While the goal matters, the journey matters most I know it is a cliche. For almost every major moment in my life, when I look back I don’t think of the moment where I achieved/reached the goal (Passing an entrance exam, winning a game etc.,) the moment I tend to recall are the pinch situations, hopeless/funny (hopeless in the past and funny in the present) situations, etc.
And it takes a whole new level of dedication to to stick with a language like Japanese for 7+ years. You could have dropped it and never picked it up again but here you are still with us
I admire your passion and dedication Vizi san
Also, I know of at least one more person from those days… @Aikibujin
Based on what I heard from L60 folks, you have learnt 80-90% of the stuff you need by L50 (which you can easily reach by July since there are plenty of fast levels). You should be set to read any book you need.(You will probably need to look up a few obscure kanji.)
On other note, I am surprised mandatory military conscription is still a thing in 21st century.
I think Mrs Diss accurately captured the sentiment of this thread. The goal is to provide you an overarching/broad strokes goal. We can adjust our goals based on our personal circumstances. 1 year is a long time and anything can change especially these days.
As long as you regularly do your lessons and reviews to move forward, you would be good whether you are L40 or L50 or L60 We are here to reinforce those positive system/habits
I appreciate the words of encouragement I’ve never been really good at motivating myself to study, so most of my reason for even sticking with this at all is because I just like the language and most of my hobbies are related to it in some way.
So it’s kind of a situation where I don’t really try to 頑張れ my way into continuing with the studies, but rather I know I probably won’t ever stop being interested in the language so I might as well keep doing it.
You don’t have to go at max speed to finish by July! I think if you spend 5 days per level for the fast levels, 7 days per level for the slow ones, you will be able to finish by the end of June. That works out as 25-30 lessons per day.
@koro-san Created a handy tool where you can configure how long you expect to take on the normal and fast levels and it will forecast when you will reach each level.
*He, actually. Hahaha. I went through it myself. I think you might actually have the time for Japanese later on, like after BMT. It really depends on what job you’re given. However, I completely agree: try to do as much as you can before conscription. I feel that’s a good idea, because it’s much harder to ‘lose’ a language once you are quite fluent: I hardly spoke French during my two years in NS, but that didn’t affect my fluency too much, though it took me a while to start speaking fluidly again. Still, it can be nice to have some stuff to keep you going and motivated during NS, so continuing to set goals for Japanese on the side can be a source of encouragement. Just be sure not to be too hard on yourself if those goals feel harder to achieve, because sometimes you just won’t have the time or the energy to work on them. Also, whatever you do, try to have a little time for Japanese here and there, like by watching one episode of a show you like or reading a bit of a book. That should help you maintain your fluency.
What? It’s April 5th already? The new month began almost a week ago and I forgot to compile the newest stats graphic But wait no more! Here are this year’s special Easter Monday edition of the monthly released stats!
The first observation deck became a quite busy place lately
We’re now at 677 simultaneous climbers! That’s 34 climbers more than last month! This increase is significantly lower though than what we had in earlier months like March and February. There we had about 80 to 100 new climbers per month. I conclude : the study group size begins to stabilize now, as the due date May 22, 2022 is coming closer and reaching level 60 by that time is increasingly hard to achieve for users just beginning their WK journey. But hey, if someone is reading this who thinks they can’t reach level 60 by that date: join anyway! Set a goal that suits you and then just give your best! I believe you can do it!
That’s most likely an allusion to the presidency of George W. Bush of whom some say that he’s not the brightest fellow around and that it was actually his vice president Dick Cheney pulling the strings in the background.
@amagi 76 and 94 were a long ago, when I was too young and out of clue for how to learn kanjis. Now after 2nd Observation Deck it’s time to move towards three-digit’s amount of lessons/day, I guess?
Jokes aside, I should admit my current performance is impressive even for me, when I get 1 year back to my lv6 perspective (was there precisely at Apr 2020):
So I’m pretty proud not only to learn kanjis and vocab themselves, but how to learn in general, and achieve long-term goals as well. Best deal for $300 I ever had, ngl.
I’m still not sure if I’d challenge fast levels at max speed, though. On the other hand, I figured out my biggest impeding factor so far: italki lessons happen to be pretty time-consuming, considering an additional load they introduce to digest all the new stuff learned. So now hitting lv60 at the beginning of June looks a bit more feasible.
Given that one quarter of 2021 has passed already () I checked my New Year Japanese goals, and turns out all of them are on track. I guess there is still 3/4 of the year to prove me wrong
I mean technically the Olympics haven’t started yet… joining from the Olympics thread, looking to give encouragement and find motivation as I continue the climb to level 60.
On target to hit 60 later this year (if my current pace holds).
Keep up the good work everyone!
I know it is a cliche. For almost every major moment in my life, when I look back I don’t think of the moment where I achieved/reached the goal (Passing an entrance exam, winning a game etc.,) the moment I tend to recall are the pinch situations, hopeless/funny (hopeless in the past and funny in the present) situations, etc.
We are here to reinforce those positive system/habits 
I’ve never been really good at motivating myself to study, so most of my reason for even sticking with this at all is because I just like the language and most of my hobbies are related to it in some way.
But wait no more! Here are this year’s special Easter Monday edition of the monthly released stats!
: the study group size begins to stabilize now, as the due date May 22, 2022 is coming closer and reaching level 60 by that time is increasingly hard to achieve for users just beginning their WK journey. But hey, if someone is reading this who thinks they can’t reach level 60 by that date: join anyway! Set a goal that suits you and then just give your best! I believe you can do it!
) I checked my New Year Japanese goals, and turns out all of them are on track. I guess there is still 3/4 of the year to prove me wrong 
joining from the Olympics thread, looking to give encouragement and find motivation as I continue the climb to level 60.