One problem might be that you just forget about the self-help ideas by the time a situation where they would be useful comes up. Has anyone with an ongoing Anki habit tried making flashcards of useful-looking self-help material? Does it seem to help?
Yep, I’ve been doing so since about October, for the reasons you state (I was tired of reading stuff and forgetting it). Any time I run into a useful-seeming piece of advice I add it to Anki. I’ve also been systematically entering info from some productivity-related posts here into Anki (which is actually how I found myself here rereading this thread :D).
And looking back, it seemed to have helped quite a bit. I’ll write a post about it when I consider my productivity has stabilized.
One problem might be that you just forget about the self-help ideas by the time a situation where they would be useful comes up. Has anyone with an ongoing Anki habit tried making flashcards of useful-looking self-help material? Does it seem to help?
Yep, I’ve been doing so since about October, for the reasons you state (I was tired of reading stuff and forgetting it). Any time I run into a useful-seeming piece of advice I add it to Anki. I’ve also been systematically entering info from some productivity-related posts here into Anki (which is actually how I found myself here rereading this thread :D).
And looking back, it seemed to have helped quite a bit. I’ll write a post about it when I consider my productivity has stabilized.