Friday, January 31, 2014

Month in Review: January

My first month of teaching myself has been very exciting!

Here are the things I wanted to accomplish:


  • Start this blog!  It's gone very well so far.  As of this posting, I've had 150 page views.  I hope to keep up the momentum.
  • CLEPs:  I've taken two (English Composition and English Modular).  I did well on the first, and I haven't found out about the other one yet.
  • Maintain my Spanish:  I found a cool website called DuoLingo (more on that later) and I've been able to work at it sporadically.
  • Organize a literature class:  It hasn't started yet, but I'm very excited.
  • Enroll in a personal finance class: check.
  • Work on driving:  Erm, not so much.  In my defense, our car broke down and it took us a while to get a new one.  I'm still behind on that.  I don't like it, and should this blog ever mysteriously go silent, it'll probably be because I joined the Amish.
  • Creative Writing:  Not much progress here either.

I also went to the Training Minds Ministry's For Action Conference.  It was an incredibly cool experience, and merits its own post.

Looking ahead:
  • I'm going to take classes in sewing and quilting at JoAnn's.  Those are two skills I want to develop and haven't had the time to.
  • My literature class will have it's first meeting.  I'm excited and a little nervous, so wish me luck.
  • I'll take my next two CLEPs in US History and Biology.
  • I'll try out the Khan Academy, and hopefully be able to take the College Algebra CLEP.
  • I'll enroll in Straighter Line and get started with my actual courses.  SQUEE!
  • I want to research the mysterious alchemy of blog promotion, and work on that.
  • Keep driving.  Or, start mapping out the best bike routes to the grocery store and the library.
  • Creative Writing:  I can dream.

Thanks to everyone who has joined me on the first month of my journey!

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