How do you silence the idiot in your head?

[Rego]

Here’s a fun link for anyone wanting to look at System 1 (Reactionary Brain) and System 2 (Higher Brain) called The Science of Thinking by Veritasium in case you don’t want to read a page:

The Science of Thinking

Let’s just say my first thought was not to put this as a topic on the community board.

@ninakali

I’d say the more you practice, the more accurate your automatic replies will be.

I mean, you’re right. I’ve just noticed I’ve been burning out a lot faster and having to take levels much slower and more methodically since the kanjis have not been clicking with the movement from System 2 to System 1 without being lost completely. Sometimes the mnemonic provided or the one I come up with has to be studied as intensively as a kanji for me to remember it since trying to rout memorize a kanji these past few levels have led to complete visual confusion to where System 1 has actually completely swapped 約 and 幻 when I see them since illusion was added into the mix. Maybe I never knew it in the first place since I know the meaning only from 約束 combined since I had a very hard time remembering the pool radical.

To pull from CDR:

@CDR-Strawberry

In that case, I think it would better for you to try quick recall. Although you might have more reviews on average, it should go faster and this way you’ll get more exposure to the kanji and vocab too.

The harsh reality might be that I just have to accept this as my learning process and I never really “learned” the kanji past the mnemonic phase and will push a good amount of my materials from Master/Enlightenment to Apprentice II or so. Bite the bullet and just push through materials through a rapidly expanding Apprentice list. (Add oh woe is me for emphasis with a concert hall full of violins)

@ninakali

Maybe there are some shortcuts for avoiding System 1 quick judgments, too

The best way to describe it is an ear worm on loop of a song with misheard lyrics or a “Quick! Don’t think of a banana!” problem. I’m not able to come up with the right answer with System 2 refusing to stop redirecting itself to System 1.

Ain't No Sunshine

One way I have been able to overcome this is to refresh the review and skip the word I don’t know and come back to it later since genius occurs only in showers, on toilets, and 2 seconds before drifting to sleep.

@Held

Try these exercises to calm down your nervous system. It doesn’t seem like much, but it really helped me to improve my reviews. The brain works much better when you’re calm and relaxed.

Why not? I’ve heard crazier things. Even if it doesn’t actually do anything, the placebo effect is 100% real and the momentary pause could help gather my thoughts by focusing on another activity now that I am thinking about it while typing this reply.

Edit: I will say that streaming study sessions has helped. I need to get back to making time to do that.

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@Rego

I’ve just noticed I’ve been burning out a lot faster and having to take levels much slower and more methodically since the kanjis have not been clicking with the movement from System 2 to System 1 without being lost completely. Sometimes the mnemonic provided or the one I come up with has to be studied as intensively as a kanji for me to remember it

You may just need to tweak your system. System 2 uses the mnemonics to learn the kanji through the apprentice levels but only during lessons and the post review summary screen. System 1 is the filter that does reviews and screens out the ones it hasn’t internalized.

Rinse and repeat.