How did Seinfeld get to be hilarious? With a special calendar and a red magic marker. You can use his method for any skill you like, including your memory.

I want to go to sleep, but my mind wants to jabber to-do lists. Instead, why not muse on what I’ve learned today?

Opera singer Gabriel Wyner offers a new, four-part method for learning languages amazingly fast. One of those parts is flashcard review with Anki – but only one.

Why memorize? So you can think. But memorizing is thinking. Instead of rushing through my flashcards, what if I can learn to enjoy reviews, as thinking?

You can use flashcards and spaced repetition to memorize almost anything – so why did I come to hate my reviews? Explore the dark side of this amazing memory system.

Flashcards, mnemonics, and rhythm and rhyme may not be the complete solution for my memory goals. But so far, they’ve done a lot.