I totally understand that feeling. I have been there many times, and feel like I’m just trying to dig myself out of one of those time periods of my life right now. The process has been started, but I’m not nearly finished catching up on everything yet.
If I did it after being away for 6-7 months, you can do it after being away for less time. You’ll recall much more than I initially did. You’ve got this.
頑張って
I have to say, @AnimeCanuck, I really love HelloTalk.
Phew, finally finished Genki 1, but now I have to deal with 87 reviews and 150 lessons… Sometimes I get the feeling that I don’t do anything else except japanese now:D I’m tired, but don’t know if I need a break or I should keep pushing, especially considering the growing queue of reviews:D
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Space them out so that you’ll always have something to do!
I basically have a few reviews today and then a big steaming pile of nothing until tomorrow because I can’t seem to give myself a break when I get lessons.
Hi everybody! Nice to meet some fellow Genki-goers!
I finished Genki I a few weeks ago and I’m about to start Genki II. I did the exercises at the end of the chapter as I went and saved all the workbook exercises to do now, like a weird little vocab/grammar SRS for myself.
I’m on Chapter 4 in the workbook and will start Genki II as soon as I complete the workbook exercises. I usually do Genki on weekends, and during the week I fit in some grammar-through-listening-comprehension drills from a book whose name escapes me at the moment (WakuWaku? Pretty sure…) Would love to sync up with anyone else starting Genki II! Or, if it’s cool, I’ll just post progress updates here to keep myself accountable. 
よろしくお願いします！
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Yay! I’m so glad!
(I need to get on it more…)
I can’t wait to join you there… Maybe in 2 weeks? (New goal, @alexbeldan).
That’s totally cool.
@FlamySerpent also just finished Genki I, and I’m 2 chapters/lessons away from doing so myself (but am currently going through 1-10 again, with 7-10 left from that). Maybe I’ll catch up to you.
よろしく！ 頑張ってね！
I bet you will catch up quickly! I’ve probably got another 2-3 weeks doing Genki I workbook exercises. Let me know when you start on Genki II!
はい～～～！
Will do.
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Hi everyone! I’m finishing up Chapter 6 in Genki 1 right now and I’d love to hear about the different methods you all use to adapt Genki for self-study! It’s definitely designed for classroom use so WaniKani has been great to fill the kanji gap, but I wish I had an SRS for grammar that was as good as this!! Up to now I’ve usually started off by reading through the dialogue and vocab, doing all the grammar at once and then all the practice in the text and workbook while reviewing vocab flash cards as I go along. I usually do the kanji writing practice stuff last. I don’t know if this is the most efficient way to do things because I often find myself going back to check word meanings and grammar points a ton instead of forcing myself to practice from memory. I know if I were in a class I’d get way more supplementary materials than I have on my own so I want to make sure I’m using my Genki practice in the most effective way I can.
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First goal. Get out of this level and back into a schedule.
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Hey everyone! I am about to start chapter 3 in Genki 1. I just came across this resources so I’m working on the radicals at the moment. So far so good. I am using a tutor on Italki 2-3 times per week, genki memrise deck, genk1 workbook, and now this to help me study!
OH. The post below reminded me of something. If you are around the same chapter as me on genki I would like to run through some of the dialogue together once or twice a week! MeekhMills#8347 on discord or xrmicah on skype
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I’m in Lesson 6, too! Study buddies in spirit!
Though if anyone wants to do the silly voice lessons we can skype, discord, w/e. :3
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You can do it! I believe in you!
@darlingmud I think I said so somewhere else in the thread, but mainly I try to read the dialogue at the beginning myself, then check the translation to see how close I was (usually, pretty close). Then I read all the grammar points at the end of the chapter. I supplement Genki with (very occasionally using) Hinekidori’s G-Anki deck, Nihongonomori videos (sometimes - and I write notes), and applying what I think I understand in HelloTalk, getting corrected (or not!) by native speakers. It’s pretty hap-hazard, but for the most part has been working for me.
Welcome to @xrmicah , too! (And just a note, any part of the forum without a lock is SEO, so Google can find those usernames you dropped. If you don’t want them to, only post that kind of thing in Campfire and Japanese Only.)
I am in too.
@AnimeCanuck Thanks for looking out. Maybe people google searching will want to practice Genki with me or send me spam. I’ll just respond in Japanese. It’ll be practice either way : )
Hehe, that’s a good attitude. XD
Well, I’m always careful where I post what in these forums, myself, and since you’re new I thought I should let you know. ^^
I know this was 12 days ago, but do you remember what you were talking about here? What in that chart were you addressing?