2021 	oct.-dec.	went through Michel Thomas' german audio course daily up to Foundation CD 8 (freely downloadable)
2022 	spring 		read one A1 book (a short book for learners)
			started to read a book with 150 short conversations by philip eich (you can find it on the web freely)
			bought two dictionaries, a pocket one and a full size one; I mostly use the pocket one; the smallest the best I found
2023 	spring		one year later: finished the last ~70 conversations of 150-conversation book by philip eich
			started an A1 book which I dropped after 2 chapters out of ~8.
			read two other very short ~15 pages A1 ebook 
			read a pdf with 30 short dialogues 
2024	january		started to read the book with 150 conversations by philip eich for the second time
			started to help a german-speaking organisation with IT (I receive emails in German and I reply in English or German)
	may 		started a tandem with a native german speaker; we meet once every two weeks
			resumed doing the foundation course of Michel Thomas at CD 8 daily (you can find it freely on the web)
	june		completed Michel Thomas German Foundation course (I had started in 2021, dropped out, and resumed in May 2024)
			started Michel Thomas German Advanced course
			downloaded the dictionary ding on GNU/Linux, it come with a deutsch-english dictionary ($ sudo apt install ding)
	july 		setted up a french-english and german-english dictionary on the command line; see https://yctct.com/sdcv-dictionary-cli
			figured I should read short-stories I already read, but in German e.g. 'The Alchimist', 'The Little Prince', 'The Old Man and the Sea', etc
			started to read 'Der Alte Mann und Das Meer'
			I am responding to more emails in German (and less in English - with the organisation I am helping with IT)
			still going with Michel Thomas, 5-10 minutes every morning; I am now at  Advanced German CD 4 
			completed Michel Thomas german advanced course (I had started in June)
			started Michel Thomas german advanced review course
	august 14	started Michel Thomas italian foundation course
	august 17	completed Michel Thomas german advanced review course