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Self-Study

Build your own curriculum from any source — books, videos, articles, papers.

The Interleaving Effect: Why Studying One Topic at a Time Is Making You Worse

Blocked practice feels productive — you mass one topic, then move on. Interleaving, where you mix topics during a study session, feels slower and more confusing, yet consistently produces dramatically better performance on transfer tests. Here is why the counterintuitive method wins, and how to use AI to engineer it into any subject.

Build a Self-Study Project That Actually Works: Books + Videos + Articles into One Plan

Most self-study fails because it's a pile of bookmarks, not a project. Here's how to turn your scattered learning materials into one structured curriculum with progress tracking and real milestones.

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Break Down Any Research Paper in 20 Minutes: A Ritsu Workflow for Grad Students

Reading a paper linearly is the wrong algorithm. Here's the three-pass Ritsu workflow that turns dense methodology into a concept map and testable knowledge — in under 20 minutes.

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Solve Textbook Exercises the Right Way: Understanding, Not Answers

Chegg gives you answers. That's not what you need. Here's the Ritsu workflow for working through exercises step-by-step — so you actually understand the method, not just the final number.

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