Many people use the Major Method to come up with peg words/images so that the number to word relationship is nonrandom and easier to commit to memory. Here is an example of how it should work.

I choose to use peg words that are objects and not abstract verb/ideas. The number 201 can be 'nest' or 'incite', both of which satisfy the major mnemonic method, but using 'nest' as your peg word is better because it is an object that you can better picture in your head and create interactions between it and other peg objects, to create a string of events.