It may be worthwhile for me to develop a sense as to when I'm able to fully understand something. I wonder how one would go about doing that?

Also, I've been using SuperMemo consistently for about six months now. I understand that rote memorization isn't really "learning", but it's helped actually learning in so many ways. At first, it took a while to set up the cards in a fashion I approved of, but now it only takes a few minutes to set up multiple cards, and 10 minutes at most to do the review every morning. I think the time I've spent in SuperMemo is well worth what I've gained from it.

Henceforth, I'm going to make a conscious effort to "embrace the messiness of things" when it comes to learning. I seem to do do that pretty well when it comes to my environment. ;)