How Much Spaced Repetition Is Too Much?
I have an ever increasing list of non-fiction books I want to read, but I also want to remember what I read so that I can apply this knowledge in my everyday life.
I'm talking about quotes, dates, ideas, statistics, coding syntax, language vocab, definitions, claims, arguments, protocols, SOPs, etc.
I know that in order to remember with some degree of accuracy what I learn I have to practice Spaced Repetition along other techniques as described in Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown.
However, I'm afraid that this methodology would quickly become unmanageable when I start adding more books:
- Read the book
- Extract knowledge worth memorizing
- Take notes
- Create new flashcards
- Review old flascards
- Update old flashcards
This protocol will easily take 2 - 4 hours of my day everyday, and TBH that's and amount of time I'd be willing to invest, but I'm wondering if this is a somewhat standardized practice or if there are other more efficient ways of remembering what I read.
How system do you guys use to remember what you read/learn?
Thanks in advance for your answers!