Finally got my 100 day streak badge! Yay! 🎈🥳

[wct]

Hey! I just want to make this little post to celebrate finally getting the 100 streak badge. Hooray for me!

[Kind-Of Important Aside: When doing something long-term, requiring consistent dedication, like learning Japanese for example, I’ve found in my life that it’s very important for me to celebrate even my ‘littlest successes’; no matter how ‘trivial’ they might seem in comparison to someone else’s successes; even if they seem ‘not worth mentioning’ (e.g. out of potential embarrassment, perhaps ). In the end, it’s about sustaining motivation, so even if it might seem silly or trivial to someone else, I know that for my own sake I need to do some little celebration to give myself a little ‘pat on the back’ dopamine boost to reinforce my good habits to make them even stronger.

Just thought that this concept might be helpful to others as well, hence this little ‘aside’. ]

Background Trivia for Anyone Wondering
I would have hit 100 days about a month earlier, but I accidentally missed a day – by just a few minutes! – about a month after I got my subscription. D’oh!

Also, I could have hit 100 even a month earlier than that, except I delayed getting my subscription until the Winter holiday sale went on, since I really wanted the lifetime sub ('cuz BunPro’s so awesome! Thanks, BP team!!) and my budget is quite limited in general, so the discount really meant a lot.

But, despite those little psychological setbacks, I just kept at it, day by day, until today when I saw the little notification – hooray! – that I finally got to 100 straight days in a row!

For me, that’s actually quite an accomplishment, as I often get distracted by side projects and random sporadic tangential interests that distract me from sticking to pursuing my long-term goals.

Long story short, I’ve had ADHD my whole life, but only got diagnosed as an adult in my 30s, and it’s a major reason I often ge–

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Uh, what was I saying? Oh, yeah! Here’s to me staying focused for 100+ days! Yay!

And, thank you to BunPro for providing such a helpful website that played a major role in keeping me focused. Cheers, guys!

Anyone got any ‘little successes’ they’d like to celebrate, too? Drop a comment!

[s1212z]

Congrats! Whatever helps to keep you going is a positive. I’ve found more failures than successes in a language journey so the milestones are important. I think we have a supportive community that applauds overcoming challenges

I actually like the Exorcist badges the most, though I’m not trying to earn them They are more like battle scars and I’m still here while learning something I couldn’t do before. This is more rewarding than getting the 12 stamp badge for です. I have the gold exorcist IV now, I think it goes higher…if the badge counts are calculating correctly and BP has higher badges ready for handout.

[lantana]

Well done! I don’t think 100 days in a row is a little success at all - that’s a great accomplishment. My little success is that last week I was able to do the whole of Tobira Chapter 9, as planned. This week I aim to do all of chapter 10.

Do you feel that your Japanese has improved noticeably over the 100 days?

[bleloch]

Congratulations. Here’s to many more consecutive days/weeks/months of learning

[zerohbeat]

Congrats! This is really a big thing! Go you! Logging in every day for 100+ days is quite amazing!
Hope you continue on this journey and have fun thoughtout it