Hello Reader, Just last year I started to create my own arrangements on fingerstyle guitar. The reason is…I’m a Pokemon fan. And I wanted to play Pokemon town/city songs on guitar. Apparently it heals my inner child. At first, it was just “Learning by doing” (and observing) — I went on to synthesize some songs I loved: Littleroot town and Pallet town. New Bark town was kind of a pain in the ass because I didn’t have a good ear…yet! So I decided to learn other songs in the meantime… …and...

Hello Reader, If you’ve tried using Anki for your problem-based subjects, you’ve probably asked the following… Do I make a card for every problem I encounter? Should I just use practice problems as flashcards? Or should I only use flashcards to memorize formulas? And I really appreciate it when you ask questions like this because it shows how you value understanding over just memorization. (both are good!) But perhaps the most important question: How do I make sure that I understand the...

Hello Reader, Back in 2017 I was a freakin’ teenager with dementia. Not literally, of course — I grasped new concepts quickly if there were visuals, but everything else, ESPECIALLY isolated facts, I found really hard to remember. So whenever we had “memorization” type of tests, I’d become a SOLID 5/10 student. This led me to my “a-ha moment”... If I had to choose one profession I’d learn from (for memorization), I’d choose MEDICINE. After all, they have a LOT to remember and have very little...