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> I've personally found that I got the most out of books when I stopped trying to summarize and highlight. The good thing is that it’s not an either/or proposi
by kashunstva 3y ago
> I've personally found that I got the most out of books when I stopped trying to summarize and highlight.
The good thing is that it’s not an either/or proposition. I often read a book straight-through then decide it will be useful enough to me in the future that there are elements I want to retain, in which case I’ll engage in a second cursory extraction process. Often I just don’t know in advance whether I will feel that way at the outset.
- enos_feedler 3y agoI now find myself googling for other peoples notes on a book if I want to extract more. I read through those notes and rewrite with a pen in a journal and start to pull apart the dense notes further and connect to my own experience and life
- jrm4 3y agoYup, but conversely, I try to avoid reviews and comments on books (and movies etc) as much as reasonably possible beforehand.
- enos_feedler 3y agoThat makes sense. I always do it in post and its to find notes not reviews. Generally if someone writes notes they viewed the book favorably so there is some bias. But i usually viewed it that way too if im searching