I use Anki cards to learn when I don't have much time

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Anki cards help me keep learning when I don't have large blocks of time. I wrote more about how I create them in Less Cards, More Meaning. For the last two days, I had blocks of around 10 minutes here and there. That is enough to pick up my phone and go through the topics I am learning. Some of those moments happen naturally, while others I make on purpose. For example, every hour I try to set aside 2–5 minutes when I can pick up my phone and go through some cards. Combining those moments sometimes gives me up to 1 hour of learning by the end of the day, spread throughout the day.

Where did I find those moments over the last two days?

• Brushing my teeth in the morning—around 2 minutes
• Waiting for the espresso machine to make me a coffee—around 2 minutes
• Going down to the garage early to get the car ready for a trip—up to 5 minutes
• Waiting in a queue to pay for gas
• In a restaurant. I usually pick what I want quickly and spend the remaining time learning
• Telling people around me that I'm going for a short break. Yes. My nervous system needs that time. During it, I go through my learning material—around 5 minutes
• An evening walk—around 10 minutes

Depending on the topic, an Anki card has a question and answer, plus a link to the documentation. Reviewing familiar cards goes fast, but learning a new card takes longer because I sometimes need to read the linked documentation.

I don't need to find a free hour to learn—I can build one from small moments throughout the day.