Hello everyone,
not a real post but I have some site news.
Hooray!
My newsletter
This year, there have been many instances of some of you not getting any newsletters for weeks even though you’re subscribed.
And last week, after procrastinating this for literally a couple of years and running into tech issues, I have switched to a new upgraded version of the software I’m using.
I think everything worked fine with the upgrade but this post is pretty much the test-run.
So if the newsletter looked weird or a link wasn’t working or something…. please leave a comment here!
Don’t send me an email please, my inbox is a MESS.
EDIT: I’ve actually already run into some unexpected issues, since starting to send, but overall it’s okay, I think.
Now you’re probably like “Wait, a new software is a good thing. So what’s up with the sad puppies?”
Well, that’s because of the other news… a confession actually…
The Advent Calendar is Cancelled
If you’ve been following this site for more than a year, then you probably know what I mean. For the last five years, I have always done a German learning Advent Calendar. So in December I would post a little post each day, with quizzes, cool little words, some culture stuff, puzzles and recommendations.
It was really cool and it was always really great to see how you enjoy it and to interact with you in the comments.
But it was also always an UNBELIEVABLE stress fest. I always tried to prepare it and I never managed it and always ended up being behind and really stressed.
So when the thought came up this year, and I started collecting ideas, I also felt stress and anxiety rise up. I tried but I always felt stressed even thinking about it and when I realized that I wouldn’t be able to properly prepare it again, I decided that I’m gonna skip this year. It’s sad – as I said, I liked the interaction portion of it.
But yeah… I just can’t do it this year. Tut mir leid :/.
So instead of a fun, exciting, hilarious, informative little article each day, we’ll have business as usual in December… one post per week, about a word and its family or whatever… oh man… it’s really a pity.
Anyway, let me know if there were any issues with the newsletter and otherwise I’ll see you in a few days with something normal.
Mental health is more important than most people think… Running into this myself. I’m always surprised by peoples’ positivity in the end, for the most part, though. Hope you’re doing well
Absolutely :). Actually, this post was kind of a false flag because this year was the first year that I DID finish the calendar in time. So it was kind of more an echo of the years before.
I really did think about not doing it because it had always been such a stress fest, but I figured during Corona winter, how could I not. So I started and the work went really well this time around.
Anyway, yes… mental health is like body health. You don’t think about it much so long as you have, and you only realize what you have once it’s damaged.
Just like anyone can get ill or have an accident, anyone can end up with a depression without even seeing it coming.
So we all need to have respect for it and not treat it like it’s not a real thing or people are just being “soft”. The mind is a powerful thing. It creates languages, math, music, atomic bombs… and it can create a REALLY hard time for itself.
Take good care of yourself. You run one of the absolute BEST German language learning sites on the entire internet, and we appreciate each and every post. I don’t always get to read them when theyre brand new, but I always learn something new and useful!
Love your work and I’m a huge fan.
I have an idea… why not just do one special post for Christmas ( rather than all of advent)? It could be the advent of the 24th ( Christmas in Deutschland). Or maybe you can do 24th- Jan 6 (12 days of Christmas) and really scale it back/ down? Anyway, we ❤️ anything you do— even if it’s just the regular posts.
Aw, now I feel bad :)… this was actually a fake news post. I’m absolutely doing the calendar this year. I was on the fence but then I thought this year of all years is NOT the one to skip. And also I really enjoy working on it this time around.
But I couldn’t resist throwing all you for a little loop . Please forgive me :)
Thanks for another great year of learning the nuances of German Language. Just rejoined.
Hooray :)! Welcome back (didn’t realize you were gone, actually. I recognize your user name from the comments… always makes me think of the band “Lamb”.
It’s good to hear from you again. I thought you must be taking a break and I kept forgetting to see if I was still subscribed!
Alles in Ordnung bei mir!
No problem, for me, Emmanuel. I’m more than happy, with what you do, already.
OK MY FRİEND DON’T WORRY go ahead
Newsletter reviewed OK. Thanks.
Love the Advent Calendar and yet so understand how much work that must be. Being good to yourself is a beautiful thing Frohe Weihnachten!
Yes, this came through beautifully. And definitely take the time for yourself. No one needs that kind of stress, especially now. I’m glad you are caring for yourself!
Vielen Dank!
Margie
Did you send a newsletter with this post? If so, I didn’t get it. Though I normally do get your newsletters with no problem.
I did. The software deleted a number of subscribers (like 50 or so) so maybe you were among them. Could you maybe try and resubscribe?
Hi Emmanuel, thank you very much for this post, I hope everything is ok. Greetings from Uruguay!
Yeah, yeah, all good :). Grüße zurück!
Gut gemacht, Emanuel!
We love you all the same! Don’t feel bad xoxo
Nah, I won’t :) vielen lieben Dank!
Take care of yourself!
You must do what sustains you, not drains you.
Nice expression!!
Got the newsletter. The button for mark as read is not available to click on but good apart from that. Thanks for all your work
The missing button is on purpose… I usually exclude announcement posts from the “canon”.
I did not receive the newsletter, not even in the spamm folder. Sad. Bad software.
Anyhow. Thanks for everything you do for us. Take care. :)
Your address might be among those I had to delete. Could you just re-subscribe maybe to make sure?
You could happily repost the calendar from 3 or 4 years ago, I would imagine your site membership turns over steadily. Take care and stay well.
Ah no, come on. That’s lazy :). And it’s all in the archive anyway. I’ll post a link to that very soon ;)
I paid with Master Card xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-0041 invoice #50E064FB09November 2, 2020. However, the system does not recognize my e-mail, user name and password that I have been using for the last year.
Could you please send me an email about this to info@german-is-easy.com.
Thank you.
I sent you an email, actually :)