for the ones who can't face a long morning routine
Goal
Start the day with a 15-min recall burst, short enough to actually do, strong enough to consolidate yesterday.
Source principle
Retrieval practice: even a single short recall window first thing consolidates yesterday's material far better than re-reading it later. : from Make It Stick by Brown, Roediger & McDaniel.
The plan
- 🌅6:30-6:32 AMWake. Water. No phone. Just sit.
- ✍️6:32-6:34 AMWrite yesterday's topic name at the top of a page. One line.
- 🧠6:34-6:36 AMBrain-dump everything you remember. Pen on paper, no notes.
- 🔍6:36-6:38 AMOpen yesterday's notes. Mark hits and misses.
- 📖6:38-6:40 AMRe-read ONLY the misses. Targeted.
- 🔁6:40-6:42 AMClose notes. Re-recall the misses from memory.
- ✅6:42-6:44 AMLog: did anything stick today? Yes / no.
- 🎯6:44-6:45 AMDone. 15 minutes, no more. Day started.