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You remember things longer when you recall them again and again 🧠

A chubby chenille yarn penguin holding up a realistic blank paper flash card with a thinking face
Forgot Dinner

It is hard to remember your dinner from 3 days ago.

Two Kinds

It seems the brain remembers 2 kinds of things for a long time: things that moved your heart, and things you recalled many times.

Recall Often

So the trick for study is "recall many times."

⚡ TRY IT
🧠 Recall training
Remember the penguin's secret shopping list (4 things, in order).
🫧Soon gone
📅3 days
🗓️1 month
🏔️Years!
👀 Look carefully. Then hide them.
🤔 What was on the list? Tap them in order.
🧠 You recalled it! Your memory got stronger.
📖 You looked again, so it grew only a little. Recalling works better!
⏩ Some days later… Can you still recall it?
🏔️ Recalled 3 times! Now it stays for years.
Flip The Page

After you write a note, turn it over and try to remember it.

📚 I learned this from the Japanese blog "Panda no Ondo".
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