It’s nice that you can work at your own pace when you’re
studying Japanese (or any subject) on your own.
It makes it a lot easier to accomplish greatness sooner than if you were
to take a class on your subject of choice.
However, there is a risk involved, and that risk is
burnout. I studied Japanese intensely on
a couple of occasions, and when I couldn’t keep up the pace, I quit altogether.
Now I’ve been back at it for almost a month, and every day I’ve
been learning 25 kanji characters, 25 vocabulary words, and 25 sentences. This is great and all, and I feel like I learned
a lot, but now my reviews are piling up every day. I used to have all of my studying done by
noon, and now it’s later in the evening when I finally finish my routine.
I can feel it: exhaustion.
I’ve had this feeling a couple of times before, and both times I gave up
on my favorite hobby. I’m not going to
let that happen again, so today I made the decision to learn 15 new kanji
characters, 15 words, and 15 sentences instead of 25.
I’ll probably retain the information better, and it’ll make
my reviews easier. I don’t know if I’ll
go at this pace permanently, but I need to take a little break to catch my
breath without going cold turkey. I’m
going to continue studying every day, but now that I’m four weeks into college
classes and I have scholarship essays to write, I need to slow down the Japanese
pace a bit.
Until next time,
Adam
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