Interesting! Do you have specific reasons for actively learning kanji, apart from 'making it stick more easily'? It's been a bit of a dream of mine to use Japanese more actively, maybe keep a small Ameblo or something, I just haven't been able to squeeze it in. I don't live in Japan so there's no immediate reward but even for those living in Japan, I wonder how useful it really is nowadays, being able to write kanji by hand?
I'm pretty happy with the rest of my post-N2 routine though: daily reps of 常用漢字 & vocabulary decks, reading & playing games when I feel like it plus the occasional online conversation lesson.
I think the only real reason is to make them stick better and because it was a goal. I do want to try writing in Japanese more, but I wouldn't do that by hand, so there's no need to know them actively. I think you could easily do an "active" deck by just remembering the word, and not writing it. I do think that would help improve active recall of Japanese words. If you're happy with your current routine, I'm not sure I'd recommend this. You could always try adding small amounts to see what kind of difference it makes, and then shifting to it more seriously if you think it helps.
Interesting! Do you have specific reasons for actively learning kanji, apart from 'making it stick more easily'? It's been a bit of a dream of mine to use Japanese more actively, maybe keep a small Ameblo or something, I just haven't been able to squeeze it in. I don't live in Japan so there's no immediate reward but even for those living in Japan, I wonder how useful it really is nowadays, being able to write kanji by hand?
I'm pretty happy with the rest of my post-N2 routine though: daily reps of 常用漢字 & vocabulary decks, reading & playing games when I feel like it plus the occasional online conversation lesson.
I think the only real reason is to make them stick better and because it was a goal. I do want to try writing in Japanese more, but I wouldn't do that by hand, so there's no need to know them actively. I think you could easily do an "active" deck by just remembering the word, and not writing it. I do think that would help improve active recall of Japanese words. If you're happy with your current routine, I'm not sure I'd recommend this. You could always try adding small amounts to see what kind of difference it makes, and then shifting to it more seriously if you think it helps.