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Which approaches help you more when memorizing new material?

grommet said:
I am trying to learn computers and how to use Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. I have played it a lot but it seems like I am always at the beginning, the depth of complication to the game seems to go on and on. That is besides just flying the planes.

Learning about how computers work has been pretty bad. To make things work I have to know about file paths, I cannot memorize them or figure them out. My friend who I play MSFS with reminds me to have fun. That cures me, I feel better again then after a while I need a reminder. I am not interested in computers or settings in games. Learning something that is not fun is the hardest. Learning about something I love is super easy.
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Understandable. It's what makes coding and operating systems so challenging. Some if it I find quite stimulating, while other aspects of it either bore me to tears or drive me crazy.

Though the only reason I actually got into computers was because of a game. I couldn't even get it to boot up in Windows 3.1. Had to understand how to create sufficient "conventional memory" to get it running. After that I was thrilled to be playing lots of games with such requirements. And the rest is history...lol.
 
Usually being in classes helped me. There was a lot of structure.


I've always struggled to figure out at what point I am too tired to learn and should just go to bed though. I have fatigue issues so it's an ever-present issue.
 
Never did well is high school, could study for few hours marks like math would go for barely pass to high eighties on final exam I guess know knowing I have eidetic memory helped. never took marks seriously Did well in college as I really enjoyed it. Same with quality courses made sure got an A on every course. found even, electives it easy. Even after this could not get promoted to quality manager, years of experience that's how life works. when I retired my immediate boss and I had close to one hundred years of experience, He was 50 year employee. I had 40 years experience at various employer's two college diplomas. always passed over even only employee to get year end bonus at years end in companies history, twice. That's how real life works.
 
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Ronald Zeeman said:
always passed over even only employee to get year end bonus at years end in companies history, twice. That's how real life works.
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Indeed. Doesn't seem fair. At my last job, I came in on time, did my work, stayed out of the drama, and went home. Nothing really special on my part. Yet I was always rated "Top Talent" on my annual reviews and always got the maximum merit increase in pay each year. Go figure.
 
Worse part before I retired the plant manager decided we need a quality engineer, Making ink was getting physically too difficult so me so I put my name forward, Quality of management certificate straight A student, forty years experience including previous experience on a coil coating line, What did they do went outside the company to find somebody, I was not even considered. Then they asked me to stay beyond retirement age. After retirement ten days after my 65 birthday stroke, After I left hospital posted what I did on my linkedin, threatened with being sued unless I retracked what I posted.
 
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