I am starting a blog, Month to Master (M2M) series. This is inspired by blog series of Max Deutsch, in which he picks up challentng tasks, to complete it in 30 days. The best among that,was the chess match with Magnus C.
In this series, I will be picking up (somewhat!) tough challenges, which I would aim to complete in a month. In the interim, I will be blogging about the preparation and process, that is going into solving the challenge .,
To challenge myself, to new boudaries of knowledge and perseverance. On the way, also satisfy my hunger and curiousity to learn new things.
This is something, I wanted to master since long. As of today (May 2019), there are about 196 countries.
The challenge is to remember all the countries and their capital. Not Simple, many of the them are tongue twisters.
Well, in my school days, I used the memory techniques that I had read in the book ‘Page a Minute Memory Book’ by Harry Loryane, to memorize the capital cities of India. I plan to use the same. It’s been long since, I used the memory techniques. Thus, first few days, I will need to brush them up. Meanwhile, there could be some newer techniques as well, that I can explore. For the list of capital cities, that I would be referring to those listed here. This portal seems to be authentic, with recent updates, being reflected as well.
An important step, to this challenge, is to identify and measure your current position. For this, i scooped thru the internet, and got a timed quiz link here. This ensures coverage of all conuntries, and the timed quiz adds another dimension to the challenge !! :-) I generally, keep myself abrest with the latest in current affairs. But, to my astonishment, i got a dismal score of 26/196, in my first formal attempt. So thats a huge leap to go in next 30 days .
Let’s see how this goes, in my next blog