My current method of learning is just attempting to read things (manga, books, articles, etc) and then looking up anything I don't know (kanji, vocab, grammar, etc) and making anki cards for them. I do this until I feel like I've encountered enough new things and then just try to read without adding new cards for a bit. I then review these cards daily.
I've been debating whether I should increase how many new cards I make per day, but I'm not sure if adding too many things could be more painful in the long run. Currently my failure rate is about 85% overall, although it's a bit less for kanji.
What would you consider a failure rate where you'd be comfortable increasing your study load vs feel the need to decrease it?
by Zuracchibi