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Warning: I found a weird way to actually get through my anime watchlist
My backlog on Crunchyroll hit over 80 shows, and I kept starting new ones instead of finishing anything. So last month, I made a rule: I can only watch the next episode of a show if I write one sentence about the previous one in a notebook. It sounds dumb, but forcing myself to think about that one thing made me actually remember plots and stick with series like 'Odd Taxi' all the way through. Does anyone else have a trick for actually finishing shows instead of just adding more?
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ericfox28d ago
That notebook idea is smart. My friend did something similar but with voice notes. He'd record a quick 30 second ramble after each episode, like "okay so the detective definitely lied about the alibi" and it made him weirdly invested. He finished all of Steins Gate that way.
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claire_hayes3515d ago
Funny how adding a tiny bit of friction makes things stick. It's like when you have to actually write down a grocery list instead of just thinking about it, you remember the milk. That notebook trick works because it turns passive watching into a tiny active task. Makes you wonder what other stuff we could finish just by making a small mark after each step. Your friend's voice note thing is the same idea, just a different tool. Maybe the brain just needs a hook to hang the memory on.
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