I honestly don’t know how I got this much done last month . . . another medical issue had me laid up for a week. I mean, I got some work done but I also had to sleep a lot.
what I’m working on right now
Video courses
Killing it with Kana course
So, you know how I said it was almost done? Well, it’s not. I . . . went a little crazy and updated all of the videos, recorded extra audio and made a list of other features to include.
I’m in the middle of
- Making a short sales page.
- Writing the script for the remaining updates.
- Recording missing audio and enhancing the rest of the audio.
- Updating the videos with the audio and edited slides.
- Recording 4 extra videos.
Set Off the Hanabi Under Your Japanese Studies course
- Getting more concrete about the offer and what it’ll do for the learner.
- Figuring out how it ties into The Principal Principles of Speaking Japanese.
- Writing short sales page.
Rewards store
- Compiling/tallying points.
- Setting up the store – where is the problem right now. If only I could let the student choose from specific rewards point options.
The Principal Principles of Speaking Japanese
- Getting more concrete about the offer and what it’ll do for the learner.
- Writing short sales page.
The rest
- Putting together new material for the こどものにほんご Japanese for Kids classes.
- Writing out how my entire offerings tree.
- Recording more of the day-to-day stuff so it’s not taking up space in my head. Also, great to have the instructions in the same place.
what’s in progress but not being worked on
A new way to flashcard
Japan Planned, Packed, Primed
Japan Planned, Packed, Primed PALS
Vocab Visualizer Vault
what I finished in the last month
Video courses
Killing it with Kana course
- Updated slides, audio and videos for 9 of 15.
- Transcribed the videos – fairly easy since I used the workbook as the base for my script; I’m not too good at on the fly I’ve found out so writing it out beforehand works better and that means people who need the transcript will have it.
- Enhanced audio files so they’re ready for people who like listening.
- Renamed and uploaded the finished videos.
- Updated and added more to the lesson text for each video.
Killing it with Kana workbook
- Split off the workbook from the video course and moved all the files into the course format (it’s just a course though, not a video course).
- Updated the Japanese audio practice files with recordings from my employee—I think she has a great voice.
- Added an answer key.
- Fixed typos.
- Included a section on language foundations.
- Put together the sales page.
In-person physical Japanese classes in Chicago
These have been (mostly) running smoothly. Starbucks is a little loud though since it’s open counter.
- I made the mistake of not getting a Starbucks rewards card as soon as I knew where the classes would be held. T_T
- I laminated and cut a bunch of flashcards and already 5 are missing. That was a lot of work. Also got a bit of tendonitis from that.
Vocab Visualizer Vault
- Catalogued images I’ve been amassing against the Vault vocab
- Offloaded more Vault work to my employee
The rest
- I’ve been getting more consistent with the newsletter. It’s mostly just announcing when the next session of classes are coming up but hopefully I can do more with it in the future.
- Gave feedback on student worksheets.
conclusions/final thoughts
I’m still a bottleneck for my employee right now. Balancing giving her tasks and working on the other things that need to be worked on plus being there for the kids (it’s Mommy, Mommy all day long) is really hard. Meeting is overdue to see if the big task I gave her is just not up her alley or something else because it’s supposed to occupy her when she doesn’t have anything specific from me.
I’m a big proponent of being passionate about what you’re working on. Like, if I don’t like doing something, I drag my feet or just don’t do it and don’t want to be there anymore. That’s cool if work is just work for you though. I can’t do it. It messes with me mentally.