Spaced Repetition System or SRS as I’ll call it from now on is a system designed to help you learn stuff and improve your recall abilities using less reviews over a period of time.

How does it work?

Basically, when using SRS, the system tries to figure out when you are the most likely to forget a piece of information and then it tests you on that information before you forget it. This makes it better since you don’t neccessarily need to review something every day if you will forget it only in a week or more. Each time you review something, you need to grade your recall ability - which lets the SRS figure out how hard it was for you to recall and adjust the next interval accordingly.

Advantages

SRS respects your time and energy by not forcing you to review something unless it’s necessary. SRS allows your to focus on the most important things and not waste time reviewing things that you will remember for a long time.

Disadvantages

If you don’t use the SRS system every day, it will get less effective since you’ll forget the things before you review them. The reviews will also start to pile up which can make it pretty exhausting to keep up with. If you don’t grade yourself accurately, it can also make the system less effective since you will either see information too often or not often enough.

The Spaced Repetition System I Use

I use Anki as my Spaced Repetition System for my Language Learning needs and also for other topics I’m interested in once in a while. Anki is commonly used for Language Learning and Medical Studies but it can be used for pretty much anything - either using already made decks or creating your own.