It's time to get GOOD! Stevijs3 & Jordan Return! - Over 10k cards, 4000 hrs - Deep Weeb Podcast # 10

5.5k cards in 6 weeks? KanjiEater's 4k hrs of immersion versus Stevens 6k!? Jordan on horseback!? Returning from the pandemic swole!?!????!?

3 weebs share their philosophies on the pursuit of jouzu. Jordan is getting back in the swing of things, Steven slowed down but keeping steady, & KanjiEater continues his thirst for kanji.




Stevijs3:
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   / @stevijs3  

Jordan:
  / beardedssj  
   / @callmejobson  
  / beardedsupersaiyan  

KanjiEater:
  / kanjieater  
  / kanjieater  
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What stood out to you?
Was still living in Japan a year ago
Extremely consistent schedule
1R 2L 1.5A

Content Notes:

What new habits did you start?
Started daily novel reading practice
Also visual novels
2019: Minimum of 5 hrs (1.5 reading, 2 listening, 1.5 anki)
2020: Minimum of 6 hrs (2 reading, 2.5 listening, 1.5 anki)
Started podcast 8/23
Used the podcast as an excuse to push my
Morning routine, earlier
Exercise: Strength
Other: mediation, cold training
Used it as an excuse to procrastinate
Began tracking stats
Rough stats for 1/2019 -9/2020. Real stats from 9/20
2020: 1531) 1232imm 299anki
2020: 2138) 1628imm 510anki
Restarted passive/bg immersion 10/2020
Recalibrating my immersion routine
What milestones did you reach?
10k card update
Switched to Vocab cards as of 11/7
HIt 10k 11/12
Cramming 5.5k cards in 6~ weeks
Leave leeches unsuspended
11/12-1/2/2021
Avg 3.5 hrs of anki (189 hr)
Started experimenting more with ivl modifier & lapse modifier
Yet to find a useless word
Found many duplicates
Made many updates to cards on differences between words
Most useful thing was associating kanji & readings with other words


What are your stats that stand out?
Average hours
Nov: 7.5 ( 5hr + 2.5hr anki
Dec: 7.5 ( 4hr immersion + 3.5hr anki
Jan: 8hr ( 6hr immersion + 2hr anki
Feb: 8.3hr ( 6.8hr active immersion + 1.5hr anki
Anything interesting in 2021 so far?
Recovering from an anki deathwish
2k~ stuck
Young cards are more difficult than mature cards


What’s your ability feel like now?
Two Year update
What’s my ability feel like at 4k hr & 2 yrs?
Still a ways to go
Every step of the way I thought I would be further
Peak seems like natural audiobook comprehension
8k? Maybe 10k hours?
Good results listening to familiar topics in podcasts
Compared to 2021
Reading is much faster (but still slow)
Other ambitions feel like distractions
I thought I’d be done by 2022
Whats the Japanese Routine for 2021?
Japanese OKR’s & Gamification
Better stat tracking
6k hrs by next year
Need to rework time minimums
Was doing around 4.5i+anki , now 7i+anki


Double down on dense content, Cut light content
Novels over Visual Novels over Manga
No Games
‘Cept maybe a lil nocturne
No English audiobooks
Rare exceptions for movies & book



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