I would recommend keep focusing on Wanikani the way you are now, and if you want to add grammar, maybe do it on the weekends or whenever your days off are. At least for me, while I still drill grammar and sentences, I don’t find it as necessary to drill it as often as I do vocab and kanji, so it seems to be something more fitted to weekend study if you’re not able to squeeze it in during the week. You could also create your own sentences (or take sentences from Genki/Tae Kim/whatever you decide to use) focusing on the grammar points you’re trying to learn and put them into an SRS program like anki, and then spend 10 minutes a day practicing them that way. I’ve found doing that myself has helped my grammar immensely.
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I honestly find myself able to do anywhere between 40-70 reviews before I have to take a break, and sometimes even less than that if my only free time is after work.
I do have moments of respite every now and then when I can do some reviews on my phone, but I’m a sloppy texter, so I just find it better to hold off on reviews until I get home in front of my computer screen.
I don’t really keep up with the amount of reviews that keep piling up right now (sort of my own fault - I kept on charging through lessons as they arrived), but eventually, I will. Just gotta persevere 'till then.
Like others have stated, the important thing is that study is a habit, not a race.
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Hi! If you need me you can just tag me.
In all seriousness though working stuff into my schedule I do by doing things on my break from work or driving somewhere. It works.
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WaniKani has gradually become a major relief of depressive moods and lack of inspiration of purpose. I will find time whenever and adapt depending on life’s continuous hurdles. Mostly at night with dinner and I have to EARN tv/social media/etc. by completing my always-enjoyed Japanese time. Something I did and learned to stop was acclimating my learning to social schedules (if in a family dynamic). Other people simply cannot ever help me make time for it or stay engaged or even enjoy listening to me talk about the importance it has on my life. In my life, NO ONE CARES LIKE AT ALL so I should replace others lack of care with extra time and attention for myself.
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I saved money for two years, contacted the good folks at Go! Go! Nihon, quit my job, and came to study to Japan. So far I’m poor but I’ve learned a lot!
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Think everything’s already been said. I do my reviews/lessons on the bus, while waiting for the bus and at work when it’s slow. Whatever’s left I do at home.
Gotta optimize that time.
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in between my post-waking and mid-breakfast cry, usually
Gotta optimize that time.
haha
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Time is all I have.
Granted, I do have a lot of writing I need to do, that my Japanese lessons are distracting me from…
I’m actually about to go cosplaying today, heh
I never cries in a bowl of cereal, but I do know all too well the anguish of desperately needing to finish your cosplay in time D:
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So thank you all for the replies 
and @time, I’ll keep that in mind xD
I guess I just gotta make some time for it somewhere in my day
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You do cosplay? すごい！
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@Roxanne13579 I feel your pain, I work as a full time nurse who also happens to live a one hour commute away from the hospital I work at so I’m usually working 4x 12 hour shifts a week (On average it can be anywhere from 1-6 shifts in any week) of which I must leave my house at 06:30 and usually get back home at 21:30. Breaks aren’t always guaranteed but every time I have one I try and fit my wanikani and kitsun reviews in. I also try and get some done on the bus to and from work since I use a park and ride service.
Small pockets of 10-15 minutes really add up on the review front. It’s not always perfect. I often get home from work having had no oppourtunity to do reviews at all that day but after work is alway a good time to fit some in, if I’m behind I even set my alarm for work a little early so I can fit in ~20 minutes of reviews/ lessons before work.
And days off are good for catch up! I also am training for a half marathon, and doing dance, and just catching up on all the maintanene work of life during that time off too (hedgehog bathing, laundry, food shopping and meal prep) though so it’s been really hard to fit much grammar in but it’s do-able. I find that if I do a small selection of grammar points and make practice cards on a SRS based system (I use kitsun but anki is also an option) then I can review those grammar points alongside my wanikani reviews so when the stars next align to give me time for grammar I can easily move onto the next points without much re-capping.
At the end of the day you can only go at what pace your life allows, its really frustrating when you know of others who do have more time they can invest in grammar because they have less going on and inevetiebly that can leave you feeling like you need to ‘catch up’ which is so demotivating but you can only do what you can do. Make a little extra time by setting that alarm a little early, pull out that phone when ever you have a few minutes to yourself. At home even during busy days there is usually down time where you’re just waiting for things so recognise and make use of all the little pockets of free time in your day.
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I have a child (nearly 3 years old) and a full time job. I do my reviews at random times of the day, sometimes at 5am, sometimes at 10pm - but generally trying to do morning / night and little sessions in between. That and Anki are two things that I do every single day which overall takes 1-1.5 hours spread throughout the day. My grammar studies are much more irregular but that’s the reality of it, I guess it will take longer. I also slowed down on lessons after level 10 to avoid being overwhelmed by reviews.
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My commute is 90 minutes in both directions since I moved out of Kobe. About an hour of each trip is on the train, which makes using that time for studying fairly easy.
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When I was working 60-65 hours a week at my old job in a manufacturing plant, I would just do reviews and read for like 8 mins or so in the small breaks I got. It doesn’t seem like much, but just taking those small 8 minutes really added up over the course of the day. I had been used to doing everything in bigger 30-60 minute sessions, but once I gave up on that and just took whatever small period of time I could get, things got a lot easier.
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NO!
If you your code is compiling update your documentation. I bet you didn’t even write comments in the source.
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I study japanese full time and work part-time. I tried doing it the other way around but it wasn’t helping me improve
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I try to do all my reviews during breakfast (when I’m not behind, which I am at the moment)
My Japanese studies have always been derailed by life, work, and too many hobbies. I forced myself to let go of some lesser hobbies, and prioritize just a few. For Japanese my main study time is to get up 30 minutes earlier, and I spend a few minutes before bed too. I tend to have Japanese in my dreams now.
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It depends but 40min bus ride to work, so I can do some reviews or lessons during that time. At times I’m waiting at the bus stop for 5mins or more so I could also begin then. I have no dependents so I might be able to do some at nights too. Usually, I try to squeeze in reviews during lunchtime.