Practice PACER To Learn Right

Hey Team,

So I came across Justin Sung's video "reference @ the end" on a learning system for remembering everything you read or study. The system is based on the idea that learning is a two-stage process: consumption and digestion.

The consumption stage is when you take in new information through reading, listening, or watching. The digestion stage is when you process that information and store it in your long-term memory.

The Justin argues that most people focus too much on the consumption stage and not enough on the digestion stage. This is why they struggle to remember or apply what they learn.

Five Stages During Learning:

1. Identify the type of information you are consuming.

Using the acronym PACER categorize the information as one of these:
- Procedural, Analogous, Conceptual, Evidence, or Reference.

2. Consume the information Correctly.

This involves reading, listening or watching the new content what process works for you.
It's important to find your best way to get a proper "first exposure" to the information, the way that works for you.
During consumption process decide, "or get it from mentor or someone who has been exposed before", which parts will need practicing & even in which order.

3. Digest the information.

This involves different processes of digestion for each type of information.

Procedural: As soon as you consume, find way to practice it. If you cannot practice it immediately. reduce the rate of consumption or change the subject all together for the time being.
Analogous: Is knowledge that relates to the topic, that you already know. This can be direct or indirect. When connecting familiar ideas with new info it becomes an analogy for you. You need to critically analyse the analogy & find where it falls short & extend it or trim it down.
Conceptual: This information has facts, explanations, theories n principles or different methods on performing it. We map this sort of information, create diagrams for this sort of knowledge to create understanding.
Evidence: These are specific measurements or ideas or things that are constant within the new information. It's something to remember & use as is when you need it. Just Store & rehearse these yet your rehearsing should happen on spaced periods so it sticks to long term memory.
Reference: You also have references to the information or some useful topics or ideas on the new information. This document is me creating a reference for this knowledge I just came across also. I Store this and write it down so i have a reference so I can check it out before I rehearse it.

4. Balance Your Consumption & Digestion.

It is important to not consume too much information at once without giving yourself time to digest it.
Personally this was an issue I faced for few years till i realized I recognize a lot of knowledge references, topics, ideas & books embarrassingly though I did not have the body of work showing my understanding / application of that knowledge so I decide I need a way to act on what I already know before adding.
We are at a stage where the goal for gathering information is to understand & act on it, which means we need to spend more time digesting not consuming.

5. Be patient. Learning is a complex process and it takes time to master.

The key is to use the right processes for each type of information & to balance consumption and digestion. Lets try this out & see how far it can take us.

Conclusion:

This process is cool system I feel works within the 4 Stages Of Understanding, as the system to help me take on the "slope of enlightenment". Which is the process of repeated exposure & practice of the knowledge we have gained.

This process is important because I think its my responsibility to fight that imposter syndrome, to know that I have skills to offer not concepts. Yet in my past that is all that consuming without practicing has been giving me.

Lets get it!