- My notes contain all the knowledge I have accumulated.
- I extract new knowledge that is worth being remembered from my notes into my SR system so as to add it to my long-term memory (there is some knowledge that is good keeping in a file but that doesn't necessarily need to be learnt by heart).
- After a few months, I remove that knowledge from my SR system because I consider it has been imprinted into my memory.
I must say that the last step is necessary in my case, because otherwise I would have too many recalls to deal with each day and that would ruin all the fun.
If, after having removed the knowledge from my SR system, I still remember it, good! Otherwise, I consider that, if I wasn't able to retain it, it means it has no use in my immediate environment and/or in my daily/weekly tasks.
So, to summarize quickly: SR is awesome, but in my workflow, not everything needs to be memorized, hence my using SR + notes.
- My notes contain all the knowledge I have accumulated.
- I extract new knowledge that is worth being remembered from my notes into my SR system so as to add it to my long-term memory (there is some knowledge that is good keeping in a file but that doesn't necessarily need to be learnt by heart).
- After a few months, I remove that knowledge from my SR system because I consider it has been imprinted into my memory.
I must say that the last step is necessary in my case, because otherwise I would have too many recalls to deal with each day and that would ruin all the fun.
If, after having removed the knowledge from my SR system, I still remember it, good! Otherwise, I consider that, if I wasn't able to retain it, it means it has no use in my immediate environment and/or in my daily/weekly tasks.
So, to summarize quickly: SR is awesome, but in my workflow, not everything needs to be memorized, hence my using SR + notes.