Okay, seriously, I know you're probably going to think I'm just a simple-minded idiot trying to share is "revelation" (something everybody else already knows) with the world, but just hear me out.
First of all, yes, I'm a fan of AJATT. Just thought I'd throw that in there. Secondly, I use Anki; I have no idea how the SRS/Leitner system on this site works, so my ignorance may show, lol...
Right, so, with Anki, you can set the number of new cards you want to learn each day. My problem is that, like every other college kid, my schedule is awkward and imbalanced. Example; I work all day saturday, then go to church and work all day sunday, and finally have school from 8am till 5pm mondays. Okay, that was waaaaay more information than you needed to know, but the problem is that on the weekend and through the early part of the week, no amount of kanji is reasonable (especially with my record of procrastination with homework...). My deck always builds up like huuuuge with reviews on top of all the new cards, and I never have enough time or motivation to do it all. My previous solution? 12 new cards per day. Not 10, b/c that's a depressingly low number. Not 11 b/c I feel like it's no different than 10 and I'm just cheating myself. 12. But, I simply am not able to do more than that on those few days so that's what I have my thing set at all the time.
This is way not enough. It's going to take me forever to finish RTK.
New Solution? Lump it. Yep, I lump it (once or twice) every week. I lump a large portion of cards during a particular portion of the week when I'm usually not as busy, and just do a few the rest of the days.
Let's do an example (cuz it's really late as I'm writing this but I have nothing better to do...). Let's say you want to 100 cards per week (okay, I know it's not a lot, but it's a nice round number and my sleep deprived brain can't handle much more). 100 cards would mean about 15 cards (rounding up) per day. Easy, right? Ah, but what if you did like 5 cards a day for 6 days, and the other 70 on the last day (or you could split the seventy up into 2 times a week and make it easier). There would be lots of reviews after the lumped days, but that's not as bad because (for me at least) the hardest part that requires the most motivation is the creative process when I first learn a kanji. Then you could just use the "time boxing" technique (which is talked about on AJATT) so you don't start to dread that part of the week.
I think I want to do 150 per week, so that means about 22-ish per day. Since I'm not one of those beasts that can blow through like 50 kanji everyday, I'll just lump it. In fact, I'll lump it TWICE. I'll do 50 kanji twice a week, and the rest'll be just be just 10 per day.
Plus, one of the advantages of this is you actually feel like you're getting somewhere. When I do 12 per day, I feel like I'll never finish. But now, I still get a lot done per week and I'll actually finish within the next century...
Okay, I'm probably just ranting and raving now like a lunatic because I'm soooo tired that...wow, like, my math and logic probably sucks, lol... But basically, when you get right down to it, this was basically just a fools realization that he doesn't have to do the same amount of kanji everyday just because the Anki setting is set. Okay, now I'm just being バカ so I'm done. Nighty Night-don't let the bed bugs bite...
First of all, yes, I'm a fan of AJATT. Just thought I'd throw that in there. Secondly, I use Anki; I have no idea how the SRS/Leitner system on this site works, so my ignorance may show, lol...
Right, so, with Anki, you can set the number of new cards you want to learn each day. My problem is that, like every other college kid, my schedule is awkward and imbalanced. Example; I work all day saturday, then go to church and work all day sunday, and finally have school from 8am till 5pm mondays. Okay, that was waaaaay more information than you needed to know, but the problem is that on the weekend and through the early part of the week, no amount of kanji is reasonable (especially with my record of procrastination with homework...). My deck always builds up like huuuuge with reviews on top of all the new cards, and I never have enough time or motivation to do it all. My previous solution? 12 new cards per day. Not 10, b/c that's a depressingly low number. Not 11 b/c I feel like it's no different than 10 and I'm just cheating myself. 12. But, I simply am not able to do more than that on those few days so that's what I have my thing set at all the time.
This is way not enough. It's going to take me forever to finish RTK.
New Solution? Lump it. Yep, I lump it (once or twice) every week. I lump a large portion of cards during a particular portion of the week when I'm usually not as busy, and just do a few the rest of the days.
Let's do an example (cuz it's really late as I'm writing this but I have nothing better to do...). Let's say you want to 100 cards per week (okay, I know it's not a lot, but it's a nice round number and my sleep deprived brain can't handle much more). 100 cards would mean about 15 cards (rounding up) per day. Easy, right? Ah, but what if you did like 5 cards a day for 6 days, and the other 70 on the last day (or you could split the seventy up into 2 times a week and make it easier). There would be lots of reviews after the lumped days, but that's not as bad because (for me at least) the hardest part that requires the most motivation is the creative process when I first learn a kanji. Then you could just use the "time boxing" technique (which is talked about on AJATT) so you don't start to dread that part of the week.
I think I want to do 150 per week, so that means about 22-ish per day. Since I'm not one of those beasts that can blow through like 50 kanji everyday, I'll just lump it. In fact, I'll lump it TWICE. I'll do 50 kanji twice a week, and the rest'll be just be just 10 per day.
Plus, one of the advantages of this is you actually feel like you're getting somewhere. When I do 12 per day, I feel like I'll never finish. But now, I still get a lot done per week and I'll actually finish within the next century...
Okay, I'm probably just ranting and raving now like a lunatic because I'm soooo tired that...wow, like, my math and logic probably sucks, lol... But basically, when you get right down to it, this was basically just a fools realization that he doesn't have to do the same amount of kanji everyday just because the Anki setting is set. Okay, now I'm just being バカ so I'm done. Nighty Night-don't let the bed bugs bite...
