I’ve noticed that I have difficulty making daily anki use a habit, not because I have to study the cards, which I have very little resistance to, but because I have to create the cards. This effort has been the obstacle for me. To combat this, I’m going to focus on forming the habit of creating the cards, instead of just working on studying them. I’m creating a beeminder goal to help with this. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I’ll have some updates on how well this worked.
This appears to have worked. I’ve been using Anki daily since I’ve implemented a policy of creating, on average, 20 new cards/day, so I always have a backlog of new cards to study.
Additionally, Anki seems to be having a positive effect on the amount of effort needed to get good grades. I did rather well in a recent physics test on a topic I missed in class. To study, I just skimmed the relevant chapter and added the most important equations and definitions to my physics deck.
I’ve noticed that I have difficulty making daily anki use a habit, not because I have to study the cards, which I have very little resistance to, but because I have to create the cards. This effort has been the obstacle for me. To combat this, I’m going to focus on forming the habit of creating the cards, instead of just working on studying them. I’m creating a beeminder goal to help with this. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I’ll have some updates on how well this worked.
This appears to have worked. I’ve been using Anki daily since I’ve implemented a policy of creating, on average, 20 new cards/day, so I always have a backlog of new cards to study.
Additionally, Anki seems to be having a positive effect on the amount of effort needed to get good grades. I did rather well in a recent physics test on a topic I missed in class. To study, I just skimmed the relevant chapter and added the most important equations and definitions to my physics deck.