Korea trip

I went on a two-month trip to Korea since I have the option to work remotely for a little bit each year (plus I took some PTO on top of that). It's not super relevant to the actual language journey so I don't have much to spill here, though I did get to pick up a lot of books while I was there.

Regimen update

The biggest change to my regimen since my last update has been more reading. As mentioned above I got to pick up a lot of books while I was in Korea and have been reading a lot more. I was surprised to find out how engaging reading novels can be even when you have to look up so many words.

Here is what my typical regimen looks like about now:

1. Anki reviews - about 10 minutes per day. I stopped caring to listen to audio (and stopped collecting audio altogether), and now can blaze through my reps pretty quickly.
2. Anki sentence mining from TV (via Korean subtitles) - probably about 30-60 minutes per day depending on how many I want to mine. I find myself mining upwards of 20 cards in a day (vs my decided minimum of 10 cards) more often than I expected, but I haven't been super consistent since I got back from my trip.
3. Audio immersion by watching TV (no subtitles) - 30-60 minutes per day.
4. Reading immersion (novels), looking up every unknown word - as much time as I can make on my lunch break after eating; usually ~45 minutes.

Passive immersion of course lasts for several hours a day. I'm also experimenting with "extensive reading" as in reading without looking anything unknown up, but not often enough to count it as part of the regimen.

This is also just a typical day or some kind of minimum. On a lazy weekend morning for example I may get much more TV immersion. I also often do more reading when I get home from work, but not consistently.