I'm Burning Out and Don't Know What to Do

If your main cause of burnout is too many reviews, and low accuracy, my #1 main advice to avoid burnout is to sloooow right down with Lessons.

Instead of 15 per day, maybe slow down to 5 per day. Heck, if you’re really struggling, I’d even suggest put a hold on doing any new lessons for a while until that sense of overwhelm and dread starts to ease up again. Then, start re-introducing new Lessons once you’re feeling good again.

I also like the (informal) thread-group :durtle_hello: Let’s Durtle the Scenic Route :turtle:, which is focused on finding a comfortable and sustainable pace for doing lessons and reviews, without worrying about going ‘fast’ or ‘efficiently’. In other words, to get back to a state of enjoying studying Japanese again, and avoiding burn-out.

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