> Write notes every single time. Don’t copy paste notes from your kindle or phone, write manually, typing every single word. Also try to paraphrase, this way yo

> Write notes every single time. Don’t copy paste notes from your kindle or phone, write manually, typing every single word. Also try to paraphrase, this way you are forced to actively think about the material you’re reading. This basically got me through college. With some of the less interesting stuff, my eyes would glide across the page without my brain being engaged at all. So I'd restart, and 10 minutes later I'd find I had read the same page 5 times and retained nothing. Probably this happened because I impatiently wanted to get to the end ASAP, so I would try to rush the process, ironically slowing it down. But knowing that I was going to be writing notes was enough to make my brain engage. I'm impatient, but I'm also too proud to write down something that I know isn't right, even in my own notes. Also, I guess it feels good to produce some kind of concrete work output.