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Relearning to Learn

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Re: Relearning to Learn

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BeetleB wrote: post #8

Some notes from an older person: The best approach will vary based on topic, age, and constraints (e.g. professional with kids). When I was a teenager, I learned Calc I, II, III and a first course of differential equations. I retained most of it. When I decided to take more advanced math courses later on (just a few years later), I was always saddened by my inability to retain much after the course was over. I kept w…

Thanks for your comment - and agreed!

Last year I taught myself a good deal of category theory, and you're right, five minutes is not really enough to learn most things - but it is enough time to start an exercise - and those five minutes often turn into something longer!

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Post by MarcellusDrum »

joebob42 wrote: post #2

Having a goal, and creating an environment where you can frictionlessly work towards it for a little bit of time most days, is such an unreasonably effective tool. You'll never become a true, deep expert in something with 10 or 15 minutes a day, but in my experience that's all it takes to become perfectly capable at a lot of things. A few years ago I started having an hour most days that I devote to learning and tryi…

While this may work for some things, I find that this strategy doesn't work for my particular interests. I've been trying to get into game development and character modeling in Blender for a while now. 20 minutes a day isn't even enough to warm up and remember where you left off. And at the same time, I can't justify giving this hobby a couple of hours a day to give it a real shot.

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Post by 99_00 »

joebob42 wrote: post #2

Having a goal, and creating an environment where you can frictionlessly work towards it for a little bit of time most days, is such an unreasonably effective tool. You'll never become a true, deep expert in something with 10 or 15 minutes a day, but in my experience that's all it takes to become perfectly capable at a lot of things. A few years ago I started having an hour most days that I devote to learning and tryi…

What works for you in making it frictionless and sticking to the schedule?
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