Here you go! (It also has location and adjective words, ignore those for now and just check out the People Actions and Objects. Card maps are also in this grid.)
You’re taking a very analog approach with the notebooks, which is cool, but be aware there are many free flashcard apps that can make things a lot easier to set up and review quickly from your phone or computer. Also if you decide to change any of the words (which you almost certainly will) its alot easier to edit than having to rewrite or replace physical cards. But if you like the tangible feel, by all means do what works for you!
One thing to think about, when you make your flashcards is that you’ll want to practice recognition by “reading” one type of association at a time. So you’ll see a number or a card on the front, but try to JUST think of the Person OR the Action OR the Object. Try not to visualize the [
King] as “Nick knocking on a nuke” as a complete scene. Try to see it as each of its independent elements on their own. The [ K] is “NiCK” when you are reviewing cards to learn the people. The [ King] is “kNoCKing” when you are learning actions. The [ King] is a “NuKe” when you’re learning the objects. This way you build that skill of being able to read the card directly as each of the elements.
In terms of pushing yourself faster, go for incremental improvements. Figure out your baseline “seconds per card” to memorize a full deck with 100% accuracy. (This will probably be pretty slow at first, thats ok!) Push yourself like 5% faster via a metronome app. Your accuracy will probably drop a good amount at first, but keep at that pace and you’ll see it improve. Once you can hit around 90% accuracy at the new speed, set it another 5% faster. Before long, you’ll be pretty far along. Keep in mind that the faster you go, the harder it is to shave time off your personal bests. This is normal. Plateaus are also normal where you don’t see any progress for days or weeks sometimes. But keep at it. Fast times depend on how quickly you can recognize the cards and visualize the imagery, how quickly you can put a scene together and relate it to the location in your palace, and how quickly you can navigate your loci. Practice each of those things to improve your total time.
Lastly, don’t neglect memory palace building. Try to create four really solid 17 loci journeys at first and learn them till you have em down cold. Then each week or so try to make another. Trust me on this. The more palaces you have that you are comfortable with, the more you can freely practice cards and numbers and the faster you’ll get.