# Wanikani is ruthless **URL:** \ **Category:** WaniKani\ **Created:** [March 9, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530 "2019-03-09T16:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon95214108](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon95214108](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon95214108)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/1 "2019-03-09T16:38:47Z")
Reviews! Reviews all day, everyday. It doesn’t matter you are feeling tired, it doesn’t matter you don’t want to, you have to do the reviews, always. If this isn’t the ultimate test for discipline, I don’t know what it is. Not to mention the lessons. You are done with a level and, boom! 100 lessons waiting for you. Honestly I don’t know how you guys can get to level 60, it’s insane. ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/seanblue/32/579844_2.png) [@seanblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/2 "2019-03-09T16:46:39Z")
> [@anon95214108](#): > > Honestly I don’t know how you guys can get to level 60, it’s insane. Some people pace themselves to make it to 60 without burning out. Others are just ~~insane~~ geniuses. ---
**Author:** ![MissMisc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/missmisc/32/232094_2.png) [@MissMisc](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MissMisc)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/3 "2019-03-09T16:46:49Z")
WaniKani be like ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/a/e/ae19c42793121df595db1f6e73ded3ffa8a4be88.gif) But it’s okay because ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/1/1/119f68022a7c0e58acdef8326b66e3428150203e.gif) And ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/f/ff07d99171b03922524bb3bf9e4a650d11ce519c.gif) to the Crabigator So ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/9/b/9b15ba9365960a4ab6163bc3673ca54c9d30f9e4.gif) Because from the Crabigator to you: ![635893565103817286447216185_Khaled-I-apprecite-you](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/5/3/53e700c899de211b20c60f1442f717f7c93fedd9.gif) So go get that cake! See you at 60 🍰:durtle_the_explorer: ---
**Author:** ![yorbon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yorbon/32/236539_2.png) [@yorbon](https://community.wanikani.com/u/yorbon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/4 "2019-03-09T16:52:48Z")
Wanikani shouldn’t be ruthless, you should be. Slay those reviews. Slay them all!! ---
**Author:** ![Pep95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pep95/32/280870_2.png) [@Pep95](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Pep95)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/5 "2019-03-09T17:02:06Z")
If you feel overwhelmed, it’s not a problem to slow down if you need to. It is not a race, make sure to take rest if you need it. I usually try to have around 100 apprentice items. If I don’t, I will wait to do lessons until I do. ---
**Author:** ![Loglog74](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/loglog74/32/255056_2.png) [@Loglog74](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Loglog74)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/6 "2019-03-09T17:02:07Z")
> [@anon95214108](#): > > It doesn’t matter you are feeling tired, it doesn’t matter you don’t want to, you have to do the reviews, always. If this isn’t the ultimate test for discipline, I don’t know what it is. I know of a quote, I don’t remember who said it, but: “You won’t always be motivated, that’s why you need to be disciplined” or something, which is true for everything in life ---
**Author:** ![raegefilth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/raegefilth/32/675344_2.png) [@raegefilth](https://community.wanikani.com/u/raegefilth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/7 "2019-03-09T17:03:39Z")
I know that feel, but in the end it all comes down to persistence. Doesn’t matter if it takes one year or three years, as long as you keep doing it you’ll get there eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Yalmar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yalmar/32/223931_2.png) [@Yalmar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Yalmar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/8 "2019-03-09T19:57:31Z")
Remember that you are in control. If it stops being fun, then it is possible that you’re heading for a burn out. Have a look at [How to pace yourself](https://community.wanikani.com/t/how-to-pace-yourself/35435) if you like. It may give you some ideas on how to slow down. As an aside, don’t let other people’s boisterous claims and clamorous boasts affect your own progress. Ignore the noise and keep singing your song. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alan234](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/alan234/32/169361_2.png) [@Alan234](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Alan234)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/9 "2019-03-09T20:59:51Z")
> [@Pep95](#): > > I usually try to have around 100 apprentice items Looks around nervously in 300 apprentice items ---
**Author:** ![MacOneill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/maconeill/32/8180_2.png) [@MacOneill](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MacOneill)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/10 "2019-03-09T21:01:21Z")
10 lessons a day and never more than 100 apprentice items , If there is more than 100 , no lessons ! best way to not be overwhelmed , its a slow but good pace to learn ---
**Author:** ![truandissimo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/truandissimo/32/323082_2.png) [@truandissimo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/truandissimo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/11 "2019-03-09T21:33:42Z")
This should be a sticky in the new people questions hahaha ---
**Author:** ![Yalmar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yalmar/32/223931_2.png) [@Yalmar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Yalmar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/12 "2019-03-09T21:37:24Z")
Even slower for me 🙂 I keep less than 50 apprentice items and do 50 to 70 reviews per day. ![48%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/1/e/1e2819da70caeb08c3e9ed5db02e6bda64e7d983.jpeg) The forecast is level 60 in four to five years, which is fine by me. Slow and steady wins the race 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MacOneill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/maconeill/32/8180_2.png) [@MacOneill](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MacOneill)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/13 "2019-03-09T21:51:56Z")
the slower the better ! especially when you’re starting , it’s easy to get a huge pile a reviews later , around level 15 to 20 when you’re starting too fast the point is to learn , not to race , our only target is to learn and remember kanjis , its not to attain level 60 cause its not a game ---
**Author:** ![novakac](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/novakac/32/209222_2.png) [@novakac](https://community.wanikani.com/u/novakac)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/14 "2019-03-09T21:57:29Z")
I get where the OP is coming from. I started this “journey” because I got hooked on the video game RPG quality of it all. Leveling up, getting better stats, feeling more and more awesome every time I guru’ed a kanji. And then reality sunk in. This ISN’T a video game. Taking a day off of reviews is a lot worse than skipping raid day in an MMO. You can get that helmet next week, but SRS waits for no man. And… there isn’t room in my life for as many video games, as many random hours browsing wikipedia, as much housework, as many books or TV shows or movies… etc. I have my job, that’s not optional. I have a boyfriend and a dog, those aren’t optional. I have reviews, those aren’t optional. Everything else has to compete for the scraps. Brutal, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Alan234](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/alan234/32/169361_2.png) [@Alan234](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Alan234)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/15 "2019-03-09T21:57:34Z")
Idk getting a higher lvl is a pretty motivating factor for me, especially if I have to learn the 20th military word in a row in some high level vocab ---
**Author:** ![WolfHasFleas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/wolfhasfleas/32/165282_2.png) [@WolfHasFleas](https://community.wanikani.com/u/WolfHasFleas)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/16 "2019-03-09T21:58:49Z")
I’m going pretty slow. I would like to go faster but I’m pretty bad at staying on task. This site has been the most helpful for me though. Its the only thing that I do at least a little of almost everyday. ---
**Author:** ![MacOneill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/maconeill/32/8180_2.png) [@MacOneill](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MacOneill)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/17 "2019-03-09T21:59:31Z")
getting levels is ok , but not if it’s the only goal many people seems to crash because they rush to get to level 60 rather then to learn kanjis 😕 ---
**Author:** ![lsh3rd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/lsh3rd/32/3529_2.png) [@lsh3rd](https://community.wanikani.com/u/lsh3rd)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/18 "2019-03-09T22:12:54Z")
Those of us with obsessive compulsive disorders can direct it to positive outcome. ---
**Author:** ![YukiPhoenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yukiphoenix/32/458505_2.png) [@YukiPhoenix](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YukiPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/19 "2019-03-09T22:21:09Z")
It can always be worse: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/8/5/859ac957b94f0da11692468ebccc4fc70cf5950d.jpeg) 😅 ---
**Author:** ![konekush](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/konekush/32/5287_2.png) [@konekush](https://community.wanikani.com/u/konekush)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530/20 "2019-03-09T22:32:06Z")
Me 3 years ago: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/b/b/bb0a6120506b59ff961de3ba0e7e341e89ed197f.png) I managed to come back from that, but around the time the entire pile got back to enlightened I ended up resetting because it was not feasible to keep on doing that. [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-is-ruthless/35530.md?page=2)