Certain people have their period of thoughts at the end of the year along with the famous new year’s Eve resolutions. Somehow mine are always during the summer and more particularly at the end of the summer. I guess that’s an heritage of the student’s years. I’m few days away from my vacation and yet I feel the urge to start thinking of the next season.
First of all, there is a couple of things that I should really work on. Starting with the fact that it’s been some times now that I feel stuck, not going anywhere. I can easily describe my previous months activities by copying - pasting the same 7 days for each weeks. It’s pathetic when I think about it. I have completely adopted the Icelandic-going-out-during-the-weekend lifestyle. An naive version of myself would say: “People are behaving that way, the only time where you can see your friends and meet new people is when they are the most available: On Friday or Saturday evenings”.
It might be true or it’s just the tip of the iceberg. No wonder you always meet the same people in the exact same place. They are following the same rules as you are. Also, as referred to my previous post about Reykjavik’s bars and cafés, with that pace you rapidly see and experience every atmosphere available in town. Inevitably you’re getting picky on where you want to spend your evening.
Oddly enough, this is also linked to my Icelandic level. After the winter and my progress I haven’t notice any improvements. There is no mystery about it, I simply haven’t trained it enough. Even an hour a day with motivation and hard work won’t be sufficient to continue the progress, especially in the “stagnation” phase of the learning curve. Few native speakers I know are patient enough to talk with me in Icelandic. But most of them aren’t or a conversation with them, considering my level, would feel simply awkward.
