Tag Archives: time

Most of the SRS programs out there will handle the timing of your reviews. In the case of Anki, it’s really good about keeping them there for you, even if you miss your review date for kanji/sentence/whatever. However, if you’ve entered the cards ahead of time (or used something such as the Lazy Kanji Mod), new cards generally will be held back. To clarify, if you’ve told it to add 25 new cards/day, and one day you review 5, then only 5 are added the next day (for the total of 25 new). This is fine from the standpoint of not getting stockpiled, but terrible in the sense that you aren’t progressing with new cards. Enough about the new, though, let’s discuss reviewing the old. Each time you review, a “next review date” of some sort is set on that […]

Does time-boxing work? Like many things, there’s no clear-cut “yes” or “no” answer here. It all depends on how you apply it. It may work for some, while not for others. It works for me. First, let’s back up a few steps. What is Time-boxing? The term “time-boxing” basically is the practice of allocating a “box” of time to something, and sticking to that without fail. The idea is to stick to this as if it’s the law, and there would be serious penalties if broken (sometimes this is actually the case!). Who needs it, and why? Anyone with time management issues can possibly make use of time-boxing. It’s not just about that though. It also has to do with managing what you do with that time, and accepting the fact that sacrificing things sometimes is ultimately the answer. To […]