![]() I also used to hate having music or other immersion media playing (passive listening) while doing Anki or trying to study actively, but one day I realized that if I want to achieve native fluency and actually be able to read/write/talk Japanese with other people around, I can’t just study in a bubble forever. I actually finish earlier in the day because it’s kind of a fun little game, instead of putting it off forever until I can concentrate for one big, agonizing chunk of time. And since I quit while it’s still fun (or at least not painful), I don’t mind doing it in between checking my email (which I do like a thousand times a day) or reading billions of blog posts. Two minutes does not allow me to start suffering, yet I find that I can get a surprising amount done, especially reviews, since many of them don’t take much time/thought. I set a 2 minute timer on my iPhone and just do Anki for that amount of time, many times per day. Lots and lots of input is much more important I really want to switch to a system more like that but, as mentioned above, I have trouble letting go of flash cards (or at least, reducing time spent on them). I’m over halfway through the Core 6k list, and I don’t really want to give it up till I’m Bang on the money there. A major factor in it too is that if you’ve spent so much time and effort on something, it’s difficult to give it up and cut your losses cause that just seems like a waste. It’s like how you can not actually *have* OCD but if a picture frame is squint, you can’t just leave it, you have to fix it :D Or how you might be compelled to watch “just one more YouTube video, then I’ll go to bed, I swear!”. The SRS algorithm is, I’m afraid :S I’ve been using it so long that I’ve been conditioned to think “If I don’t do it, I won’t get better at Japanese” – I know that’s bullshit but my subconscious doesn’t and it compels me to do them XD That, and my irrational fear of increasing numbers. ![]()
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