It’s normal for some people to take a long time to get started and get in their groove so to speak. There’s a bunch of people with years on level 1-3. Just need some sorta spark or motivation to learn kanji, usually like some book you wanna read.
Mine was related to my profile picture of Asuna as @MissMisc noticed. I’ve mentioned a couple times in threads that I enjoy light novels especially Sword Art Online. Translators come and go and I got frustrated in the change of quality from one to the next so that was one reason.
Also I’ve noticed that I enjoy picking up small details about certain things that light novels drop. In SAO a curious quote “The sunset. The meadow. The gentle breeze. The slightly cold weather.” which drove me to physically buy the source material because i kept thinking “how close is this to the real meaning?” Now there’s times I understand why translators specifically word things a certain way.
Congratulations. My progress is similar (a little slower - lvl 41 after 3 years), so I’m feeling the glow of pride you must be feeling … and will hopefully be reaching level 60 myself by the middle of next year.
Yes absolutely, considering how many ups and downs I went though, I also felt demotivated over how many people were hitting 60 after I started. I’m also no longer as free as a college student with a full job with day/night shift work + more overtime on top of it.
As long as you’re slow and steady, I know the feeling… “nooo i don’t wanna press the lesson button nooow! -sighs and presses anyway-”
Haha, it’s just weird timing that @jneapan also finished his journey at the same time. good luck!
Congratulations,
That is fantastic - wow
No, you are great, you have a lot of stamina, you didn’t give up.
Celebrate By reading all the great books and watching all the great movies.
good luck!
By reading all the great books and watching all the great movies.