Day 30!

Wow! A month has passed. I’d like to say that it passed flying, but that would be a lie. > Wow! A month has passed. And I like to think that I have come through this 30-day test with flying colours.

For those who are reading this notebook entry by sheer chance, what happens is that during the last 30 days I and other 3 people have been trying to write a notebook entry on a daily basis, as a method to improve our grammar skills, and to broaden our vocabulary.

> For those who are reading this notebook entry by sheer chance and do not know what I am talking about, what had happened was that I and 3 others had challenged one another to write a notebook entry everyday for 30 days, as a way for us to improve our grammar skills and our vocabulary.

As for my experience doing this… On the one hand it was great because for my own amazement I complied with the challenge to the letter, making also an effort to come up with a different topic every day; however, on the other hand, it was really draining.

As for my experience of doing this challenge...Well, on the one hand it was great because, much to my amazement, I could actually follow the rules laid down by us to the letter, not to mention that I had to come up with a different topic to write about everyday,but on the other hand it was a very draining endeavour.

Why? Well, because I always made an attempt to write something interesting not only for the potential proofreaders of my texts but also for all those who accidentally might have read them. > Why (would I say that, you might ask) ? Well, it was because I not only had to think of something interesting to write about everyday  so proofreaders would want to read and correct them, but I also had to ensure they were not written too badly, in case other English learner here might want to write them as well.

So, it took me longer to think of a subject to write than the writing process itself. It was a great exercise though. However, next time I will write about the first thing that comes to mind.

"So" here means "therefore". It doesn't quite connect to what you said just before.

> But it was the thinking of what to write about everyday that posed the most challenge to me, much more than the writing process itself . It was no something that frustrated me, though. However, the next time I will just write about the first thing that comes to mind.

Finally, I cannot finish this challenge without thanking all those who spared a few minutes of their time to correct my errors; believe it or not, I do have an especial notebook in which I write the corrections! > Finally, I would like to thank all those people who took the  time to correct my essays, whose help gave me the motivation to complete this challenge. And, believe me or not, I actually have a notebook in which I would write down all these corrected essays of mine!

And it makes me feel satisfied when I look at my first entries back in 2014 when the writing of only one piece of writing would take me the whole afternoon. >  When I go through these essays, especially those entries written way back in 2014-- the time when a single essay would have taken me the whole afternoon --I will feel satisfied with my improvement that I have made thus far.

I also want to congratulate to the ones who undertook this challenge with me, I certainly enjoyed reading your texts, each of you in your own style. > I also want to say thank you to the 3 persons who undertook this challenge with me, and I certainly enjoyed reading their contributions, which were all written in their own style.

Vera, very elegant in her writing style, I will certainly remember the snail Larry, the liquid cats, and the octopuses :)>Vera, the one who has a very elegant writing style, has written about some things that I will certainly remember . How can I forget about " Larry the Snail", the story about "liquid cats" and the " Octopuses!"

It was a real pleasure to read you, besides your English is pretty solid, so I learned a great deal with your entries as well> It was a real pleasure reading your essays, and your English is pretty solid. I have learned a great deal from your entries.

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. Sudeep, very passionate about everything. > Then there is Sudeep, a person who is very passionate about everything.

I don’t even know how old you are, but I do like how positive and caring you are, also thanks for messaging me when I was banned, that was nice. > I do not know how old you are, but I do like your positivity and know that you are a caring person. Also, I would like to thank you for messaging me  when I was banned. That was nice of you.

And Brian, I always talked to you into using the notebook section, keep on using it! Especially because as a Spanish learner you will always get plenty of correction, and besides, it is free ;)

And last but not least, I want to mention Brian, whom I had encouraged many times to utilise the notebook section here,  that he should continue to put your notebook to good use. As a Spanish learner, you will not have much problem having your essays corrected here. Just do it; it cost you nothing.

> It has been a really long month, doing a task more difficult than I though, but it was worth it.

Day 30!

Congrats on your effort! It is always worth it. Your English is really good, with a few words here and there. Wish I could write Spanish like that. Make your next challenge the Cambridge C2 or CEFR tests. You'd surprise how well you'd do, at least, in the written part. Good luck to you and all the other participants.