pace was getting faster, amount of material to know heavier and quizzes/tests more difficult.

It was getting too stressful and on Tuesday, I had a panic attack in the classroom. I left and rested for a while. And decided then that I would just quit the course. I felt much better afterwards. Surprise, surprise...

I had thought about it before, wondering and pondering what would be best for me. And I got the answer.


This does not mean that I am quitting my studies of the Japanese language. In the contrary. I will just do it at "my pace" (how they like to say it here).

I am working steadily on my kumon worksheets, both nihongo and kokugo.

I also registered for JLPT Level 2 test in December and will try. Honestly, I am not yet there, but hey, I have nothing to loose.

In addition to Kumon, I am also trying to improve my reading, among others with a book called "kanji from the start" (out of print, but available at second hand bookstores). The Nakanuma reading serie is also on my table, never out of sight.

Gambarimashou...