(Of course I don't know if I am getting better results, but obviously I believe I do.) I read and highlight stuff in the evening, when my brain is too toasted

(Of course I don't know if I am getting better results, but obviously I believe I do.) I read and highlight stuff in the evening, when my brain is too toasted for high-end productivity. (Please don't read this as adherence to an "early-riser cult"!) The next morning/day I re-read and take serious "notes." This can mean all sorts of stuff, I mean the first productive step with the material at hand. Most of the time this means taking notes, copying stuff and annotate it for further use.