Using Anki for about four years on and off, 1.5 years consistently while learning Chinese, my advice is: 1. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Some months I review

Using Anki for about four years on and off, 1.5 years consistently while learning Chinese, my advice is: 1. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Some months I review 10-20 new cards a day; this month, I was busier than usual, so I changed it to 1 new card a day. There’s no rush. 2. For languages, sentences are drastically more helpful to have as cards than single words. I find it much easier to learn a whole sentence than just a word. 3. I have a mix of my cards and pre-made ones (e.g., Vocab from my textbook). 4. It's OK to let a card be a leech and to forget about it. If a card was a leech, I’d just let it go. It's not school, the goal isn’t to get 100%, its just to use as another resource. 5. I use Anki along with 2-3 other apps AND a private teacher. I treat it like an additional resource, not the end all be all.