Hit 500 episodes of anime this month and it hit me weird

I checked my MAL list last Sunday. 500 episodes exactly. That's like 200 hours of my life. Not counting rewatches. It made me realize I barely remember half the shows I watched in my first year. I was just binging anything popular without really paying attention. Now I slow down and actually let episodes sit before moving on. Anyone else hit a number that made them rethink their watching habits?

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noahclark1mo ago

Whoa, 200 hours is a lot but it's spread out over months, so I wouldnt sweat it that much. Binging whatever is popular is pretty normal when you first start, you're just figuring out what you like. I mean it's just anime, not like you wasted time on something pointless, right?

michael8951mo ago

Man, I had a buddy who did the exact same thing with Attack on Titan last year. @noahclark, you hit it right on the head about it being normal to just binge whatever's popular first. He was watching like three episodes a night after work for a couple weeks straight, then suddenly stopped halfway through season three. Got into some random slice-of-life show instead, said he needed a break from all the giant people-eating monsters. Still claims that first binge was worth it even if he never finished it.