I know new years in Japanese is 正月, but don’t know how to say happy new years despite so, also probably not going to try Spanish or Irish either just because languages do it all differently and I haven’t really gotten around to seasonal greetings yet, even birthdays for me have been hardly touched, so memory is vague.

I’ve gone absolutely ape shit diving into my languages. Doing well over an hour, maybe 2, of Japanese a day. Doing my vocab for Irish on Anki and Drops and also finally my Irish book arrived, so incorporate that and another book. AND also a friend of mine decided to pick up Irish recently, so I have that to also look forward to! And then next the Spanish. Felt like years since I’ve studied it properly, when it’s only been a week or two, and already things are clicking, so that’s also been quite motivating for me too. I want to push for a full hour in Spanish now too. A friend mentioned to me their office is looking for WFH translators for English-Spanish, so if I ever get a C1 credential, I could potentially chase after that as a job, which is hella neat.

That all being said though, the biggest disappointment of 2025 was looking at my languages through the eyes of a translation job. Pay can be quite poor despite the countless hours needed for such skills. So for me it’s best to enjoy the ride rather than work myself up for some overarching goal that might never happen (not that I’d give up, just that I might not get a translating job).

2026 is the year I go full send on all my studies. Including languages, maths, Blender and other courses. 2026 has been a complete shit year for me so far, so at least I can look forward to studying in the near and far future.

As I like to tell my friends, “I’m in my gitgud era”.