My goals tended to change over time, but some of my 2024 goals for Japanese throughout the year were:
- Watch/Listen every day
(I can count the number of days that I missed on one hand.) - Get 500 total watch hours by year’s end
- Watch/Listen an average of 1 hour a day (On track, but haven’t quite passed the mark yet. Should hit this by the end of the year, but no guarantee.)
- Watch/Listen an average of 3 hours a day
(Not even close. 
) - Read every day (Starting in March) (I can count the number of days that I missed on one hand.)
- Have 20,000 total pages read by year’s end (On track, but haven’t quite passed the mark yet. Fewer than 1,000 pages left. Definitely going to hit it by the end of the year.)
- Read 10 times more this year than I have in total before (On track, but haven’t quite passed the mark yet. Just over 1,000 pages left. Definitely going to hit it by the end of the year.)
- Read my first light novel
- Read non-manga books semi-regularly by the end of the year (I only finished 1 light novel this year. I started another one as well as a children’s book, but haven’t touch those for a few months now.)
- “Master” N3 level content [L20-L26] (I can watch upper N3 content without too much trouble, but I still need English subtitles now and again on L25/L26 shows. I also struggle quite a bit with L25+ manga.)
- Semi-regularly look at my textbooks. (I glanced through Genki I-II for a quick review and only looked at Tobira once or twice.)
Overall, I’m pretty happy with my progress and goals for this year. I’ve made good progress and am ready to slow down a bit for next year and focus more on non-language learning things.
2025 Goals:
- Use Japanese in some way everyday (Reading/listening/gaming/etc.)
- Get through 25% of my owned Japanese books (Mostly manga)
- Read more non-manga books
- Spend at least half my gaming time on Japanese games
- Practice speaking & writing. (I have been completely neglecting speaking and writing so far.)
- Read/Watch more N2 level content (L27-L33)
- Buy & Watch Supernatural in Japanese
- Finish watching/reading all of the series that I started this year
- Make enough progress to stay motivated to continue improving in 2026
Gone are most of my big goals for next year. It’s mostly about keeping enough momentum and motivation to be able to do another big push at some point in the future.
