03.29. 
study time: ~40 min. or so.
yesterday was a little rough; i won’t get into the details, but i kind of deal with some disability issues that make studying hard sometimes from foggy brain. still, i got wanikani done and did some listening practice.
it feels tempting to try to start #40h7d tomorrow … but should i? maybe i can lessen it a little. maybe 30h7d; my motivation is pretty high …
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I wish I had the time to go all in with studying full time. I’ll follow you on your path, good luck! If I can give you one advice it is to not overdo wanikani (or srs) when you have a lot of time. Because there will be times when you fall behind a day or two, if you are going in a super fast pace the backlog will get huge, and you will have to deal with that on days when you may not be very motivated.
SRS/wanikani is amazing but it really shines when you do it in a healthy amount. Then again, we are all different and some can handle hours of reviews every day 
For genki, if you are not doing the writing part or your hand hurts, this is a great resource Genki Exercises - 3rd Edition | Genki Study Resources
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thank you sm for the genki resources and well wishes! my JP handwriting is pretty atrocious right now haha. i have a notebook just for practicing that.
and thank you for the advice too; i do have quite a bit of time i can dedicate to studying. the longer wk sessions don’t bug me very much if i do happen to fall behind a day or two. studying helps me feel like my brain isn’t atrophying if that makes sense. 
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03.30.
study time: ~90 min.
accomplished: tutor lesson / wanikani / jppod flashcards.
had a bit of an off day due to a wrench in the delicate operation that is my sleep schedule. lesson with M was good! i want to work on vocabulary acquisition though. and i need to drill te-form in my head!! i feel embarrassed i can’t seem to get some verbs down, but M is nothing but patient and kind and doesn’t make me feel bad for being a space case.
i need to message and ask her about the one site she was using to teach me ながら; i liked how it presented the information. i’ll put it here and possibly use it for reading practice too in the future.
tomorrow i’m back on it in earnest; my spouse wants to check out an ep of our fave podcast together, so i’m taking it easy to do that. gn!
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03.31.
study time: ~120 min.
accomplished: wanikani / jppod flashcards / anki / genki.
that resource linked above by cindergo was so nice to get into today. i did mostly reviews of the basics. looking to increase the study time tomorrow; i have a lesson again on wednesday so i also need to do homework.
i’m feeling like i might want to ask M for something specific to focus on too, but i’m unsure what. i think that’s it for today tho.
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04.01.
study time: ~120 min.
accomplished: wanikani / jppod flashcards / anki / genki.
did okay work today. i feel like i should have put more energy into genki than anki, but that’s ok. lesson tomorrow morning … i’ll get up a bit earlier to get into jp mode before that happens. my lessons go better when i “warm up”.
i have to resist the urge to, like, stay up all night, though. anyway later. : )
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04.02.
study time: ~120 min.
accomplished: lesson w/M / wanikani / anki / genki.
lesson went well! today felt like more maintenance than anything else, though. review feels good anyway, but i can’t wait to get back into new territory and get better from there, but i need to strengthen my foundation first.
anyway the weather is getting pretty loud outside. better cut this short for now.
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04.03.
study time: ~120 min.
accomplished: wanikani / anki / genki.
oops, fell asleep before i could post. more maintenance … but on the 6th i’m starting 30h7dlc, as mentioned above. 4.2 hrs / ~252 minutes or so a day for a week. i’m posting about it more in depth on my polyglot progress blog. i feel a bit shy to post the link … maybe when i actually start.
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study time: ~150 min.
accomplished: wanikani / pimsleur / genki / reading practice.
sure did fall off for a while. kind of embarrassing, but i’m getting back to it … oddly enough, the thing that kind of re-ignited my desire to learn japanese was picking up german as well.
i’m not intermediate in japanese yet (which is when most people say you should pick up a new language) but i’ve been studying german for a few days now and my knowledge of japanese is helping with german, oddly.
i think i’ll link my blog, too. i want to update there more often and post the day to day stuff here. i’m aiming to post longer entries on the blog, particularly about studying while being neurodivergent.
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Every comeback is a victory. Everyone can start a journey, not everyone comes back after a setback! Personally, I think that’s more of an accomplishment than learning fast when the going is easy.
I’m really curious how learning Japanese helps with German though. Taking notes for my summer holiday to Austria 
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thank you! that’s a really good way to look at it. a lot more optimistic.
i think having certain concepts in my brain in japanese, even if those concepts are simple, helped me grasp similar concepts in german.
for example my german tutor was explaining how the ‘oh’ in ‘wohnen’ makes a more drawn out sound. i was like oh then it’s kind of like a おう (like 八日). we were also talking about verb conjugations in german with stems and endings and the like, which i am very familiar with in japanese haha. got me to understand it a little quicker.
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