My happy encouraging feeling of the day is the realization that I've only got 15 paper flashcards left before I have to cut more. The last time I cut them I cut about 350. And it wasn't that long ago! Hooray! Another lesson bites the dust!

Well done! 1000 is quite a feat.
I am pleased to have reached the milestone of completing section 1. However I am a little concerned that I have not really 'worked' a handful of kanji- about 10 to 15. I may go back and revise stories before moving on even if it is annoying! Learn then ONCE only!

Does anyone have experince of writing stories out? I have been doing so recently and really helps to clarify it and then the visual aide is easier too. What do you think?

Michael

Last edited by michaeltrew (2010 December 18, 6:53 am)

Just sorted out my dodgy stories. Ready to move on.
Amazed that this really does work doesnt it!!

Let me share my story for Bowl.
I take a large metal bowl and rip up my Heisig book into little bits. Then, along with a pinch of salt and lots of water, make a delicious kanji mixture. It's the alternative to Heisig study- just eat a teaspoon a day. Make sure it's a metal bowl though, not glass or the kanjis will fade away for ever...

M

I had a whopping 535 reviews piling up over the last few weeks... when I hit like 300 I tried timeboxing 50-100 a time, but I couldn't defeat the masses any longer (currently 900 Kanji added)...

Today I decided to go to review and hold f and y down and answer all yes... to get the review pile down to 0 and to be finally able to add new cards...
Most of these are now in box 6 so they won't terrorize me anytime soon... these reviews kept me from adding new cards and after a few weeks from coming to the site altogether, because the sheer amount had me not wanting to continue...

With this act of cheating, I freed myself... hopefully I can continue forward and not forget too many of the ones forwared... or they come back at me soon, in the hundreds Q_Q

I got to 823! YAY... It's starting to feel grueling though =\  and I'm so close yet so far from 1000.  If all goes well and I keep to schedule I'll be there in a week...lol.. which sounds quite far away to me.  I'm starting to need visual things as motivators like keeping track of my kanji numbers on my msn or fb status so it's right in my face that my progress is incomplete.

hey, i need some encouragement along my 日本語 journey.  The passion and the meaning of my Japanese learning has tanked.  I'm taking a 4 month break to focus on school and I hope during that break i hope i can find meaning back in my Japanese learning...

Well, hopefully this is some encouragement to fellow Japanese studiers.
I have been Heisig-ing for 3 months ish and slowly made my way to just below the 1000 mark, but now it is all starting to make sense. I live in Nagoya, Japan so this makes things easier but as a result of Heisig study I can
- recognise 800 Kanji and have a meaning for them
- learn on yomi from Roadsigns as I cycle to work each day
- after reading signs make a good guess as readings and meanings of new kanji compound vocab words.

You may disagree, but I honestly think Heisig's work is a God send for us. When I started studying Japanese, I knew that kanji would be the killer, so was praying for the ability to learn, then Heisig's work cane into my path.

But why do we learn Japanese at all?
The only reason is to communicate isn't it- while it may be fun etc, languages are a tool for relationships which is what life is about. I have just been out to town and was able to talk with people, understand signs and notices, and COmmunicate! Thats the best encouragement for me as I crack on to pass the 1000 by Monday night!!!

Last edited by michaeltrew (2011 January 07, 11:16 pm)

I just started a few days ago. I'm already at 395.
Its amazing, I used to think of them as weird black squiggly things, but now I start to break down kanji into primitives as soon as I see them.
Just the other day I was looking at some artwork with kanji on it. It was great to recognize the one for fish. (Painting had koi fish on it.)

I'm doing my best to finish in at least three months.

Edit: Now 435 But 100+ reviews a day.
I see what people are saying about rushing now.

Last edited by Mr Pacman (2011 January 11, 10:25 am)

Mr pacman- you're right re rushing- I have decided, at the 1000 ish mark to hold back and not add new cards for a while. 120 reviews a day is not good eh!
Congratulations to Lycan!

I'm really just posting to encourage myself, its easy to give up if you don't have an online community following your progress.

Good news, another day another hundred down.
I am now at 900!

@michaeltrew I'm not sure if I'll slow down after hitting 1000, I think I'll refine my study routine to handle the extra reviews.

nice!!

i feel the encouragement now too!!

keep posting ...i mean keep encouraging...!! ^o^

“Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul.” – Anonymous

even the kanji for ENCOURAGEMENT (励) shows that it gives you the "power" to cross "ten thousand cliffs"!!

Thanks. Been sick lately, I have only done a review today. Rushing has caused me to have tons of immature cards, reviewed 166 today, gonna restudy all the ones I failed.