You might remember the meaning of the character 向 with this easy mnemonic:
Your TV (向) needs to face a certain direction for good feng shui. You don't believe in that, so you faced the TV in whatever direction you wanted. You've had bad luck for most of this year. You're starting to think that feng shui might be a real thing.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.