If you look through some of the past posts, you’ll read about different ways people have used the Anchorman List or ABC lists. We seem to get caught up in using the Anchor List, but we can always create a new ABC list for any subject. The Anchor List is an example, not there to confuse you, but to help you remember things more easily!
Mrs. Birkenbihl suggests in the manual that when she talks of the Anchorman list, actually any list of your choice will do. Since you use a list to anchor items in your memory web, we can refer to any list as the Anchorman List even if it is not the anchorman list of the course.
The course does not use pegs in the traditional sense, meaning that it does not give you a list to memorize, but rather encourages you to create your own list, which is the way the brain naturally remembers new information.
Mrs. Birkenbihl also gives examples in the manual of how to use the Anchorman List to remember a PIN number, a speech, or a list of anything, And realize that it is as much in the processs of creating a list that helps you remember, as it is in mentally or manually rehearsing the list afterwards.
If you have a PIN number to remember, or even a math or chemistry formula, you can use the word or phrase from your list for each number in the sequence. Make a story using the items and rehearse the story until you have it. This is simply a temporary way to remember the formula until it eventually becomes part of your knowledge. For a speech, assign a key word to each key thought. Assign the order you want them in, which will give you a digit for each number in sequence.
She gives you the Anchorman List but use it in a way that works for you. If that means creating a brand new list, then by all means do it.
