< Ancient language scholarship
It's hard being interested in everything under the sun.
That's the truth! Definitely something I struggle with as well.
Learning by proxy seems like as good a method as any for right now, and I know for me, something like that would help new words stick better anyway.
Speaking of which, a couple questions, if I may:
1. What resources have you found for Classical Chinese? That's something I've been interested in for awhile, but have had a hard time finding books on it that aren't in Mandarin.
2. More generally, what's your preferred method for memorizing vocabulary? This is an area in which I struggle a great deal, and am yet to find anything that really works for me.