How to memorise a pack of cards

I managed to memorise 37 of the 52 cards (numbers not suits) on the way in to work this morning. That's about an hour journey.

I'm quite pleased with that - although there's a long way to go to get to 52 cards, then add the suits then get it down to 5 minutes!

My first 4 points on my journey were, my bed, Max's bed, Lauren's bed and Zach's bed.

I have found that if I assign numbers to Gab, Max, Lauren and Zach it is more powerful than assigning to their beds - I guess it is obvious. But then I can also place them in other places on the route. It cross references numbers and enables me to re-use my strongest memory place holders.

P90X Program Cancellation, Restart & Cancellation

So after getting really sick (nothing to do with P90X as far as I know) I had to stop. But I restarted again and kept going until my IKEAing up the house took over. I had to give up on everything else to finish the IKEA work before Gab and the little ones got home. In the mean time I bought bungie rope things to use instead of weights and a pull up bar - downstairs and yet to be assembled. But I have the tools now and plan to relaunch again.
The second time I did it I found I was eating better and had more energy and felt loads better.
But it takes up loads of time - it's only 7 hours a week - but with my commuting that's a big share of the amount of free time I have.

How to memorise a pack of cards update

I shelved all projects for a while while I IKEA'd up our house with the help of mum and dad while Gab and the little ones were away in Australia.

I did keep going with the memorisation project for a while and I managed to memorise a pack of cards - but only the numbers and not the suits. It also took about a day to do!

The first time I did it I managed to memorise about 20 cards, and worked my way up to 52.

I worked out the 52 places to put cards. It's my journey to work. At the moment I have to sit with my list in front of me as I memorise the cards.

The 100 Things Challenge - Day 1

This is a new project.

This is my inspiration: http://www.guynameddave.com/100-thing-challenge.html.

I've always appreciated minimalism and I try not to buy tons of stuff but boy do I have a ton of crap.

But thinking of the stuff I need I can't see myself getting to 100 things. Tennis stuff, running stuff, gym stuff, skiing stuff, surfing stuff, work clothes, winter and summer clothes, without thinking too hard I can think of loads of stuff I need.

The first stage is counting what I think I need - the rest I am going to put in the loft or ebay. Once they've been packed away and untouched for a year I can throw away.

100 things may not be sensible for my life - but I want to come up with a sensible level and stick to it.

Need - Obviously I don't need almost anything - the plan is to keep stuff I use. And get rid of the stuff I don't. I do not want to have to get rid of stuff for the sake of it and make my life harder in anyway. So I could get rid of my palm pilot - I don't really need it - but I use it often and don't want to get rid of it to hit an arbitrary target.