Now that I have a notebook that I use to keep track of experiments I want to try on myself, I can skim this article, add a half dozen sentences to various parts

Now that I have a notebook that I use to keep track of experiments I want to try on myself, I can skim this article, add a half dozen sentences to various parts of my notebook, and actually have a decent chance of trying out the advice that it provides. I think something about having this intermediate phase between reading self-help advice and first trying it out helps me out a lot.