April 3 2021
Level: 12
I’ll probably level up tommorow.
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April 4 2021
Level: 13
Leveled up!! 
I have so many lessons, I think I’ll do 20 a day, especially because I want to finish this level faster than the last (I took nearly 11 days on level 12).
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April 6 2021
Level: 13
Fun fact: I actually made this log to write a lot more than I do on it now, but I’m too busy to. I hope I’ll be able to make it what I wanted it to be when I get less busy, but that’s what I said in… what, October? and here we are. I think I’m gonna have to sort out a lot of things before being able to dedicate more time to learning Japanese. A lot of big things are happening right now, and I need to face them because I don’t have the shield of “I still have time, it’s still far away” to hide behind anymore.
When I get the time though, I really want to start doing KaniWani consistently, and learn more grammar because my grammar is pretty bad. I’ll probably look for some Japanese grammar textbooks in Korean when I get to it, but for now I’ll just stick with Tae Kim’s guide.
Though, I fear I’ll become one of those people who ends up learning 2,000 Kanji and a lot of vocab but knows nothing about grammar. (Hopefully it won’t happen, and I get along ok right now thanks to the fact that I’m Korean, similar grammar.)
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Scared I’m not doing enough lessons and that I’ll be hit with even more than last time, I hope I’ll get to 0 / 0 sometime this level (or the next).
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April 13 2021
Level: 13
Update: I’m not dead, just busy and I’ve been thinking a lot. I’ll probably take maybe 3 - 4 more days on this level, but I’m not sure what I’ll do with the next. I want to go back to my normal speed, but I’m not sure if it’ll be possible.
I just got a lot more busy, though I am starting to clear some things up, which is nice, and I hope I can keep it up. I keep slacking on reviews and I end up with 100+ review piles, but I’m getting through them and it’s not overwhelming (yet).
Also, this was originally supposed to be a daily log, but I’ve been thinking about it more. I might start posting every few days from now on, especially since I just got busier. Permanently though? I’m not sure…
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April 22 2021
Level: 13
I’ll probably take maybe 3 - 4 more days on this level,
Famous last words…
Yup! @_Rinse has returned! For good? I’d hope so… getting to the end of my pile of 300 reviews was honestly really satisfying. It’s nearly 3 am…
So, where am I now? I just wanted go over the current state of things.
The main reason I’ve been slacking on WaniKani is that I let my reviews pile up once, and then I got too overwhelmed and just stopped doing reviews. Not to mention that I’ve been insanely busy.
The good news is that I finally finished most of the stuff I’ve been working on, so I have more time now! It’s not what I want, but it’s much more than I used to have.
I’m not sure if I can promise myself that I’ll return fully, but I’m going to put my best effort. I have 140 lessons right now, so I’ll probably go through them at maybe 5 - 20 lessons a day.
I’m going to finish this level at my own pace, seeing as my original goal of 8 - 10 days is long behind me… I’ve spent 18 days on this level!! I am almost done with this level though, so if I’m able to keep up with my reviews, I think I’d level up in 1 - 3 days. Though, I can’t be sure.
Anyway, I’ll stop rambling / welcoming myself back now, here’s the progress screenshots, as usual.
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April 24 2021
Level: 13
It’s been… a rough weekend to say the least. Glad I’ve been able to keep up with reviews.
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Ah, thanks! I’ve just been busy, and I kinda just gave up. I’ll probably get back to WaniKani eventually…
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Please do, we’re having a race to the cake remember? 
Though it looks like you’re going to win…
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こんにちは、皆さん！Your favorite @_Rinse has returned.
(To do nothing but post an “I’m still alive!” message.)
I’ve just been busy, as usual. I wanna get back to WaniKani but I don’t wanna promise myself anything yet. I’ll post again if I manage to do something wahaha.
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Hello!
Posting to say that while I haven’t been logging it, I’ve been trying to get through reviews the last few weeks. (Currently 1639 reviews…) I don’t think I’ll be able to fully get back to WaniKani yet, but I’m getting there!
Rinse
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Been making progress on the reviews. I know most of them are burn reviews, so I’m not too worried.
Rinse
(Hundredth Post!)
That being said…
Progress Update:
Been working on reviews on and off. Down to 1296 reviews currently. Around 450 of those are burn reviews, so I’m not worried about them, so that leaves around 800 reviews. 250-300 of those 800 are for enlightened, and I’m mildly confident on those. The remaining 500-550 are guru and apprentice, most of which I’m guessing are leeches and stuff that I just learned before my break. Those are gonna be the most painful to get through I’m guessing.
Anyway, I’m staying optimistic. Let’s do this!
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Currently down to 1046 reviews. For the first time in many months, I think I’m going to be dropping below 1000 reviews!
Still, the 327 apprentice count is scaring me, especially because I know a lot of those are leeches. Not sure what I’m going to do about it yet, right now I’m focusing on just burning items and getting all the reviews I’m confident on out of the way, so I can get a better look on the things I wanna work on.
Renamed the thread to reference l_l’s thread, because I think what I’m recording here at this point seems similar to their experiences right now.
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For the first time in months, I’ve finally dropped below 1000 reviews. I’m not gonna lie, I’m feeling pretty proud of myself. Gonna use this as fuel to keep me moving forward. 日本語を勉強する時間だ！！
(Though I’m pretty sure 「日本語勉強時間」would’ve sufficed. Let me be overrexcited about grammar!)
I reset to level 10.
Why?
I’ve been insisting to myself that I wouldn’t reset and that I could get through the giant review pile (and I know I could, I was making substantial progress,) but I really stopped to think about it. There was no reason except for my pride that was making me insist on not resetting. I think I could benefit from freshly learning the items I’ve forgotten at a more sane pace, instead of trying to relearn them in a sea of reviews.
Really, I should’ve been thinking of it in a more logical way. I looked through my items and looked for what SRS level I started struggling, and while I could’ve reset to lower than 10, I was a bit scared too reset too far back, so I just decided on a less scary amount, only 4 levels back.
This time around, I’m thinking of taking things at a slower pace, because last run I couldn’t manage WaniKani and all my other obligations at the same time. Now, I’m more confident I can do it as long as I take it slower and actually use vacation mode properly.
I hope that this will help overall and make getting back into WaniKani an easier experience.
勉強しよう！！
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I’m now a lifetime user! I bought during the sale but decided I should make an update post about it. I think it was a good decision now that I know what kind of pacing I’d like to take.
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