# Option to intentionally delay levelling-up to avoid getting overwhelmed

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**Created:** [November 13, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/option-to-intentionally-delay-levelling-up-to-avoid-getting-overwhelmed/47104 "2020-11-13T08:40:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![JuiceS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/juices/32/371203_2.png) [@JuiceS](https://community.wanikani.com/u/JuiceS)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/option-to-intentionally-delay-levelling-up-to-avoid-getting-overwhelmed/47104/16 "2020-11-13T21:11:38Z")

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> [@Asterix](#):
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> When I level up because I got 90% guru kanji, I feel overwhelmed by the new lessons because I sometimes have 30+ vocabulary lessons still to get through (including lessons in the current level that I’ve just unlocked because I just gurued the corresponding kanji).

First time i suddenly got 100+ lessons because of remaining vocab and new radicals/kanji i felt totally overwhelmed. I got the feeling that there’s now way I could ever stem those numbers.

Someone made the great analogy that this here is a marathon though and not a race. Doesn’t matter how fast, you just got to finish. So I try reminding myself of that.

Also there’s a joke-script which gives you the 42+ back: [WK Fake Numbers (userscript)](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wk-fake-numbers-userscript/7372)  
Maybe those numbers might seem a little less overwhelming. After all 42 is the answer to everything. 😉

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