I quit RTK2. I left the flashcards in supermemo, so I finished over half the book at least, and even though it was really slow, my effort wasn't a complete waste. I figure I lost about 100 hours by using a bad method, which is chump-change in this language.
I finshed feeding everything into supermemo, and just sat on it for a while. Reviews are usually around 90 minutes now.
I haven't started back on JFE yet.
So I needed to come to some sort of compromise regarding this language, since clearly I had a bunch of conflicting plans. First, no more time limit. The time limit was there to determine when I could start my next language, French. I'll start French as soon as I feel good about my Japanese, but won't worry about finishing my Japanese first.
Second, no more feeding mass quantities of stuff into supermemo. It does nothing but bring me down. Also, everything I put in supermemo will now be pre-learned using lists for 4 days. This makes the reviews much shorter. Supermemo is now merely a long term memory aid for me.
Third, no more learning kanji readings in isolation. I've started learning to read the vocabulary that I already know the pronunciations of. This is quite easy, and gives me a solid anchor for the readings. I have about 3000 vocabulary words and sentences, and I've been doing 60 per day. It's really working - I feel like I'm finally learning to read!
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