Hi everyone!

Out of pure curiosity, I am wondering if anybody else is tailoring their kanji-study rather than just following a book from beginning to finish?

I have a flashcard pile (paper flashcards) which I am calling "the Active Pile". This pile consists of kanjis I am currently drilling. The Active Pile always contains exactly a 100 kanjis. Whenever I memorize the On/Kun readings and meanings of a kanji I put it it in a box I like to call the "Know it Box".

If I memorize ,for example, 5 kanjis from the Active Pile, they go into the "Know it Box" and I get to add 5 new kanjis to the Active Pile (I especially love this part).

Once a week I review the content of the "Know it Box". Whatever I fail goes in a pile of its own and is practiced separately. The reason is that I don't like to mix kanjis I have memorized at least once before with kanjis I have never memorized yet.

And I try to make up the most outrageous stories I can think of. Haha. Sometimes I just picture the kanji making a weird, funny noise or as a weird animation! This way of studying has really been working so well for me. It started on a whim and now it is a part of my daily routine.


So, I am curious to see how everybody else is studying?
And how is it working for you?


P.S. I am not trying to push this way of studying on anybody.

There's been some other people on this forum that have used a physical pen-and-paper SRS, but what's your reason? What advantages do you see over Anki, Super Memo, this site, etc?

I think most people would prefer digital SRS since it's more manageable and everything is stored tidily away on your PC, I understand writing kanji to aid memorisation but not so much flashcards anymore with free software like Anki about.

I'd also like to know if there's any advantages for you.

So are you going in a random order? Or usefulness order?