The topic says it all, really. How much time do you spend on WaniKani, and how much time on other resources? What other commitments do you have outside of learning Japanese?
Just curious to see how everyone is managing to balance their lives 
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Do the forums count? If so, then hours and hours. 
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I’ve been trying for about an hour, but I’m not married to that. I’m still learning Katakana, I should finish tomorrow, so that eats up a little time. Wanikani I’ll simply log in, do my lesson, refresh a few times, if another pops up great, if not I’ll come back to it later. I have the app Drops that I do my 5 minutes a day on, and I downloaded another I’ve yet to try yet. Probably won’t spend much more time on that one. Also have the Genki books coming here next week, so who knows how much more time I’ll be spendning. I wouldn’t want to spend more than an hour and a half a day, and once you include work, family time, a few games, that just about does it till bed. I just choose not to get as much sleep as I should to fit it all in my schedule, or take out video game/anime time to fit in the Japanese. I’ve only been at it for 2.5 weeks though, so things could always change
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During the weekdays I usually spend 2 hours per day (including grammar, kanji, videos, minaninihongo)
on the weekends I take classes so I usually spend 4 hours on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.
日本語を勉強するのは大変ですが本当に楽しい
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I try to do at least an hour, and my WK reviews almost always take at least that! I know I should be studying native material and doing more reading, but the bulk of my time is spent on WK, and to be honest my brain is quite often fried after doing my reviews.
I’m trying to draw more frequently this year, too - I wanted to make my New Year resolution to draw everyday, but that was shot by day 2 
Something keeps holding me back, I don’t know if it is fear of failure or what. But I want to be a more committed and hard-working person than I currently am, so I’m going to keep chasing both my Japanese studies and drawing practice 
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I have the time to study right now so I’m taking advantage of it.
Wanikani~40 mins
Reading~15 mins
Anki~10 mins
Classes~ 8 hours a week
Watching something~30 mins
Random homework~10 mins
Beginner podcast~15 mins
Passive Listening ~all day
Total 2-3 hours of actual studying but all day immersion
Doesn’t sound like a lot but takes me all day lol
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I’ve enjoyed drawing with Japanese brush pens. It’s also a much more enjoyable way to practice writing in hiragana and katakana. The results are beautiful and very satisfying.
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too much and not enough 
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Probably at least a solid 30 minutes everyday between several websites.
Duolingo
Memrise
DeerLingo
HiNative
JapanesePod101
Udemy
Skillshare
I also want to be a character designer or game designer.
Lately I been pretty burnt out because I just switched jobs and I had a painful tooth infection.
I have a job working for chicfila. But that’s my only big commitment.
My main problem blocking me from learning Japanese is the countless hours Youtube and reddit can take away so easily… but coming on forums and immersing myself in Japanese music, anime, videos, video games, keep me motivated. I guess you should relax once in a while.
Duolingo and Memrise are my main Japanese source of learning material, I am new to wanikani but I am learning fast on here. Once I get too deep in a course anywhere I like to switch it up to get a good refresh.
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I watch probably about 2 hours of TV or YouTube in Japanese per day, aside from dedicated study. So that’s my baseline. Usually at least half an hour of news, and then the rest variety/talk/quiz shows. That’s just because I enjoy the content and am consuming it for that purpose.
Apart from that, I usually do at least some kanji writing practice. And then the other stuff depends on the day… Games, reading, translation, etc.
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Whatever I can fit in. I do reviews while I’m getting ready for work if I have the bandwidth, and on my lunch, and whatever study I can work in after work. I work full time plus my commute and any errands, and then I tend to household chores and the myriad creatures in our care (we have more than a few exotic birds, plus 7 more boarding with us temporarily, plus the furry kids), and on Sundays I volunteer… so I do the best I can. I was doing Pimsleur on my commute as well, but I got to missing loud music so badly XD
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About 1 hour, maybe 90mins, which includes
- WaniKani Reviews 2x per day and ~20 lessons when I have lessons available
- 20-30 mins listening practice
- ~15 mins (50 xp) on Duolingo
If I do extra practice/study, which I do some days, it’s a bonus because I want to, but my goal checklist for the day is the above.
Nihongo con teppei 1 hour aday
My other studies i never really measured how much time it take
Because i don’t have time :3
Bunpro, wanikani, kamesame, try to read atleast a chapter aday that’s it i guess?
If you have the time to answer: what do you watch for news, and what variety/talk/quiz shows do you enjoy the most?
2 hours usually, sometimes 4 but right now i am kind of on burnout so im doing a little less 
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I probably spend around 2-3 hours a day actively studying with various resources like WaniKani, Bunpro & NativShark. I studied a bit more leading up to JLPT N4 when I was using more textbooks and whatnot.
I also listen to music and watch a fair amount of TV/Anime, but this is more passive listening, I don’t actively try and break down what’s being said, more just enjoy what I’m watching/listening to.
All up around an hour of actual study, 15 minutes of handwriting practice, 2 hours of reading and the rest of the time is spent on youtube watching whatever interests me at the time. Reviews, maybe 20 minutes total a day and about 10 on new lessons. Oh, and maybe 10 minutes on Anki reviews.
That’s admirable and very relatable! In a way, WK is almost bad fro learning Japanese because it can be so addicting and provide such instantaneous rewards, that one often forgets that learning the WK kanji/vocab is not the be-all and end-all of learning the language…far from it.
Here’s to all of us being productive in a variety of fields this year!
That sounds like a lot O_O I’m jealous, would love to have that kind of productivity. As it is, right now my total Japanese time consists of just your reading time (unless we count lurking on WK forums, as @Belthazar mentioned) 
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If you don’t mind my asking, why use so many different websites? Refreshing alone doesn’t seem helpful if you end up spreading yourself too thin. Plus I find that following the structure of dedicated resources is best for ensuring steady and (somewhat) linear progress, like one resource for learning to read and/or vocab, one for grammar, a couple of different media for immersion, and so on.
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