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A newsletter for lifelong learners looking to improve their processing, retention and recall of everything they learn.

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Ray Blakney

How Sleep Turns Your Brain Into a Learning Machine

Why your best study hack might be a nap

Ray Blakney

Aug 4, 2026

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5 min read

Sweet Treats & Study Sessions

Your brain runs on cookies

Ray Blakney

Aug 4, 2026

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9 min read

The Reset Ritual

How to make your study space work session after session

Ray Blakney

Aug 3, 2026

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9 min read

Focus Under Fire

How to study when you can't control your environment

Ray Blakney

The Long Game: How to Protect Your Cognitive Function for the Decades Ahead

Aug 1, 2026

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9 min read

The Long Game: How to Protect Your Cognitive Function for the Decades Ahead

Protect your brain starting now

Ray Blakney

Jul 31, 2026

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9 min read

The AI Learning Partner

How to actually use AI without letting it replace your thinking

Ray Blakney

The Confidence That Actually Helps Learning (Not the Kind You Think)

Jul 30, 2026

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10 min read

The Confidence That Actually Helps Learning (Not the Kind You Think)

Feel capable, not just good

Ray Blakney

Jul 30, 2026

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9 min read

Why Your Brain Craves Stories

Storytelling as a learning tool

Ray Blakney

Making Gaming and Studying Work Together

Jul 29, 2026

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8 min read

Making Gaming and Studying Work Together

Here's what actually works for making both parts of your life productive.

Ray Blakney

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Archive

How Sleep Turns Your Brain Into a Learning Machine

Sweet Treats & Study Sessions

The Reset Ritual

Focus Under Fire

The Long Game: How to Protect Your Cognitive Function for the Decades Ahead

The AI Learning Partner

The Confidence That Actually Helps Learning (Not the Kind You Think)

Why Your Brain Craves Stories

Making Gaming and Studying Work Together

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