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I too love B6 but it's not a popular size here. It's great for ring organisers too, but even less popular there.

Be aware that there is ISO (international standard) B6 and JIS (Japanese standard) B6, which is ever so slightly bigger than ISO B6.

It gives me an overview of how much I do the things I want to do and it nudges me to do more of those things, especially if it's something where you don't want to breah a streak.

Nicos Weg has lots of speaking exercises though? Where you answer the questions and listen to the model answers...

And you can practise saying anything recorded out loud and then comparing to the recorded version.

For writing, try r/WriteStreakGerman.

What was it that felt unstructured about Nicos Weg?

Have you tried the VHS Lernportal apps? They have courses at all levels, I believe.

No they are hardbound notebooks, no spiral. Although I think they do that too.

If you want a leather cover and a thick notebook, you'd be better off buying a separate leather cover and then a softbound notebook. They are a lot more flexible and come in large page numbers.

If you can settle for 200 pages and don't bend it back on itself, Black n Reds hardbound notebooks in A5 are very sturdy and handle fountain pen ink well without breaking the bank.

Unless you want to learn Turkish for its own sake, this doesn't make much sense, since learning any language to a decent level takes a lot of time and effort. You'd almost always be better off spending that on the language you actually want to learn.

I do that in the week between Christmas and New Year, but then I don't do any decorating, just filling in dates.

I don't write anything in the yearly overview but it can be handy for discussing plans in work.

I don't use non-calendar pages in my planner and want asfew as possible.

Yeah, some are ok, but the strong ones are pure hell. I had someone top their car and ask me something and I had no clue what he said. Then he asked in less acoented English and I remeber thinking how it sounded nothing the like. (And it wasn't Gaelic the first time around.)

I just need my planner to have the dates. Preferably in a few different ways (yearly overview, weekly pages). Other stuff can go in a notebook if I absolutely want it.

You can get ones with lots of notepages eg Hobonichi Weeks Mega has 210!

I've bought direct from Hobonichi two years running now (or is it 3?) as it comes out cheaper overall. But do check for the exact item you are thinking of getting!

All fees are included when you buy directly from the Hobonichi store, so no nasty surprises, it also makes it a bit faster.

They do say something like 10 days and Iwve founded fairly accurate, but sometimes it arrives faster.

If you do order when there's a big release, there will be extra waiting time for them to pack all the boxes, but shipping itself is still the same once it's been sent.

February 2030, I assume.

Just a suggestion if you wanted something more portable. :)

Keep in mind that most social media outlets do thing that looks pretty because that's what people want to see and what sells.

Having yet another weekly video of me writing some utilitarian notes and dates in black pen or pencil is not going to win me many views.

Have you had a look at the A6 Original? It's half the size, has monthlies and dailies (and tertial), but not weeklies, so also a bit thinner, but you should have ample space for a Bible quote. It's a lot more portable than the Cousin.

I used an old Cousin to keep track of the daily texts I'd written in Chinese and the feedback given.

Multiple.

I really struggle with Indian accents in English. And Scottish accents. It gets really embarrassing when I have to call customer services.

Wow, that's very cool!

Yes, but if you start down that road, you'll end up with a wheel or an e-spinner😃

Reminds me of how Mum made a drop spindle using a rod from my old crib, some cardboard circles, tape and a hook. Worked really well actually.

Sounds like it's working for you. So why chance it? 😃

But when you realise you need something else just add that in or change your system.

Good point.

I was just thinking that the extra mass of a wooden one would keep it spinning for a bit longer.

These are all things that, while they would help you in bad times, are perhaps best to get back into and started on when in a good place. Right now you are putting a lot of extra stress and demands on yourself when you are already under a lot of stress.

Pick one or two things tops that make you feel good and help you cope and do that one small thing regularly. Eg I go for a walk every day (or try to anyway). It gives me some exercise and makes me feel a lot better. When things are rough, I can still go for a short walk.

In terms of Stoic approaches, perhaps it can be summed up as making the best of any situation.

Personally, I like the reminder to always trying to do the right thing and doing my best even when nobody's watching (my work is very much nobody cares as long as it gets done, but with long timelines, so it's easy to drift and lose heart when you're struggling with something for weeks on end).

I also remind myself that there's nothing to gain from getting stuck in unhelpful emotions and thoughts. You can't help what your emotional responses to events and situations are, but you can change how you think about them and you can stop yourself from letting that initial emotional response run away with you.

Keep in mind though, that these thing take time and practice to become more natural. It's easy to apply to being cut up in traffic, it's harder to apply to some massive life-changing event. Bpt it does get easier with practice, so start out small and work your way up to the big things.

It definitely makes it easier to keep listening/watching/reading if it's something your interested in.

Perhaps you can find some French online groups on paganism and get interacting with people there.

But I've also come to realise that you can enjoy content you wouldn't like in your native language if you focus on the fact that you are understanding something in your TL. That insight has opened up many more options that are at the right level for me right now.

That A1 and A2 are very easy and take no time at all.

That you should not get a tutor until you're B1/2. I think it's much more important to get that professional input early on. You can self-study more easily onge you're B1. (But you can always benefit from a teacher.)

That you should learn the X-thousand most common words first, before even looking at how sentences are built. (Also, how boring!).