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    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Congratulations recent grads of book 1! (I'm still working through reviews - about 75 cards a day or so. My "forgotten" rate is about ... 4% or so, which seems reasonable). I haven't started books ...
Jzohrab Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,767 2015-01-10, 6:36 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

I've finished the first review of my last group of cards, and so technically I think I'm "done", though there are still waves of review to work through before I say I'm done with the deck. This site ...
Jzohrab Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,767 2014-12-04, 12:23 pm
    Thread: How do you deal with not feeling like studying?
Post: How do you deal with not feeling like studying?

Hey there, a few thoughts: - First, this is a great article: http://howtoremember.biz/content/reviewing-thinking. Read it and see if that has an impact. For something like this, where it's an act o...
Jzohrab Remembering the Kanji 25 5,925 2014-11-29, 3:41 pm
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Grind grind grind. Today had my test for card 1946. Have stories for up to card 2000. 2200 cards - 40 cards a day - story creation - gah lord the pain. At 40 cards a day ... maybe I'll be done in ...
Jzohrab Remembering the Kanji 462 138,239 2014-11-26, 10:09 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

I'm on frame 1704 ... this is a grind. The hardest part is coming up with the stories. I usually can't use the stories that ppl post. I pick them off a bit at a time, and sometimes sit down and wor...
Jzohrab Remembering the Kanji 462 138,239 2014-11-19, 10:43 pm
    Thread: 1000th motivation wall.
Post: 1000th motivation wall.

Hello, I believe I hit a wall at around 500 kanji, and got through it. Below is a method that might get you through it. I'm glad I went through the wall, because I think I got something out of it wh...
Jzohrab Remembering the Kanji 16 3,782 2014-11-10, 9:32 pm
    Thread: 等 (#945) : Does it really mean "etc."?
Post: 等 (#945) : Does it really mean "etc."?

Late reply but who cares ... I used "equivalent", since "equal" is used elsewhere (though perhaps a better keyword for the latter is "coarse" ... maybe). Story: Kung-Fu Panda thinks all temples are e...
Jzohrab Remembering the Kanji 4 1,938 2014-11-06, 2:19 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

At 1199 as of today. (Didn't find this thread until just now). At a rate of 25 per day, hope to be nearing the end in the next couple of months.
Jzohrab Remembering the Kanji 616 180,501 2014-11-02, 9:08 pm
    Thread: Is it common to miss a lot your first time reviewing?
Post: Is it common to miss a lot your first time reviewi...

Make sure that your stories are sharp and resonant, and cut out as much as you can from the story. Distill it as far as possible, without omitting any of necessary parts. The less you have to rememb...
Jzohrab Remembering the Kanji 23 8,133 2014-11-01, 2:38 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Passed 1100 or so. Some stretches are easy, some more difficult. Recently upped the new cards to 25 per day, which seems manageable at the moment. So perhaps in the next couple of months I will be ...
Jzohrab Remembering the Kanji 526 167,176 2014-11-01, 2:23 pm