# I started over after reaching level 60!
**URL:** https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-started-over-after-reaching-level-60/62243
**Category:** WaniKani
**Created:** [June 14, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-started-over-after-reaching-level-60/62243 "2023-06-14T23:28:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@iNomNomAwesome](https://community.wanikani.com/u/iNomNomAwesome)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-started-over-after-reaching-level-60/62243/1 "2023-06-14T23:28:11Z")
I’m back! I originally started in June 2017 and reached level 60 in June 2019, and took a break from kanji for 4 years. Well apparently right on schedule I finally decided to brush up on some kanji here in June of 2023.
I realized back then that I had gotten too obsessed with the goal of reaching 60, rather than actually trying to LEARN everything. I spent the next 2 years studying elsewhere, and then life happened and I finally took the past 2 years off.
But I’m excited to be back, and after restarting I’ve been blowing through the early levels, very pleased with all I remember, but also looking forward to getting to all of the different kanji and vocab readings that I know I’ve forgotten, because they’re all the ones I get stumped on when reading manga 🥲
I’ve never been much of a community guy, but it’s good to be back 🙂
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### Author:  [@pinselschubser](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pinselschubser)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-started-over-after-reaching-level-60/62243/2 "2023-06-15T07:41:28Z")
Hey! I just started Wanikani for the first time a few weeks ago and I’m about to hit level 4 later today 🙂
It’s really cool to see someone starting over again, to be simultaniously at the same point that I am but also in a completely different chapter on their journey.
So I would love to read more about your progress as you go along!
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### Author:  [@WeebPotato](https://community.wanikani.com/u/WeebPotato)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-started-over-after-reaching-level-60/62243/3 "2023-06-15T08:12:26Z")
Welcome back! 🥳
Out of curiosity, do still remember other aspects of Japanese after the longer break?
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### Author:  [@talentobdo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/talentobdo)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-started-over-after-reaching-level-60/62243/4 "2023-06-15T13:11:29Z")
I doubt that he took a break from learning japanese, but rather from wanikani and studying kanjis. just a guess tho 🙂
there are so many resources and things to learn!
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### Author:  [@iNomNomAwesome](https://community.wanikani.com/u/iNomNomAwesome)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-started-over-after-reaching-level-60/62243/5 "2023-06-16T02:57:34Z")
After 4 years every day nonstop, I pretty much did stop studying for the past 2 years 😬 A big mistake, but it is what it is.
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### Author:  [@iNomNomAwesome](https://community.wanikani.com/u/iNomNomAwesome)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-started-over-after-reaching-level-60/62243/6 "2023-06-16T02:59:10Z")
Oh yea, I’ve retained a ton of it, which is really encouraging
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-started-over-after-reaching-level-60/62243/7 "2024-06-15T03:00:09Z")
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