One trick I use for that is to say it out loud, so I can access it in my echoic memory. Echoic memory doesn’t last very long, but sometimes long enough!
When I need to remember a string of numbers... Yup just repeat it to myself over and over or I'll forget within a minute lol
Occasionally, I find that I screw up the order of the numbers at some point between reading them and using them, then I'm just repeating a bunch of meaningless digits to myself for no reason.
Don't remind me, I have to try really really hard to make sure they're still in the right order if it's more then like 5 numbers
That's the beautiful thing... you get to enjoy learning something then you'll forget it and get to enjoy learning it again!
A lot of the time, I start the re-learning process, only for my long-term memory to kick-in halfway through, and then I get annoyed because I "oh, I've read all of this before, it's boring now"
You know the next sentence, but you don't understand the concept. You're bored of the familiar text, so you skip a few sentences, find out they are completely foreign, go back, realize you forgot the context or to actually read so you end up re reading the whole paragraph. But this time, the effort to concentrate takes the soul out of your body. And that's how you spend a full workday reading a one page document, while feeling burnt out.
And I'm not working again....
You could try something like Obsidian to use as a second brain for storing information for later reference.
This what I use! I've been using Obsidian for years now! There is something really nice about taking notes on a book and then always having those notes available. It's even better for school since a lot of stuff is repeatedly covered in classes.
As much as I'd love to get into obsidian, it being non-open source and having a restrictive license makes it unavailable for me. I would love to use it to keep track of information for work but the license prohibits that without a subscription.
Logseq might be more up your alley then. I don't think it has a license like Obsidian does.
I tried that one but I just couldn't get used to it due to its bullet point nature
still wishing for a FOS alternative that's just as good : (
I got ya. Try Anytype (https://anytype.io/).
(not affiliated, just a fan)
What's the difference between Logseq and Anytype? And how do both compare to Joplin?
So far I have been using Logseq and find it good but a little too complicated and somehow bland.
This looks exciting! Big learning curve though...
I am using logSec, which has a lot of the same features and is Foss. I am primarily using the mobile app; and my mine gripe is not being able to drag around the nodes in the graph. Think it works fine in the desktop version.
Been using it for years but now trapped in a constant state of trying to improve the organization. Every time I think I’ve got it structured logically, I find some way I could have done better.
I've been doing tags on files in a single folder. Ever note in the same folder. Notes get catagory tags. Doesnt match a catagory? New catagory. Its very simple and doesnt side track me with organisation as much
The lighter side of ADHD