It was exactly one year ago today that I started using the Leitner Cardbox study method to start studying Scrabble words.

On November 22, 2006, spherulitic sent me an e-mail describing in great detail how he studied his own flashcards, with small "tweaks" here and there for studying hooks and extensions (like words that end with Y, do they take -IER, -IEST, -ILY, -ISH...)


It took me a couple days to get organized, but it was a year ago today, November 25, 2006 that I put either a "1" or a "0" at the bottom of a flash card and started studying.

Now, 20,000 flashcards, and several tournaments later, I wonder... is it worth it? I certainly have a much larger word knowledge (especially bingos)... but, as I pointed out to both spherulitic and andysaunders my rating hasn't budged an inch in the last 12 months.

As I mentioned in a posting some months ago, studying was totally taking over my life. I was spending three, four, five hours a day studying...

It's now a little more manageable (but it's still close to three hours a day). What used to be 1,000 to 1,200 cards a day, is now in the neighbourhood of 500 to 700 cards a day.

I couldn't imagine doing it any other way, though...

Damn you, spherulitic. A pox on you! Look what you've done to me!

:-)