So i’ve been lazy lately. 2875 reviews to do and I need some motivation. I’m going to update this topic every now and then (hopefully daily) to track my progress. No strict form - If I’ll do anything japanese related I’ll post it here

[image] niegrozny: 2875 reviews Holy shnikes. There should be some sort of warning that the site gives before allowing people to progress with far more lessons than a reasonable person would be able to handle. A big checkbox that says “YES I AGREE THAT IF I CONTINUE WITH NEW LESSONS AT THIS …

I’ve also come back from an extreme backlog in the past and my biggest piece of advice would be to ignore that number of reviews and get into a habit doing whatever is comfortable for you every day. When I was addressing my backlog I did 100 in the morning and 100 at night. The biggest thing that he…

Good luck! Let’s struggle together :flexed_biceps:t2:

Today’s update: Only had an hour for study today, and it was brutal: 30 min while walking my dog: 11 correct 21 incorrect 30 min in the evening 27 correct 23 incorrect I hope I’ll pick up the pace cause mostly I was staring blankly at the word/kanji with a Gandalf at the Moria intersection f…

I found this person’s journey to overcome reviews to be pretty inspiring [image] Scaling the 6218 review wall WaniKani [Screenshot 2021-05-12 17.44.59] Last year, I subscribed to Wanikani for a year, and then raced through all 60 levels at near maximum speed. W…

Yep, that’s why I decided to do my own post. I was cheering for him and was amazed by his persistence to carry it forward. Thanks for the reminder :slight_smile: Today’s update: 10 lessons ~20min 30min of “shadowing” practice while driving - repeating while listening to a podcast without understa…

Today’s update: 3 sessions 1h 10min total Correct: 66 Incorrect: 14 2784 to go Also: 30 min of shadowing And 10 lessons

Today’s update: 4 sessions 1h 20min total Correct: 2+18+37+44 = 101 Incorrect: 8+2+13+6 = 29 2777 to go Also: 10 lessons

Today’s update: 2 sessions 40 min total Correct: 37 + 40 = 77 Incorrect: 13 + 10 = 23 2783 to go Also: 10 lessons There would be more, but I wasted too much time on trying to find and successfully run a tool to be able to quickly grab text from VN あかやあかしやあやかしの in real time and be able pop up …

sometimes this happens with my anki reviews. i just commit to doing 10 mins every day until its low enough for me to add new words/a new lesson. this way i don’t feel burnt out while slowly lowering my reviews.

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I found this person’s journey to overcome reviews to be pretty inspiring

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Scaling the 6583 review wall - Once more unto the breach! WaniKani	361	16699	January 20, 2022
Reviews or Lessons first? / not waving but drowning Requesting Help	16	2559	December 7, 2020
Scaling the 4724 review wall - 塵も積もれば山となる WaniKani	221	8730	May 13, 2022
Killing a 1k review pile [0 reviews! I did it!] WaniKani	43	2511	September 4, 2021
Scaling the review mountain part 6 - the race to zero WaniKani	324	13411	November 4, 2023

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