On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 11:22:58 -0700, Jack Twilley
wrote:

In my limited experience, I learn more characters faster with
Farnsworth spacing, but I'm concerned that I'm building a lookup table
instead of reflexes. It's the difference between "dahdidah, hmm,
that's K, dahdah, hmm, that's M" and "dahdidah (K) dahdah (M)". I
learned eight or nine characters with Farnsworth spacing, but I can't
repeat the performance at full speed, so I fear that I'm learning
something that won't be useful if I continue to use Farnsworth
spacing.

Imagine it's like exercising or setting a goal to enter a marathon.

You don't do 500 push-ups, 100 arm curls, and run 26 miles a day. You
work up to that goal of running and finishing the 26 mile Boston
Marathon, a little at a time, 3 days a week.

It can be done. Takes practice, a lot of practice and patience.

My suggestion is, limit yourself to 3 times a day (if you can fit into
your schedule), every day. That will keep from being overwhelmed and
feeling of frustration at least to a minimum.

It took me a little over 6 months to go from nothing to 20 WPM. I
passed the 20 WPM code before I took the General written exam.