Getting Back Onto My Feet (_Rinse’s Study Log)

_Rinse · January 27, 2021, 5:59am

Welcome to my study log. This used to be a daily study log, but now I post when I feel the need. I hope to use this log to document my learning journey and see how fair I’ve come.

Who are you?

세린? 린세? 세린린?

Goals
➟ Reach level 45 on WaniKani, spending around 10 - 20 days on each level.
➟ Start studying grammar.
➟ Start to read something.
➟ Learn more non-Kanji vocab and words not on WaniKani.
➟ Start using KaniWani consistently.

_Rinse · January 27, 2021, 6:12am

January 26 2021

Level: 6

I told myself that I should do my vocabulary lessons before the level up, but here we are…

And my leveling thus far!

I hope to finish all of those lessons by the end of today!

Lessons + Reviews:

I’ll do the rest of the lessons tommorow…

Level Progress:

cringe · January 27, 2021, 4:07pm

If you do under 8 a level you’re gonna burn out big time. Likely around level 15.

The more kanji you learn the more you’ll start confusing them with other kanji, and also the less progress you’ll feel like you’re making since they’re going to be less and less common.

I mean, you can speedrun if you want but it’s not a great idea TBH.

_Rinse · January 27, 2021, 5:47pm

Right, thanks for the insight! If I feel that I’m burning out I will slow down before it actually happens.

_Rinse · January 28, 2021, 10:29am

January 27 2021

Level: 6

It is 2 am as I am writing this, which technically means it’s the next day… we can just pretend it’s not, right?

Lessons + Reviews:

As you can see, I really just slacked off today… However, I did finish my 100+ reviews, but mostly because I was not looking forward to waking up to 200+ reviews…

Level Progress:

Politeod · January 28, 2021, 10:39am

The biggest problem is that if you go too fast at the start you’ll not only increase your workload in the short term, but also in the long term. Even after slowing down the items from the earlier levels you did fast will still continue popping up in reviews, which may lead to a flood of reviews.

That begin said if you have enough motivation and free time speedrunning can work, I’ve been doing it for quite a while and I’m fine. Just be wary of the consequences.