I always felt this way until I met the book "How to read a book effectively-super practical reading notes", which greatly solved my confusion and improved my reading efficiency and quality.
People's memory is very limited. According to Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve, people's memory will gradually fade over time. Therefore, if you want to have a solid harvest after reading every book, you need to develop the skilled habit of writing reading notes for a long time.
How to read a book effectively: Super practical note reading method tells us very practical skills and methods of reading notes. Of course, this book not only provides notes, but also provides a set of scientific and efficient reading methods from book selection to book purchase, to classified retrieval of notes and clever use of stationery, and I will focus on the reading note method-"onion hot pot" reading note method first.
Just like the relationship between fish and scallion in scallion hot pot, the reading note-taking method of "scallion hot pot" has the characteristics of both abstraction and comment, and the five elements coexist, which is a very good note-taking method suitable for everyone.
Here are some examples:
1. Date of writing reading notes: It is best to write a six-digit date, such as 202 1 March 18.
2. Title: "How to read a book effectively"
3. Author's name: Xiao Ye Xuanzhi? sun
4. What impressed you particularly (excerpt): Reread it, mark the content with labels or corners, and strictly screen the content that impressed you. It can be a sentence or a paragraph. If you don't want to write by hand, you can also paste and print. In short, you have to understand for yourself. The point is to refine the sentences that excite you.
5. My own feelings about this passage or this article (comments): Leave a blank at the end of the extracted sentence or article and write down my feelings or comments. Explain your current thoughts or your own life experiences. Sentences can be long or short, so don't stick to it. The important thing is to really write your feelings. For example, "this sentence is great, written in my heart, I have encountered similar feelings before." Then Barabara simply wrote down his previous experience, which can be used as an important material for future output reference.
Of course, in order to better distinguish between excerpts and comments, I can draw a circle in front of excerpts and a five-pointed star in front of comments. In addition, I will use the color of the pen to distinguish, use the black pen to extract and use the blue pen to feel, so that it is clear at a glance, and it is more convenient to distinguish between "extract" and "comment" when reading again in the future. Of course, reading notes can not only write the feelings when reading, but also any feelings, thoughts and discoveries in life can be filled in this note, thus unifying the notes.
So when should I take notes? Is it difficult to take notes while reading? Is it too slow? If you take notes after reading it, how can you find what you were interested in before? This involves three steps of taking notes.
1, read through: while reading, turn to the page you think is valuable. (or use read-through tags)
2. Reread: After reading one side, reread the corner page. If you still feel good, just fold the other corner of that page. (or use emphasis labels)
3. Marking: Reread the pages folded in the upper and lower corners. If the third reading is still worth reading, mark them with a pen. (or use labels)
Read the contents of 3 again, and copy the contents that you can't give up in the end into your reading notes.
I especially like a famous saying: "reading is to build your own thoughts with the help of other people's thoughts." "And the process of reading notes is the process of helping us build our own thoughts. Every time you read, you don't have to remember every word, sentence and opinion in the book. The key is to have your own feelings and gains and establish your own system. I believe that with time as irrigation, thoughts will eventually bloom.
Further reading: Kono's other works include How to Write Travel Notes and Walking Diaries, Wisdom Creation Exercise Method, Prescription Reading Method, and Three Books to Create Good Ideas.