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Do you write a précis for every thing that you want to retain? And do you have a filing system for them?
by copperx 5y ago
Do you write a précis for every thing that you want to retain? And do you have a filing system for them?
- rramadass 5y agoI keep everything simple (my dictum is; "Choice is the enemy of Action"). Just ordinary Notebooks numbered as needed; one for "Musings" (notes/sayings to myself), another for Science/Technology/etc. and a multi-pen. That's it. My writings are all Precis in the sense that i use my own words to succinctly write down thoughts/passages with references to Books/etc. as needed. I only do this for subjects/topics which i judge to be worth understanding well; for others i just read and try to memorize the highlights/passages and Book names for later retrieval. Cross-linking is done using simple page/alphabet numbering. PS: A simple system like the "Cornell Notetaking Method" maybe helpful in adding a little more structure to the above.