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I’m not going to lie about this — yes I still miss him, of course I do; yes I still look for bits of him in every guy I meet, I probably always will; yes I still hope that I’ll see his face every time there’s a knock and I open the door — but I don’t want him back. He ruined me. And even though I love him, I know he’s no good for me.
— An extract from a book I’ll never write #6 (via idktorn)
Chunking is grouping together words or concepts to make them easier to memorise. Spaced Repetition is reviewing information over and over, with increasingly more time between them, to solidify information. More difficult concepts are reviewed more frequently, whereas easier concepts are reviewed very rarely.
Step 1: Write the name of the concept at the top of a blank piece of paper.
Step 2: Write down an explanation of the concept on the page. Use plain English. Pretend you are teaching it to someone else (e.g a new student). This should highlight what you understand, but more importantly pinpoint what you don’t quite know.
Step 3: Review what you have pinpointed you don’t know. Go back to the source material, re-read, and re-learn it. Repeat Step 2.
Step 4: If you are using overly wordy or confusing language (or simply paraphrasing the source material) try again so you filter the content. Simplify your language, and where possible use simple analogy.
