! Study Study Study !

Hiragana1 and Katakana2 came first.
I did 2 rows each week. I would not recommend doing 4 rows in 1 week.
With Dakuten I just remembered what the sounds change to. I didn't actually study them. Same with Combination Hiragana. (0_o;)
* * Forgot Verb Groups! I learned the verb groups before I dove farther into vocabulary!
Vocabulary.
Kanji kind of slips in there.
I am not really focused on learning Kanji at the moment but I'm still learning them.
I follow people on Twitter who tweet in Japanese(and English) so I see some Kanji almost every time I log on.

-Listening
Listening to songs you already know in English, in Japanese.
I listen to Disney songs in Japanese with Japanese subtitles in kana and some will have Romaji(depends on who subs it).
Listen to the songs and follow the subtitles. Try singing along.
Even listening to them while you are doing other things is good. Which is what I am doing right now.
podcasts, vloggers(video bloggers), any chance you get, take it.

-Writing
I use Lang-8 a good bit. I have met a lot of really nice and helpful people from that site.
Make up a paragraph. It can be about anything. About what you did, what you plan to do or something made up. 5 or more sentences in English(or your mother tongue), that way you know exactly what you want to say.
Go thru and write the words you already know in Hiragana/Katakana(don't worry about Kanji right now).
Add which particles and conjugations you would use before trying to look them up.
Post it to Lang-8.
If you receive corrections, don't get distraught or discourage. Corrections are a good thing!!!
Be sure to study those corrections!
I started plucking out the words I used in the paragraph I wrote, writing them in a small notebook(the size of my hand) and study them when ever I can or when ever I feel like it.

Memrise(listed in my resources) is great! I use it almost every day.
I was recently introduced to a site called Lingocracy. I haven't been able to use it much, but from what I have seen from using it, it is great for reading and vocabulary. You can learn more about the site before actually using it here.
I also think with reading, you learn grammar. It's like listening helps you with pronunciation.
After you read for some months(or years) you'll eventually get use to how sentences are set up. Maybe? I'm still in the process of getting it down. ^_^;

I have been studying for 8 months now. Self-studying. So I am a beginner still.
Being a stay at home mom you don't have much free time to study, well at least not without constant interruptions.
I practice thru out the day by talking to my self. Using words and sentences I know.
But wait until my son is in bed before studying. Reading, posting. Stuff I need to focus on, I wait until the end of the day.
I try spending 2 to 3 hours studying and be in bed by 12AM(sometimes it's 1 or 2AM), so that I get 6 to 8 hours of sleep(all depends on what time my son decides to get up).
Whether or not my methods work, I guess only time will tell.
I am very excited and impatient with learning.
(ﾉ^▽^)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

がんばります！

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久しぶり。
ひさしぶり。
８月は忙しかったから勉強も絵を描く事もしませんでした。
８つきはいそがしかったからべんきょうもえをかくじもしませんでした。
渡航もしませんでした。
とうこうもしませんでした。
August has been busy, so I haven't been studying or drawing.
I haven't been posting either.

頑張ります！
がんばります！