my system, based on letter ratio paper. Flip the paper to landscape. Draw a line down the middle and at 1/8th and 7/8ths. Its easy to imagine where the 8ths a

my system, based on letter ratio paper. Flip the paper to landscape. Draw a line down the middle and at 1/8th and 7/8ths. Its easy to imagine where the 8ths are because you can easily picture a 1/4th border and half that. Lift from the binding is a non issue since you only contend with it at the top of the page. Now you have 4 regions. the middle two regions are for capturing notes directly. You have two 3/8 sections so you can take a set of easy to read notes. You can easily flip to the next 3/8 if a new major topic starts. The left and right 1/8 are for adding details you thought about or want to supplement to an existing topic without running off the page. I recommend graph paper for this since it aids in keeping writing and divisions aligned. Try to keep you notes organized since you are preparing a document to be reread later.