Fast pass

Pomodoro technique — triage and high-yield first passes. For a fast pass, freeze new timed focus boxes two weeks out and only retire leeches and high-yield lists.

Scores here are relative ranks inside this atlas, not lab grades or official cut scores.

Weeks

1. Week 1public outline → timed focus boxes

   Build timed focus boxes only for facts that can reappear as a name, number or list.

2. Week 2High-yield first

   Put one sitting's next page into timed focus boxes before commentary.

3. Week 3Daily due only

   If time is short, drop new timed focus boxes and pay the due queue. That is the pass, not a failure.

4. Week 4Exile chronic fails

   Move chronic fails off infinite timed focus boxes and learn them as a one-page list.

5. Week 5Freeze and retrieve

   Two weeks out, zero new timed focus boxes. Leftover minutes go to closed-book dumps.

6. Week 6Eve light

   Do a short due pass of timed focus boxes, then sleep. Do not inflate the pile at 1 a.m.

Shortcuts

• One-fact rule — If the answer for timed focus boxes has an "and", split it.
• Hide the answer — timed focus boxes that shows the answer in the prompt is reading practice, not recall.
• Ten-second map — Suspend timed focus boxes you cannot map to public outline in ten seconds.
• Image one label — For a diagram, hide one label per timed focus boxes, not the whole figure.
• Sleep after due — A short due pass of timed focus boxes then sleep beats a 1 a.m. rewrite binge.

Triage

• Must-name facts — Keep timed focus boxes for names, numbers and lists that can be asked verbatim.
• Skip unasked prose — Do not turn commentary into timed focus boxes unless the sitting asks you to recite it.
• Procedure off-queue — A multi-step procedure belongs on a worked sheet first, then maybe one timed focus boxes per step.
• Freeze before sitting — New timed focus boxes stops when the calendar says the sitting is inside two weeks.

Educational atlas — not an official syllabus, medical advice, or leaked item bank. Pomodoro technique: Keep the public outline in view and treat this page as method, not a leaked key.

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