In general, when I first started using SRS I had this issue too. Over time, I got a fair bit better of it with 1 or 2 rules:
-I should be able to make at least 1 connection from the idea to something else (filter out only shallowly understood things)
-I should be able to either connect it to a situation of real life applicability or a goal
I didn’t make it only: I need to be able to figure out applicability when making card, because a lot of useful knowledge might not that have it as obvious. But at the least, I should be learning it in a real context. E.g. some of my main goals now are:
-learn UX design
-understand how SRS/IR can be used to create genius
-get better at teaching
-become more resillient to disruption (emotionally)
Those are specific-ish and learning in context of those instead of I can use this sometime in the next decade is a useful filter
In general, when I first started using SRS I had this issue too. Over time, I got a fair bit better of it with 1 or 2 rules:
-I should be able to make at least 1 connection from the idea to something else (filter out only shallowly understood things)
-I should be able to either connect it to a situation of real life applicability or a goal
I didn’t make it only: I need to be able to figure out applicability when making card, because a lot of useful knowledge might not that have it as obvious. But at the least, I should be learning it in a real context. E.g. some of my main goals now are:
-learn UX design
-understand how SRS/IR can be used to create genius
-get better at teaching
-become more resillient to disruption (emotionally)
Those are specific-ish and learning in context of those instead of I can use this sometime in the next decade is a useful filter