One way to start is to put in things you find yourself looking up. If you’re reading math and you have to keep looking up the quadratic formula, put it in. If you’re reading the ‘Nash equilibrium’ Wikipedia page, put in a few examples (and maybe even the formal definition!).
Then, while you’re reading a textbook, you might develop a taste for what things you’ll probably look up later.
The other thing, though, is that it feels like Work and things which feel like Work are Unpleasant and I procrastinate them. Do you have any advice for getting over that hump?
I like to think about Anki as giving me enduring experience points, which is Fun and Gratifying. Once you find it really work for you on something that matters, maybe you’ll find it more exciting? I can only guess—I’ve naturally enjoyed Anki since nearly the beginning.
Hmm… I could try actually counting experience points. Like, each flash card reviewed grants a point, and every time I reach, say, a new Fibonacci Number of points, I gain a level and… um… stuff! The idea of leveling up really isn’t very motivating by itself, but it would help.
Here’s one idea: when reading a textbook or anything else I want to memorize, I might try to come up with just one question and answer pair about each page, and make a card out of that. Summarize the most important info on that page. Anything that’s not too info-heavy, that should work. In things which are info-heavy, your method should work quite well.
One way to start is to put in things you find yourself looking up. If you’re reading math and you have to keep looking up the quadratic formula, put it in. If you’re reading the ‘Nash equilibrium’ Wikipedia page, put in a few examples (and maybe even the formal definition!).
Then, while you’re reading a textbook, you might develop a taste for what things you’ll probably look up later.
I like to think about Anki as giving me enduring experience points, which is Fun and Gratifying. Once you find it really work for you on something that matters, maybe you’ll find it more exciting? I can only guess—I’ve naturally enjoyed Anki since nearly the beginning.
Hmm… I could try actually counting experience points. Like, each flash card reviewed grants a point, and every time I reach, say, a new Fibonacci Number of points, I gain a level and… um… stuff! The idea of leveling up really isn’t very motivating by itself, but it would help.
Here’s one idea: when reading a textbook or anything else I want to memorize, I might try to come up with just one question and answer pair about each page, and make a card out of that. Summarize the most important info on that page. Anything that’s not too info-heavy, that should work. In things which are info-heavy, your method should work quite well.