Thirdly, reps. Knowing something is great but the only way to cement your hard earned knowledge is reps. For example, after learning the EPs on paper for about a month I spoke the EPs while driving to base and then again driving home...Fifthly, chairfly. The ability to mentally put yourself in flight and focus intently on a profile helps with real world flights.
Congrats on your progress, and all great advice. Especially the chair flying. Here's a grad level tip.
The only time you'll ever need to know your EPs as a series of words is when you are not flying. So the best way to learn the EPs is as a series of actions you take in a cockpit. Read the EP, visualize the cockpit, and immediately work to embed the actions. You'll find that some that are sequential as a series of words become simultaneous as a series of actions.
I still remember the OCF EP from 1992 which was (roughly) throttle idle, boards in, controls centered (including rudder pedals - look at them), check altimeter (grab lower handle if too low) and then ASI and turn needle to analyze. All of that was a bunch of steps on a test, but one fluid action in the plane.
Learning them this way means you are translating actions in your mind into words on paper in a test, rather than translating words on paper into actions you take in an airplane. While it is on fire. ?