Let an SRS schedule the timing

Use a spaced-repetition system to compute when each item is due so you do not have to.

Why it works

Tracking the right review date for hundreds of items by hand is impossible, so people default to reviewing everything or nothing. An SRS automates the schedule — surfacing each item near its forgetting point — which is what makes spacing sustainable at scale.

How to do it

1. Add only items you genuinely want to retain long-term, not everything you read.
2. Do the due reviews daily so the backlog never snowballs into a cram session.
3. Rate your recall honestly so the system can lengthen or shorten the next interval.

Evidence

SRS tools operationalize the well-supported spacing and testing effects. The scheduling algorithms themselves are practitioner-tuned heuristics built on those validated mechanisms. (mechanistic)

The software is a delivery mechanism; the proven ingredients are spacing and retrieval, not any particular algorithm.

Common mistake

Adding far more cards than you can sustain, then abandoning the system when the daily due pile becomes overwhelming.