I personally have always had a hard time inhaling chapters of a textbook sequentially. It’s often easier to skim it first, attempt the problem set, and then go

I personally have always had a hard time inhaling chapters of a textbook sequentially. It’s often easier to skim it first, attempt the problem set, and then go back when you get stuck. Forces you into a more active mode of looking for particular information instead of just trying to absorb everything. The same works for the humanities too, once my attention starts waning I’ll start skimming and rewind when necessary. Oftentimes authors are setting up a ton of boring but necessary context upfront, but it’s not obvious to a reader why such context is necessary until you get to the point first. A smarter person would probably be able to anticipate what they’re trying to learn the first time around and avoid my flipping back and forth, but that’s hard.