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It means it is working exactly as it should. The initial discomfort you feel during active recall — the effortful reaching for information that is not immediately accessible — is precisely the mechanism that produces stronger encoding. Re-reading feels better because recognition is effortless. Retrieval feels worse because it is genuinely harder. The research finding is consistent: the harder the retrieval, the stronger the resulting memory. Judge the technique by what you remember a week later, not by how comfortable the session felt.
We do not maintain or endorse specific Anki decks, partly because we believe the act of creating your own cards is itself a valuable learning exercise, and partly because we cannot verify the accuracy of third-party decks. The best deck for you is one you built yourself, from material you have already understood through reading and the Feynman technique. However, for the concepts covered on this site specifically, your own notes converted into flashcards after reading each page would be a perfectly appropriate starting point.
Interest and motivation affect learning more than most technique-based discussions acknowledge, and it is worth being honest about this. The techniques described on this site are most effective when applied to material you have some reason to engage with — whether intrinsic curiosity or extrinsic necessity. That said, elaborative interrogation (asking "why" and "how") often generates genuine interest in material that initially feels dry, because it forces you to build connections that make the material meaningful. Starting with the "why does this matter?" question before engaging with specific content is often the most effective way to create at least enough engagement to make the other techniques viable.