[tartoran]

I’ve had a similar intuition and approach as a kid though in school I had to memorize definitions and formulae, I never fully commited them to memory, instead choosing to derive them on the spot thinking I was practicing a different muscle, understanding. The bad part was building a bad habit of avoiding rote memorization at all costs whict lead to similar limitations later on. Only later on did I understand that it’s all about building good habits that yield great returns over time.