I'm getting back into the rhythm of reading more consistently. I generally read for about 30-40 minutes in bed right before sleeping on my e-reader, regardless of fiction/non-fiction.
This made me think, for people who prefer physical books, do you underline, highlight, take notes in the margins, etc. when reading theory?
Back when I did have a few physical books I never wrote anything in them, I guess to keep them in "good" condition. Even in school books I only answered exercises in pencil, lol.
So I'm wondering: what approach do you have for reading theory?
- Is it more like reading and absorbing the information more passively, where you read in bed, at a park, while commuting, etc.?
- Or do you treat it more like studying where you're sitting at a desk or at a library, pen in hand with notes and such?
I'd love to hear your thoughts/approaches/advice regarding this.
I wont write notes on specific pieces of information, but I'll usually summerize (either I'll just repeat the key points to myself or actually write something about it, relevant to events and the situation today.) I generally don't like the permanent-ness of highlighting and my handwriting is too bad for annotations. However, if there is a specific quote or something I like, I'll tag it using sticky tabs or book darts.
For when I read, it depends. If I need to read at a certain pace (like when I read Capital with a lecture series) then I'll read at home and focus on it. But if I'm reading it at my own pace, I'm really bad at setting deadlines for myself so I'll read those books out and about while commuting, at lunch or on break, etc.