the long-project problem
A horizon in years drains the weight out of any single day
- Nothing you do today is visible tomorrowProgress arrives in steps months apart, so the daily work has to be motivated by something other than visible progress.
- Reviews expand until they are the entire practiceThe backlog grows, clearing it takes the whole session, and weeks pass where nothing new is read, heard or said.
- There is no cohort and no cadenceSelf-study has no term, no cohort and no end of term. Every day is negotiated from scratch with yourself.
in pictures
The usual arc
the streetthe street8 photos in the gallery
the cafethe cafe8 photos in the gallery
the notesthe notes7 photos in the gallery
the tablethe table7 photos in the gallery
before signing up
Questions we expect
Do you provide kanji or grammar material?
None. Bring the deck, textbook or course you already use. We only run the daily structure around whatever that is.
Is a hundred days enough for Japanese?
Enough for a hundred days of study, which is what we are offering. Anyone selling you a level in that time is selling you a guess.
My reviews take an hour on their own. Does that count?
It counts as one task. The format exists partly to stop a review queue from becoming the whole of your practice.
Are the other people also learning Japanese?
Some are. The group spans languages, and the shared thing is the format: three tasks, one report, a hundred days.
What happens at the end?
You have a hundred logged days and a decision to make about the next hundred. Many people run a second block with a different focus.
the loop
Three tasks written down, one report sent
the hundred days
The usual arc
Working out what fits. Most lists start too heavy and settle into something that survives a weekday.
Working out what fits. Most lists start too heavy and settle into something that survives a weekday.
The backlog week. You cut the list, report the cut, and the streak of days survives the bad stretch.
One countable block finished, a log of what was actually studied, and a real basis for deciding whether to run another.
the hundred days
The usual arc
Three tasks each morning. One report each night. A hundred days of language.
Neighbouring language businesses sell in the same block of days
the ninety-day unit
90 Day Korean sells four consecutive 90-day courses with 500+ lessons, from $26.25 a month on the standard tier, which is how that market packages a long study project.
sourceitalki's free 45-day Language Challenge sets a target in lesson hours and publishes a leaderboard. Challenge mechanics are used because they work, not because they teach.
sourceBoth figures are quoted from the pages linked beside them. We publish no estimates of our own.
One countable hundred days inside a very long project
Leave an email and we tell you when the next block starts. No payment happens on this page.
- Three tasks a day, one of them capped review
- A two-line report each evening
- A hundred days you can actually finish
One email when the start date is set.
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