Consistent Daily Time, Not Scheduled Time

yesterday, I missed my schedule 5-6pm Greek time. And I felt really..sad about it. I was angry at myself because I got distracted and forgot my 5-6pm, Greek time.I really do want to be consistent and make studying Greek a part of my daily life, even if it's for only an hour a day. and I know that if I miss a day, then it could lead to missing another day, and thus start a pattern of never studying Greek. so, today, I studied Greek for two hours. granted, I started at around 5:30pm, but I practiced writing Gamma until around 7pm, so that is about  1.5 hours. and I was actually sad that I had to stop because I was hungry and therefore had to go get dinner from the cafeteria and eat it. I am upset a little at myself for forgetting yesterday, but I am proud of myself for not forgetting today, and though I started late, I still did my Greek time, over my Greek time actually. and tomorrow, I am going to lunch with my friends Lina and Gina, and we're meeting at 1pm, and saturday and sunday, 1-2pm is my Greek time, but I will get up at 9am and from 9-10am, I will do my hour of Greek Time. I am coming to see that studying Greek at the times I've made for myself won't be as important as making sure that every day, I study and/or work on it for at least an hour.

    So far, I am working on learning to write Gamma, the third letter of the Alphabet. Brent says that in Ancient Greek, it is more about the translation from Greek to English, so the writing is not as important. however, I happen to not agree. My bachelor's is in International Studies, and in my classes and in my experience with language, I have learned that speaking, writing, reading, and listening are all important, and I cannot learn one without learning the others. so, I am focusing on writing Greek as much as reading, or speaking, or translating it. that's one of the positives of teaching myself Greek: I can do it my own way, and not depend on a professor's way you know?

   I am still in awe of how truly exited I am to study Greek, and work on it and build on it each day, even if it's just letter writing at this point. I am being SUCH a geek right now, but I do not care. someday, I will be able to read the NT in its original language, and THAT day, will make ALL of this time invested a SMALL price to pay.