🌱 The One Thing: Be the Doer, Not the Receiver
Learning sticks when you generate, retrieve, and use ideas. Not when information just breezes past your eyeballs like a lazy autumn leaf.
- Test yourself before, during, and after study
- Explain it in your own words (to a person, plant, or pet rock)
- Make something: summary, diagram, code, slide, voice note
🍂 Why Passive Learning Falls Flat
Lectures (no notes): Low retrieval → low retention.
Highlighting blindly: Recognition ≠ recall. (Looks productive, isn’t.)
Mindless repetition: Quick gains, fast forgetting. 🌬️
Your brain’s a gym member. It only grows when it shows up and lifts.
🌳 Active Engagement = Stronger Pathways
- Explain it simply: If you can’t teach it, you don’t own it (yet).
- Solve problems: Do, don’t just read solutions.
- Active notes: Questions → answers → summary → next steps.
- Create: Blog, slides, sketch, mind map, flashcards.
🧰 Active Learning Toolkit (Interactive)
🌿 Active Recall Card Builder
🪵 Feynman Frame (Explain Like I’m Five)
🌾 Spaced Repetition Planner
Pick a start date; get the classic 1–3–7–14–30 day review plan.
⏱️ Pomodoro (25/5) — Grow in Focused Bursts
Short sprints + short rests = sustainable growth (just like a well-watered herb garden).
25:00
Phase: Work
🧩 Quick Self-Test (Tap to Answer)
❓ FAQs
Pick one tool. Use it today.
Explain one idea, solve one problem, or make one card. Little seeds, big forest. 🌳