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I've begun a concentrated effort to train in practical application for all the knowledge I gained from reading rationality!
It's a fairly simplistic system; I review the content I want to distill, and then organize/compact it into related modules. Since I've a good memory for reading, simplifying the techniques to sub-listing of a few words does not shed what it expands to internally. I then review the content regularly and forecast what it's application might look like, and think back on when I missed out on a chance to use it. Associative actions help me notice these in a meaningful way. (snapping fingers).
A given week's content will be reviewed at length during it's time, and previous week's content will be reviewed in a much more compact form so I don't lose the habits formed.
I'm starting the system off with Lesswrong's anti-akrasia content and Part A of EY's book, along with some other posts I think had useful concepts.
Do I count as a Level 1 Rationalist now?
I am not qualified to judge (hint: no one is but you); but I can ask the question as to whether reviews of reading is practical application? I have noticed a failure mode of myself to gather a lot of knowledge and not actually apply it.
What would be extra-awesome is if you notice yourself finding practical places to use rationality and then coming back and sharing the ones you find effective in your life with us.