2024-01-28 : How many new cards per day?
A maybe unrealistic expectation
In a previous post I noted that I plan on staying "around 20-25" of my own cards per day when I'm done with Evita's deck (currently accounts for 20 of my 30 cards per day). However I've come to a realization that this may be unrealistic. Of course, currently I'm running more cards than that per day, so it may seem fine. I don't mind the daily review burden. But 25 i+1 cards per day for a whole year is upwards of 9,125 new words1 in a year. Is this realistic?
Why not?
It's commonly said that 10,000 words in a language is fluency2 which seems unrealistic for me, personally, to achieve in one year.
It's probably wrong to say you can't reach fluency in one year with enough immersion. But I question if I am immersing enough to sustain that level of progress. As noted in my Wall of Learnings, I understand now that SRS is actually only supplemental to immersion. SRS is not a magical black box for learning anything, and without enough immersion to match, making tons of SRS cards will not get you far.
Finding a realistic number
Well... to be honest this is where I am currently lost, so I have no nice conclusion to this post. lol. I have no idea how I can rigorously decide on a number. I just wanted to make this post as an update, especially since it's been almost a month since I've made a post here. I think I want to do at least 10 and upwards of 15, so I will probably start on the high side and adjust downwards if I feel like I'm not keeping up.