How many hands?

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What's a reasonable amount of hands to play/month for a novice? I feel like I've haven't been playing as much (had 1000 hands over 4-5 months, but last month I got a 1000 hands after I got a feel for what I'm doing). Since I'm starting out I decided to take it a bit slower and read up and understand everything before I really jump in. The last 1000 hands I've been winning so that gave me the confidence to play more whereas when I started I lost a lot.