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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 Mindfulness Sharpens Learning

Start a practice that supports your studying without becoming a wellness cliché.

Ray Blakney

How to Actually Be Responsible With Your Time When You're Learning

Jun 8, 2026

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9 min read

How to Actually Be Responsible With Your Time When You're Learning

How to allocate your hours so learning gets done without wrecking the rest of your life.

Ray Blakney

Wrong Is Right: How Mistakes Power Learning

Jun 8, 2026

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10 min read

Wrong Is Right: How Mistakes Power Learning

Why errors are some of your most powerful learning signals.

Ray Blakney

Jun 2, 2026

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9 min read

When Your Brain Won't Cooperate

How to Handle Focus Breakdowns Mid-Session

Ray Blakney

How Journaling Sharpens Memory and Learning

May 26, 2026

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9 min read

How Journaling Sharpens Memory and Learning

Why putting thoughts on a page improves your working memory.

Ray Blakney

How Resilience Determines Whether You Actually Learn Anything Hard

May 19, 2026

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9 min read

How Resilience Determines Whether You Actually Learn Anything Hard

Why resilience predicts learning outcomes more than intelligence does.

Ray Blakney

What Your Brain Actually Does When You Learn Something New

May 17, 2026

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9 min read

What Your Brain Actually Does When You Learn Something New

The brain change you can't see

Ray Blakney

Beyond the Cardboard: How Playing Games With People Builds Skills You Actually Need

May 16, 2026

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9 min read

Beyond the Cardboard: How Playing Games With People Builds Skills You Actually Need

Why the social dimension of board games turns out to be one of the most transferable life skills there are.

Ray Blakney

The Zone Just Past Comfortable: Why Stretching Yourself Is How Learning Actually Happens

May 15, 2026

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9 min read

The Zone Just Past Comfortable: Why Stretching Yourself Is How Learning Actually Happens

Why comfortable studying doesn't produce growth, where the actual learning zone lives, and how to deliberately calibrate the discomfort that produces real progress.

Ray Blakney

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Archive

How Mindfulness Sharpens Learning

How to Actually Be Responsible With Your Time When You're Learning

Wrong Is Right: How Mistakes Power Learning

When Your Brain Won't Cooperate

How Journaling Sharpens Memory and Learning

How Resilience Determines Whether You Actually Learn Anything Hard

What Your Brain Actually Does When You Learn Something New

Beyond the Cardboard: How Playing Games With People Builds Skills You Actually Need

The Zone Just Past Comfortable: Why Stretching Yourself Is How Learning Actually Happens

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