A few years ago I started trying to memorize meaningful text — passages I kept returning to, things I wanted to carry rather than just know. I tried the usual tools. Anki felt clinical. Rereading was passive. Recording myself worked briefly, then fell apart when I stopped managing the review schedule.
The problem wasn't the learning. It was the keeping. I could get something into my head for a week or two. Then life would get busy, I'd miss a few days, and it would slip. I'd end up starting over — which is demoralizing when the text actually matters to you.
So I built something different. Audio lessons with the review baked in. Every session revisits what you covered before — automatically, without you having to think about it. The maintenance just happens.
I use it myself every day, on my commute. It's not finished yet — but it works, and I've watched the material accumulate in a way nothing else made possible.