When I read from an article, PDF, or any text-based resource, I follow the following rules:
- Use two highlightning colors (orange and green) and alternate between them to separate ideas.
- After reading for sometime or feel that I have lost or might lose track of what I have read before, I come back and write marginal notes (in red) to describe the general idea for each highlighted section.
- After completing reading the content, I revisit my notes and try to have a solid understanding of the content and add more marginal notes with a different color (blue).
- Re-write my notes and general ideas into a piece of paper to understand the flow of ideas (just focus on important things and ignore details that aren't important)