I wish I got into Anki earlier than just relying on Duolingo lol. Part of it was hesitation because I felt Anki would be complicated to set up (and it was!), and I didn't really know which decks to use until I came across Tatsumoto's Guide to Learning Japanese. Now I do recognize the Power of the Flashcards.
The review heatmap mod for Anki really does help motivate me to keep going daily. I actually started two weeks ago, but for the first week I was using the isolated Kanji study method using KanjiDamage's Anki deck. Now that I've switched to JP1K it is easier to memorize Kanji (though it doesn't go into the mnemonic details like KanjiDamage). Even so I'm not totally discounting KanjiDamage, maybe I'll pick it up again once I'm done with JP1K.
I just hope I can keep this up because. I don't really have a great track record at being consistent. In other words, I've been lazy all my life and now I'm getting the comeuppance. Thing is I probably have another 30-40 years to live and I'll be sad if I still can't speak another language in what is effectively my second life.
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