You're right, memorizing pairs makes it easier. There's a trick that seemed to work even better: Trace lines with your eyes and then memorize that. I found my

You're right, memorizing pairs makes it easier. There's a trick that seemed to work even better: Trace lines with your eyes and then memorize that. I found myself memorizing "up down up down up down left right right" by the end, like some old Nintendo game, which was easier than memorizing pairs.