TTMIK Level 1 Complete

I'm feeling productive today because I finished the "TalkToMeInKorean" level 1 grammar course, lessons 1-25.  I took me about 2 days to complete but that's considering the fact that each lesson is really short and I was familiar with most of the information.  Still, I did make sure to take extensive notes, which took up the majority of the time.  I'm far away from current goal, which  was to start from scratch and master the fundamentals of Korean.  I have to say it has already been paying off a lot, especially when I realized how many simple things I forgot about.  Somehow I've felt extremely motivated these last couple days, and anybody who's tried to learn a new language knows that it is important to take advantage of those moments.  So now that I finished the "TalkToMeInKorean" level 1 section I plan to dig into some beginners books to reinforce what I've learned.  I'll be using the first book I ever started with.  It's actually book used by Korean elementary school kids and I feel really lucky to have it.  My friend's mom (who gave me the book) took me through about half of it a couple years ago and I didn't realize how valuable this book and her guidance were until I was left to self-study.

The hardest part of my self -study journey this time around was making an actual decision and commitment to start from the very beginning.  I thought it would be tedious and boring, but I'm actually having a a lot of fun.  I never really thought about it, but in the past I was not enjoying myself.  I was just studying like a robot.  That probably explains why I took long vacations from learning Korean.