Memorization pro-tip: my memorization process is helping me add about 10 new words a day. Here\u2019s how it goes: I use a notebook to capture words I want to learn, whether they\u2019re from class, a recent conversation, or an article I\u2019m reading. I draw from this list to make physical flash cards, usually 10 per day. After making the cards, I type the new words into a running conversation in ChatGPT, and ask it to give me mnemonic devices to help remember (I\u2019ve found mnemonic devices SOOO helpful for learning fast, and asking ChatGPT to come up with them takes a huge cognitive load off my plate). Once I have the cards and the mnemonic devices, I work through the new cards a few times. Then I combine them with the cards I\u2019m still working on from the last week or so. At any given time I have a stack of about 50-60 cards I\u2019m solidifying. Once I know words back and forth, I take the card out of the rotation and put it into a \u201Clong-term\u201D pile that I only go back to once every few weeks to make sure I still know them. These long-term piles are grouped into packs of 50, so it\u2019s easy to know how many words in total I\u2019ve added. (**P.S., one common mistake is to memorize from the Spanish side to see if you know what the word means. No! Look at the English word first, and then see if you can summon the Spanish word for what you want to say\u2014this is the only way you\u2019ll be able to do the same thing in conversation).