Happy Chinese New Year

My 90-Day Chinese challenge is over as of today.  My thoughts?

Pros:  A challenge for me has to be long enough to gain momentum, but short enough to keep sight of realistic goals.  It’s easier to see 90 days out as opposed to 180 days.  This leads into the downside of this challenge.

Cons:  Since, 90 days is a relatively short period of time compared to a 180-day or a 120-day challenge I took these last 3 months for granted.  I thought I could wing it and I got off track a lot.  I realized past the half-way point that I needed to set several attainable, measurable short-term goals while keeping the big picture in mind.  I clearly overestimated how much I can get done in 90 days.

What I’m most proud of:  I learned about 500 hanzi or Chinese characters