M2M Day 180: It took 23 hours to build conversational confidence
This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For April, my goal is to hold a 30-minute conversation in Hebrew on the future of technology
I’m still working on the video of yesterday’s “Final Conversation”, which I will share in its entirety tomorrow.
So, in the meantime, I decided to dig into my practice logs and see just how much time I spent this month practicing Hebrew:
Skype Calls: April 3 — 30 minutes; April 4 — 30 minutes; April 7 — 30 minutes; April 8 — 30 minutes; April 11 — 60 minutes; April 12 — 60 minutes; April 13 — 60 minutes; April 14 — 60 minutes; April 15 — 60 minutes; April 17 — 60 minutes; April 18 — 60 minutes; April 20 — 60 minutes; April 21 — 60 minutes → Total = 11 hours
Prep for Skype calls: 15 minutes * 12 calls (I didn’t prep for the April 3 call) = 3 hours
Solo Videos + Subtitling: April 20 — 35 minutes; April 21 — 35 minutes; April 22 — 35 minutes; April 24 — 35 minutes; April 26 — 40 minutes → Total = 3 hours
Writing, planning, and studying: 6 sessions * 60 minutes per session = 6 hours
So, in total, I spent 23 hours this month in deliberate practice. This, of course, doesn’t account for the times throughout the day where I’d casually think about Hebrew or in Hebrew, which may add up to another hour or two.
Tomorrow, I’ll share the conversation that was the result of this 23 hours of practice…
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