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5.
STEP FIVE: Practice Spaced Repetition.
Because one-time learning is fake learning.
Let me now share a painful truth about school exams and memory.
Cramming is not learning and memorizing something once does not mean it's in your memory forever.
Your brain needs time, space, and repetition to save things permanently.
This is where spaced repetition comes in. It is one of the most powerful memory techniques in the world and it's
used by language learners, medical students, memory champions, top performers in every field.
Now, let me explain it in a way that even a 10-year-old child could understand.
Think of memory like writing in sand.
You learn something today.
You write it clearly.
But tomorrow wind comes, waves hit. The writing fades.
By next week, it's gone.
This is called the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve.
The Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve, also known as the Ebbinghaus Memory Curve, displays how we retain information.
Yes, it's a real science thing.
If you don't review information. your brain 🧠 forgets it quickly.
Here's how to beat forgetting.
Learn it once. Review after one hour.
Review again after one day.
Then after two days, then after four days, then after one week, then after two weeks.
Each time you review it, your brain 🧠 says, "Oh, this again, it must be important."
And it saves it deeper and
deeper.
After five to six spaced repetitions, the memory becomes permanent.
It is like turning sandwriting into stone carving.
Let's say you learn the English word serendipity.
It means finding something good without looking for it.
You love the word.
You feel smart.
You tell your friend.
But then you never see it again.
One week later, you forgot it. It's gone. Why?
Because you didn't repeat it.
Now, let's try the spaced repetition way.
Day one, you learn serendipity.
1 hour later, you write a sentence.
I found a beautiful book by Serendipity.
Night, you say it out loud again.
Day two, you try using it in a conversation.
Day four, you write a short story using the word.
Day seven, you hear it in a podcast and smile.
Day 14, you teach it to someone else.
Now that word belongs to you forever because you didn't just meet it once.
You had a relationship with it.
And that's how memory works.
Many learners use free tools like Anki, Quizlet, Brainscape.
These apps automatically test you using spaced intervals.
But even without apps, you can do this on paper.
Create a box, write the date, and check back every few days.
It's not about tools. It's about timing.
So many people feel broken.
They say,"I read this already.
Why don't I remember?
I studied for 5 hours.
Where did it go?"
The answer is no review equals no memory.
One time learning is like throwing water at a plant and then never watering it again.
Spaced repetition is like watering it gently again and again until it grows deep roots and stands strong forever.
If you apply this one technique, your memory will stop being temporary.
It will become permanent, reliable, and ready whenever you need it.
6.
STEP SIX: Use Emotional Connection.
Because feelings make memory permanent.
Let me now tell you something so powerful that once you understand it,your entire memory will start to change forever.
The stronger the emotion, the deeper the memory.
Think about your life.
Do you remember the clothes you wore 7 days ago?
Probably not.
But you remember the day someone broke your heart or the time you felt humiliated in class or when someone gave you a genuine compliment that made you cry.
Why?
Because your brain doesn't just store facts.
It stores feelings.
And that's why this step is so powerful. If you want to remember something deeply, you must attach an emotion to it.
You could read a sentence 10 times and forget it tomorrow.
But if one sentence made you cry, made you laugh, made you feel strong, you'll remember it for the rest of your life.
That's the power of emotion.
It activates a part of your brain called the amygdala, which signals your brain, this is important.
Store this forever.
So if you want to remember anything, ask yourself, how does this make me feel?
Can l connect this to a real experience in my life?
Can I find a way to care about this deeply?
Let's say you're studying a history date. April 15th, 1912. Titanic sank.
Most people memorize this like a robot. They don't care, so they forget.
Now imagine this. You read about how 1,500 people died.
How musicians kept playing while the ship sank.
How mothers held their children.
How lovers whispered goodbye.
How some people gave up their seats to save strangers.
Suddenly, it's not just a date. It's a human story. It's a tragedy.
It's a reminder of love, loss, bravery.
And now you will never forget April 15th, 1912.
Because now you feel it.
Every time you learn something, you ask yourself, "Can I turn this into a personal connection?
Have l ever experienced something like this?
Can I feel joy, anger, sadness, or surprise from this?"
If yes, your brain will remember it longer.
If no, your brain 🧠 will treat it like trash 🗑️ and delete it within hours.
Even with English vocabulary, don't just learn the meaning, feel the word.
Example, abandon. Don't just say it means to leave.
Remember the day someone left you or when you gave up on something you loved.
Now the word lives inside you.
Bonus trick.
Fake emotion if you must.
Sometimes a topic is boring.
You have to learn it.
Still try to add an emotion.
Example math formula.
Area of a triangle equals 1/2* base time height. Boring?
Try this.
Imagine the triangle is a slice of pizza.
You're hungry.
You only get half.
That pain of eating only half a slice will make you remember that half. Yes, it's silly.
But your brain 🧠 doesn't care about logic.
It cares about emotion.
Even fake emotion is better than no emotion.
If you truly understand and apply this, you will begin to feel like every lesson is alive.
And what is alive never dies.
7.
STEP SEVEN: Teach What You Learn.
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