I’ve always seen posts about people stopping WaniKani, or taking a really long break. I always thought that would never happen to me because I did WaniKani reviews every day. THEN I went to college.
I didn’t think that college would be so… test focused. Rather than studying Japanese, I was studying math, and I haven’t used Wanikani since July. Anyways, now that I’m on winter break, I finished 1000+ reviews! Now, just 75 lessons left to go.
I just wanted to get this off of my chest. I hope you all well and happy holidays!
This happened to me twice. luckily now I’m on winter break and catching up! Only 40 lessons to go! (But I’m almost leveled up and my apprentice items are at 10. 10!)
Omg I did it too. I didn’t think I would, but I’ve had almost no time for WaniKani until recently. I moved to Japan in September and I’ve been far too busy enjoying Japan or studying material for classes to focus on reviews. I definitely want to get back into it though because it helped me so much when I was dedicated to it. That being said, I think it’s totally fine to take breaks because sometimes you just need them. It can help refresh you.
Congratulations on catching up! I fell off the bandwagon for over a year (probably closer to two years), between travel and work. I had placed my account on vacation mode, but when I came back I felt so rusty that I couldn’t make it through my reviews. I ended up dropping my own level so that I could step back into it without tormenting myself too much.
I thought the same thing when I started fall term this year, and quickly learned that 20 lessons a day and 150+ reviews was not sustainable. I reduced my lesson count to 5 a day on wk and 5 a day on anki and completely cut out my Genki studies. I would find breaks in-between classes to do my reviews, and finished it reluctantly in my room if I didn’t.
Though, despite me feeling proud that I kept moveing foward (even at a crawl), my motivation has definitely dropped. I leveled up every month or so, and since I cut out grammar, I didn’t feel like I was progressing at all. Now, during the break, I’m doing about 10 lessons on wk and 10 on anki, but haven’t done any grammar :\ .
If you’re having motivation issues right now, I would reccomend looking at the AJATT table of contents (pro tip: don’t look at anything else on the site).
Dunno, I love the grammar part when studying a language. Keeps me motivated. Maybe you should try to brush up on your japanese grammar every once in a while. Keeps you motivated
Yeah, grammar keeps me motivated as well! Recently, I haven’t looked at my notebook from Genki II, but I’ll get back to that in a few days. Thanks for the link!!
luckily now I’m on winter break and catching up! Only 40 lessons to go! (But I’m almost leveled up and my apprentice items are at 10. 10!)
That being said, I think it’s totally fine to take breaks because sometimes you just need them. It can help refresh you.