Memory in a Month - Day 5:
Review of Roman Loci -
1) File
2) Code
3) Action!
Skeleton Files! :D Permanent Files!!! Most important file system
1) Top
2) Nose
3) Mouth
4) Ribs
5) Liver
6) Joint (Hip)
7) Cap (Knee)
8) Fibula
9) Ball
10) Sand
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Skeleton Test: BILL OF RIGHTS! First 10 Amendments
1) Speakers on Top
2) Gun to the Nose
3) Soldier running in Mouth
4) Ribs *** Large Searchlight with Chopper & Ships***
5) Me in my Liver
6) Judge riding motorcycle on my joint
7) 12 men Jury on my knee saying nininini
8) dollar bills coming out of my fibula
9) Someone branding a # sign on my ball
10) Sand Arnold Schwarzenegger out of Sac Cap Buidling
22 June 2008
17 June 2008
Memory in a Month - Ron White (Day 4)
Memory in a Month - Day 4:
Roman Loci Technique - minds work like a filing system
Romans discovered you need three things to recall ANYTHING:
1) Location
2) Code
3) Action
e.g. when you store something on a computer, you store it in a file at a location - turn everything your mind wants to remember into a picture! that's code. action is the circuits for our memories.
City Files:
1) UCSB
2) Airport
3) Dojo
4) In & Out
5) La Cumbre
6) Mission
7) Granada Theater
8) Paseo Nuevo
9) Amtrak
10) Wharf
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City Test:
1) Stork Tower Picture Album
2) Igloo Housing Airplanes
3) Dancing around Cactus at the Dojo
4) Noah's Ark at In & Out - Giraffe eating the palm trees
5) Gold Bars falling on Macy's at La Cumbre Plaza
6) Red blood and meat pieces pinned on the Mission
7) Doctor stitching someone up outside of the theater while the stitches occurred on the stage inside on the organ Granada Theater
8) Suit of Dollar Bills at Paseo Nuevo Men's Warehouse
9) Amtrak running on Orange wheels
10) 3 Peaches instead of 3 Dolphins at the Wharf
Roman Loci Technique - minds work like a filing system
Romans discovered you need three things to recall ANYTHING:
1) Location
2) Code
3) Action
e.g. when you store something on a computer, you store it in a file at a location - turn everything your mind wants to remember into a picture! that's code. action is the circuits for our memories.
City Files:
1) UCSB
2) Airport
3) Dojo
4) In & Out
5) La Cumbre
6) Mission
7) Granada Theater
8) Paseo Nuevo
9) Amtrak
10) Wharf
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City Test:
1) Stork Tower Picture Album
2) Igloo Housing Airplanes
3) Dancing around Cactus at the Dojo
4) Noah's Ark at In & Out - Giraffe eating the palm trees
5) Gold Bars falling on Macy's at La Cumbre Plaza
6) Red blood and meat pieces pinned on the Mission
7) Doctor stitching someone up outside of the theater while the stitches occurred on the stage inside on the organ Granada Theater
8) Suit of Dollar Bills at Paseo Nuevo Men's Warehouse
9) Amtrak running on Orange wheels
10) 3 Peaches instead of 3 Dolphins at the Wharf
Speed Reading - Ron White (Day 3)
Speed Reading - Day 3:
Visual Regression - Rereading words
Slow readers will regresses frequently
Average 250wpm student regresses 20% on one page (YIKES)
Reflects lack of confidence, inability to concentrate, and bad comprehension skills
Use hand as a guide to keep you moving along and stop the rereading of words.
THE PUSH
Using the hand to push your eyes across the page from left to right from line to line.
Get hand and eye coordinated in tandem
By using this push technique for one single page in the same text I used for the previous exercise (a new page, that is), I have increased my reading speed to 324 wpm. (GAH) ridiculous...
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next... Reading Backwards!
S Shapes - backwards... leaving it at that.. very interesting so far :D
Visual Regression - Rereading words
Slow readers will regresses frequently
Average 250wpm student regresses 20% on one page (YIKES)
Reflects lack of confidence, inability to concentrate, and bad comprehension skills
Use hand as a guide to keep you moving along and stop the rereading of words.
THE PUSH
Using the hand to push your eyes across the page from left to right from line to line.
Get hand and eye coordinated in tandem
By using this push technique for one single page in the same text I used for the previous exercise (a new page, that is), I have increased my reading speed to 324 wpm. (GAH) ridiculous...
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next... Reading Backwards!
S Shapes - backwards... leaving it at that.. very interesting so far :D
Memory in a Month - Ron White (Day 3)
Memory in a Month - Day 3:
Chain of Association/Acronyms and the Link
So... it is 2am on Day 4, technically - just didn't have time to do this earlier. baby was running a 102-104 fever today and family sick - got to go into the office for the afternoon to take care of some paychecks and run some errands.
Nevertheless, I committed to 30days straight.. so here we are!
Acronyms - ROYGBIV... etc.
Link:
1 mount reineer
2 ice on top
3 trees on side
4 coming down the mountain is a bicycle
5 ridden by a german shephard
6 he's holding a glass of water in one hand
7 and a shoe in the other
8 at the bottom of the mountain, he crashes into a tvset
9 he lands on a pillow
10 bounces onto a trampoline
11 then bounces off the trampoline into an airplane
12 the airplane lands in dallas airport
13 and richard nixon was there to greet him
14 he was wearing a brown hat
15 black boots
16 he hands him a check for $50,000 and
17 keys to a brand new corvet
18 he then drives the corvet back to mount reineer
Chain of Association/Acronyms and the Link
So... it is 2am on Day 4, technically - just didn't have time to do this earlier. baby was running a 102-104 fever today and family sick - got to go into the office for the afternoon to take care of some paychecks and run some errands.
Nevertheless, I committed to 30days straight.. so here we are!
Acronyms - ROYGBIV... etc.
Link:
1 mount reineer
2 ice on top
3 trees on side
4 coming down the mountain is a bicycle
5 ridden by a german shephard
6 he's holding a glass of water in one hand
7 and a shoe in the other
8 at the bottom of the mountain, he crashes into a tvset
9 he lands on a pillow
10 bounces onto a trampoline
11 then bounces off the trampoline into an airplane
12 the airplane lands in dallas airport
13 and richard nixon was there to greet him
14 he was wearing a brown hat
15 black boots
16 he hands him a check for $50,000 and
17 keys to a brand new corvet
18 he then drives the corvet back to mount reineer
15 June 2008
Memory in a Month - Ron White (Day 2)
Memory in a Month - Day 2:
Basic Association Definitions and Uses
Brain Teaser:
Pick a number between 1 and 10
(7)
Multiply it by 9
(63)
Take the digits in the new number and add them together
(9)
Take the new number and subtract 5 from it
(4)
Assign that number a letter in the alphabet
(D)
Think of a country that starts with that letter
(Dominican Republic)
Go to the second letter of the name of that country and think of an animal that starts with that letter.
(O)
Pick animal that is associated with that letter
(Ostrich)
Pick a normal color for that animal
(Brown/Cream)
Hahahaha of course, i didn't end up with Grey Elephant in Denmark *cackles*
1 pencil
2 sink
3 circus
4 track
5 star
6 bullet
7 dice
8 hour glass
9 baseball
10 fingers
11 goal post
12 eggs
13 flag
14 necklace
15 paycheck
16 car
17 magazine
18 soldier
19 golf clubs
20 shotguns
i only got 6 right hahaha >.<
average people get 3-5 right *bawls*
We are learning basic association - by Test B 10 minutes later on the same list, I had all 20 memorized forwards and backwards... bizzare? nope... jst have to associate things properly.
Basic Association Definitions and Uses
Brain Teaser:
Pick a number between 1 and 10
(7)
Multiply it by 9
(63)
Take the digits in the new number and add them together
(9)
Take the new number and subtract 5 from it
(4)
Assign that number a letter in the alphabet
(D)
Think of a country that starts with that letter
(Dominican Republic)
Go to the second letter of the name of that country and think of an animal that starts with that letter.
(O)
Pick animal that is associated with that letter
(Ostrich)
Pick a normal color for that animal
(Brown/Cream)
Hahahaha of course, i didn't end up with Grey Elephant in Denmark *cackles*
1 pencil
2 sink
3 circus
4 track
5 star
6 bullet
7 dice
8 hour glass
9 baseball
10 fingers
11 goal post
12 eggs
13 flag
14 necklace
15 paycheck
16 car
17 magazine
18 soldier
19 golf clubs
20 shotguns
i only got 6 right hahaha >.<
average people get 3-5 right *bawls*
We are learning basic association - by Test B 10 minutes later on the same list, I had all 20 memorized forwards and backwards... bizzare? nope... jst have to associate things properly.
Speed Reading - Ron White (Day 2)
Speed Reading - Day 2:
So... I didn't have time to do the exercise described in track 3 to read for 10 minutes with music provided in track 4 yesterday, but here we are...
133 words for 10 lines = 13.3 words per line
There are 43lines/pg in the book I'm reading
13.3 words per line * 43 lines/page = 571.9 words/page
3pages read * 571.9 words/page = 1715.7 words read
plus first page had only 28lines * 13.3 words per line = 372.4 words read
1715.7 + 372.4 = 2088.1 total words read
This is the result of reading for 10 minutes, so...
My current reading speed: 209 words per minute
200-250 words per minute ~ average adult reading speed
comprehension is good - retention is 50%
100-200 wpm is the average reading speed for a 2-6 grader with min. comprehension
250-300 words per minute ~ slightly above average
comprehension retention is over 50%
300-500 wpm ~ seasoned reader and enjoys reading
comprehension level relatively high
500-800 wpm ~ great target reading speed for most people
high comprehension (up to 75%)
800-1000 wpm ~ highest level of reading
1000-1200 wpm ~ speed reading competitions? :P
over 1200 wpm ~ you have problems retaining information because you are skipping too much
Next step... Track 5, learning to use your hands.
So... I didn't have time to do the exercise described in track 3 to read for 10 minutes with music provided in track 4 yesterday, but here we are...
133 words for 10 lines = 13.3 words per line
There are 43lines/pg in the book I'm reading
13.3 words per line * 43 lines/page = 571.9 words/page
3pages read * 571.9 words/page = 1715.7 words read
plus first page had only 28lines * 13.3 words per line = 372.4 words read
1715.7 + 372.4 = 2088.1 total words read
This is the result of reading for 10 minutes, so...
My current reading speed: 209 words per minute
200-250 words per minute ~ average adult reading speed
comprehension is good - retention is 50%
100-200 wpm is the average reading speed for a 2-6 grader with min. comprehension
250-300 words per minute ~ slightly above average
comprehension retention is over 50%
300-500 wpm ~ seasoned reader and enjoys reading
comprehension level relatively high
500-800 wpm ~ great target reading speed for most people
high comprehension (up to 75%)
800-1000 wpm ~ highest level of reading
1000-1200 wpm ~ speed reading competitions? :P
over 1200 wpm ~ you have problems retaining information because you are skipping too much
Next step... Track 5, learning to use your hands.
14 June 2008
Speed Reading - Ron White (Day 1)
Speed Reading - Day 1:
Statistics he quoted:
Reading is a habit that is developed, so come on this ride with me! :D
"Standard education will get you jobs, self education will make you fortunes."
"If we do everything we're capable of, we'll astound ourselves."
~Thomas Jefferson
Fixation - small jump that your eyes make when reading
Great speed reader would average 900 wpm (gah..)
20/80 principal :D applies to speed reading, too. The key to effective time management is to figure out how to read the book effectively and find the 20/80 rule.
To start out - do not pick a book/subject that is completely new to you - select a subject you are familiar with so you can learn the new skill! (WOOHOO)
4 stages of learning:
Stage 1) Unconscious Incompetence - before you knew speed reading was possible but never heard of the concept of speed reading
Stage 2) Conscious Incompetence - consciously know that you have an incompetence in this area - that there is a skill out there that you don't know and you are moving towards learning that skill
Stage 3) Conscious Competence - You know the speed you are reading and the pattern your hands are moving - consciously moving them around
Stage 4) Unconscious Competence - Speed reading like a madman and not telling your hands/eyes to move in a certain way or pattern
The three essentials to learning something new!
1 desire
2 willingness
3 trying new methods
My goals for learning to speed read:
Statistics he quoted:
- Average CEO of America reads 4-5 books a month
- Average American reads 1 book every year (and doesn't get past the first chapter)
Reading is a habit that is developed, so come on this ride with me! :D
"Standard education will get you jobs, self education will make you fortunes."
"If we do everything we're capable of, we'll astound ourselves."
~Thomas Jefferson
Fixation - small jump that your eyes make when reading
Great speed reader would average 900 wpm (gah..)
20/80 principal :D applies to speed reading, too. The key to effective time management is to figure out how to read the book effectively and find the 20/80 rule.
To start out - do not pick a book/subject that is completely new to you - select a subject you are familiar with so you can learn the new skill! (WOOHOO)
4 stages of learning:
Stage 1) Unconscious Incompetence - before you knew speed reading was possible but never heard of the concept of speed reading
Stage 2) Conscious Incompetence - consciously know that you have an incompetence in this area - that there is a skill out there that you don't know and you are moving towards learning that skill
Stage 3) Conscious Competence - You know the speed you are reading and the pattern your hands are moving - consciously moving them around
Stage 4) Unconscious Competence - Speed reading like a madman and not telling your hands/eyes to move in a certain way or pattern
The three essentials to learning something new!
1 desire
2 willingness
3 trying new methods
My goals for learning to speed read:
- Higher reading comprehension skills
- Higher information retention
- Read more books and increase my knowledge :)
- Help others with the information that I learn/retain/remember... to remember Who They Are
Memory in a Month - Ron White (Day 1)
Memory in a Month - Day 1:
Anything we do for consecutively 20 days will become permanent in our daily habit (hrm... I've not been very good with this, not even with my vitamins/minerals - this is a great place to start)
Part of the process & Levels of Change:
1) Reject the new idea
2) See how it can be used by someone else... but not for you
3) As walls of resistance crumbles, you may try it...
4) "How did I ever get along without it?"
Don't sell yourself short! :D You can achieve anything you imagine.
Goals for learning this program:
Anything we do for consecutively 20 days will become permanent in our daily habit (hrm... I've not been very good with this, not even with my vitamins/minerals - this is a great place to start)
Part of the process & Levels of Change:
1) Reject the new idea
2) See how it can be used by someone else... but not for you
3) As walls of resistance crumbles, you may try it...
4) "How did I ever get along without it?"
Don't sell yourself short! :D You can achieve anything you imagine.
Goals for learning this program:
- The ability to give speeches without notes
- Recall Names & Faces
- Memorize key points in a chapter of a book
- Learn foreign languages
- Words and definitions (comprehension)
- (and to teach this as a study skill to my kids in daily life)
The End of the Beginning of the End...
Current Projects:
Reading:
1) A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
Also an Oprah.com book club book - went through the first session, now joining the summer
classes starting 16 June 2008
2) Conversations with God Trilogy + More - Neale Donald Walsch
Ongoing phone conference with friends
Audio Learning:
1) Memory in a Month - Ron White
Come with me on a 30 day journey, starting today, 14 June 2008, of the Memory in a Month program. This will be done consistently for 30 days to improve my memory!! Yippie Skippy!
2) Speed Reading - Ron White
Reading goes with comprehension - and needless to say, will improve as speed improves and memory improves! I'm excited to embark on this journey.
Crochet:
1) Ripple Shawl
Yarn: Lionbrand Microspun Lavender
Hook: F-Hook
2) Beth's Little Star Afghan
For Little Kyler Grant Abdelzaher born 12 June 2008
Yarns:
Lionbrand Pound of Love Pastel Green
Bernat Softee Baby - 31301 His Jeans Ombre
Bernat Softee Baby - 03000 White Sparkle
For Cadence:
Yarns:
Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille - 9800 Painted Iris
Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille - 1058 Bleached White
3) Amigurumi
Panda:
* Thinking about pattern, have not started - this will be my first freeform amigurumi animal
Penguin:
* Done one size smaller - 36 st in round instead of 42
Yarn:
Bernat Satin - Cream
Black
Pig:
Yarn:
Best Bunny:
Yarn:
Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille - 9800 Painted Iris
Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille - 1058 Bleached White
Carrot:
Half way down her page of free patterns, there is a rabbit with her carrot. I made the carrot body similar to her pattern here, and made my carrot leaves based off of the Coats and Clark's Crocheted Fruits & Vegetables pattern, but altered.
Autumn's Apple:
Finger puppet worm through an apple - who can resist crocheting this one :D
Reading:
1) A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
Also an Oprah.com book club book - went through the first session, now joining the summer
classes starting 16 June 2008
2) Conversations with God Trilogy + More - Neale Donald Walsch
Ongoing phone conference with friends
Audio Learning:
1) Memory in a Month - Ron White
Come with me on a 30 day journey, starting today, 14 June 2008, of the Memory in a Month program. This will be done consistently for 30 days to improve my memory!! Yippie Skippy!
2) Speed Reading - Ron White
Reading goes with comprehension - and needless to say, will improve as speed improves and memory improves! I'm excited to embark on this journey.
Crochet:
1) Ripple Shawl
Yarn: Lionbrand Microspun Lavender
Hook: F-Hook
2) Beth's Little Star Afghan
For Little Kyler Grant Abdelzaher born 12 June 2008
Yarns:
Lionbrand Pound of Love Pastel Green
Bernat Softee Baby - 31301 His Jeans Ombre
Bernat Softee Baby - 03000 White Sparkle
For Cadence:
Yarns:
Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille - 9800 Painted Iris
Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille - 1058 Bleached White
3) Amigurumi
Panda:
* Thinking about pattern, have not started - this will be my first freeform amigurumi animal
Penguin:
* Done one size smaller - 36 st in round instead of 42
Yarn:
Bernat Satin - Cream
Black
Pig:
Yarn:
Best Bunny:
Yarn:
Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille - 9800 Painted Iris
Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille - 1058 Bleached White
Carrot:
Half way down her page of free patterns, there is a rabbit with her carrot. I made the carrot body similar to her pattern here, and made my carrot leaves based off of the Coats and Clark's Crocheted Fruits & Vegetables pattern, but altered.
Autumn's Apple:
Finger puppet worm through an apple - who can resist crocheting this one :D