Interesting idea, I will try this. I’d generally been skeptical of the worth of adding rules like that to SuperMemo and memorizing them since there’s a difference between knowing and doing but I think a lot of the ones I’ve memorized have become such a natural part of my thought process that I fail to explicitly recall them as being from a card.
I think my experience with cards like this has been of a distinct character compared to cards I use for, e.g., languages. Whereas when I’m quizzed on the meaning of a foreign word, I say the answer, then immediately move on to the next card, when I see a card which is a sentence or rule, and where the “correct” answer is already obvious, I pause for a few seconds, and reflect on what that rule means, why I added the card in the first place, and maybe think of some examples of when I’ve successfully applied the rule, or failed to act accordingly.
I think the benefit SRS provides to this framework isn’t that it helps me remember something new that I risk forgetting, but rather, it schedules timely opportunities to refect on principles I chose to live life by, and ensure that I always have the principle in the back of my mind. It elevates a saying from a platitude to something meaningful to me.
Interesting idea, I will try this. I’d generally been skeptical of the worth of adding rules like that to SuperMemo and memorizing them since there’s a difference between knowing and doing but I think a lot of the ones I’ve memorized have become such a natural part of my thought process that I fail to explicitly recall them as being from a card.
I think my experience with cards like this has been of a distinct character compared to cards I use for, e.g., languages. Whereas when I’m quizzed on the meaning of a foreign word, I say the answer, then immediately move on to the next card, when I see a card which is a sentence or rule, and where the “correct” answer is already obvious, I pause for a few seconds, and reflect on what that rule means, why I added the card in the first place, and maybe think of some examples of when I’ve successfully applied the rule, or failed to act accordingly.
I think the benefit SRS provides to this framework isn’t that it helps me remember something new that I risk forgetting, but rather, it schedules timely opportunities to refect on principles I chose to live life by, and ensure that I always have the principle in the back of my mind. It elevates a saying from a platitude to something meaningful to me.