Well, till the end of June I had a session of exams and it resulted in me neglecting the reviews. Later I wanted a little bit of holiday and see where it got me:
App on mobile → Anki Mode → don’t sweat it too much if you get things wrong, just keep powering through.
anki mode on smartphone, do batches of 100 every four hours (or less).
next time, use vacation mode, I have never used it, but I read here it avoids this situation.
Use this locked script:
Set the lock to, let’s say, 1100? Do all the unlocked reviews, then decrease the locked number by 25 or 50 whenever you feel like you have those under control. Your “unlocked” reviews will keep coming back on schedule so you can learn them properly and the others will stay at the bottom of the pile until you’re ready for them.
Don’t do any lessons. Do at least 100 a day and I think you’ll be making gains as time goes on.
In addition try to do those on a lower SRS level first. For an item that would have reappeared after 2 weeks or a month it doesn’t matter as much if it sits for a day or two longer than with one in apprentice. There’s a re-order script for that, though I can’t remember the name right now. That way you probably have better chances of remembering those.
Or alternatively if you just want stuff to get out of the queue, order it the other way round: the kanji/vocab on higher SRS levels won’t reappear that soon again and you can focus better on those in apprentice. I’m not sure though if that script supports that way of order.
I would
I’ve been trying to tackle a giant review pile of my own for the last two months, but I’ve made little progress, despite doing over half an hour of reviews each day. I think the answer is to just keep at it and accept that it will take a long time. Also, consider resetting - I reset from level 60 to 46 and it helped enormously.
