How to (actually) REMEMBER What You Read - 7 Tips
Summary
TLDRIn this insightful video, Parker Had, a philosopher and theologian, shares seven effective strategies to enhance memory retention from reading. He emphasizes the importance of marginalia, or annotations within books, to help conceptualize and remember information. Parker also introduces the concept of a personal compendium, a comprehensive collection of information from the books one reads. He encourages viewers to maintain a personal dictionary to expand vocabulary and a reading log to keep track of books and reading dates. Additionally, Parker suggests writing book reviews for personal reflection and using commonplace books to collect and analyze quotes. Lastly, he recommends practicing active recall by discussing the content with others, which solidifies the information in memory. These tools are designed to not only remember what has been read but also to internalize and apply the knowledge gained.
Takeaways
- 📚 Marginalia: Writing notes in the margins of books can help conceptualize and remember information.
- 📒 Personal Compendium: Creating a separate notebook for notes can serve as an encyclopedia or index for the information you're learning.
- 📖 Personal Dictionary: Collecting new or impactful words in a personal dictionary can expand your vocabulary and help recall the context in which you found them.
- 🗒 Reading Log: Keeping a log of the books you read and when you read them can help you remember your reading history.
- 📝 Book Reviews: Writing your own reviews of the books you've read can reinforce your understanding and provide a personal summary of the content.
- 📒 Commonplace Books: Collecting quotes and sayings in a commonplace book can help you remember key ideas and concepts from your readings.
- 🤓 Active Recall: Discussing what you've read with others through active recall can solidify your understanding and memory of the material.
- 🔍 Symbol Usage: Using symbols to mark key points, main ideas, or sections to revisit can be an effective way to navigate and remember your readings.
- 📈 Skill Acquisition: When reading to acquire new skills, heavily annotate the text to facilitate frequent returns to the material for practice and understanding.
- 🎓 Academic Application: For academic or professional reading, taking detailed marginal notes and summarizing arguments can be crucial for in-depth comprehension and later reference.
- 📈 Growth Mindset: Engaging in continuous learning and applying these tools can contribute to personal and professional development.
Q & A
What is the first tool mentioned by Parker to help remember what you've read?
-The first tool mentioned is marginalia, which refers to writing marginal notes or annotations directly in the books you're reading.
According to Parker, how does taking marginal notes benefit the reader?
-Taking marginal notes helps the reader conceptualize the information they are learning in the moment and aids in remembering the information and concepts upon revisiting the material.
What is the significance of using symbols when marking up a text according to Parker's experience?
-Using symbols like an eyeball or a square root can help to quickly identify key points, main ideas, or sections that require further review or memorization.
What does Parker suggest for readers who do not want to make annotations directly in their books?
-For those who prefer not to annotate directly in their books, Parker suggests creating a personal compendium, which is a separate notebook where you can collect and organize information from your readings.
How does Parker use a personal dictionary to enhance his reading experience?
-Parker collects new or interesting words he encounters while reading into a personal dictionary. He looks up the etymology, provides definitions, and often includes the context or citation where he found the word, which helps him remember and incorporate the word into his vocabulary.
What is the purpose of maintaining a reading log according to Parker?
-A reading log helps you remember the titles of the books you've read and when you read them. It can also serve as a record of your reading progress over time, providing a sense of accomplishment and a reference for future reading plans.
Why does Parker recommend writing book reviews in a dedicated notebook?
-Writing book reviews in a dedicated notebook allows Parker to have a summary of his thoughts on each book in his own handwriting. This process helps him remember the content and themes of the books and provides a personal analysis or reflection.
What are commonplace books and how do they assist in remembering what you've read?
-Commonplace books are collections of quotes and wise statements that a reader finds insightful or memorable. They can be general, containing a variety of quotes, or specific to a particular genre, book series, or concept. These books help solidify the reader's memory of the material and provide a source of inspiration or reference.
How does active recall contribute to the process of remembering what you've read?
-Active recall involves discussing the material you've read with others without referring to your notes. This process forces you to think about and articulate what you've learned, which helps solidify the information in your memory.
What is the role of a commonplace book in Parker's approach to learning and remembering philosophical ideas?
-A commonplace book serves as a repository for Parker to collect and reflect on philosophical arguments and key quotes. It allows him to engage with the material deeply, providing a space for his own analysis and commentary, which aids in long-term retention of the ideas.
How does Parker use the platform Brilliant to enhance his understanding of artificial intelligence and related philosophical concepts?
-Parker uses Brilliant to access interactive lessons in math, data science, programming, and artificial intelligence. The platform's hands-on problem-solving approach helps him build a foundational understanding and engage with the subject matter in a way that complements his philosophical inquiries.
Outlines
📚 Mastering Marginalia for Better Reading Retention
Parker, a philosopher and theologian, introduces the concept of marginalia, which are notes written in the margins of books to help conceptualize and remember what is being read. He explains that the extent of marginal notes depends on the genre and purpose of reading. For instance, he might not take many notes for a science fiction novel read for enjoyment but would mark aphorisms for his commonplace book. For non-fiction books aimed at learning and sharing knowledge, like Cal Newport's 'Slow Productivity,' he takes more extensive notes. Parker also discusses the use of symbols to mark important points and concepts, such as an eyeball for revisiting and a square root for key points. He emphasizes the importance of marking up texts for better recall during subsequent readings.
📒 Personal Compendium: A Systematic Approach to Note-Taking
The second tool Parker discusses is a personal compendium, which is a collection of information, systematically presented. This tool is beneficial for those who do not prefer making marginal notes directly in books. Parker uses a compendium to store information, such as character names and associations in fantasy or science fiction, or political dynamics in case studies. He also mentions using a separate notebook for books that are too beautiful or collectible to mark up directly. The compendium serves as an encyclopedia or index, allowing Parker to store and retrieve information efficiently.
📖 Personal Dictionary: Expanding Vocabulary through Reading
Parker's third tool is a personal dictionary, a notebook where he collects new or favorite words encountered while reading. He includes the etymology, definitions, and often the context or citation where he found the word. This not only helps to expand his vocabulary but also aids in remembering the book in which he found the word. Parker provides an example with the word 'proleptic' and explains how understanding its Greek origin helps in recollection.
📋 Reading Log: Tracking Your Literary Journey
The fourth tool is a reading log, which helps Parker remember the titles of books he has read and when he read them. He sets a daily page number goal, which could be determined using a top-down approach by calculating the total number of pages across selected books or a bottom-up approach by estimating the number of pages he can read daily. The log also allows him to record the completion of books over months or years, providing a sense of accomplishment and a record for reflection.
💭 Book Reviews: Reflecting on Your Reading Experience
Tool number five is maintaining a book of book reviews, where Parker writes his own summaries of the books he has read. This practice helps him remember the content as he has to process and articulate his thoughts in his own words. He differentiates between straight summaries and mixed pieces that include his analysis. Parker finds this tool particularly exciting because it does not require rigorous academic standards and serves as a personal collection of his thoughts and reactions to the books.
🗒️ Commonplace Books: Collecting Wisdom and Insights
Parker's sixth tool is the commonplace book, a collection of quotes and wise statements that he wants to remember. He has both general commonplace books for miscellaneous quotes and specific ones dedicated to quotes from a particular genre or book series. He also differentiates between a treasury commonplace book, which is merely a collection of quotes, and a manuscript commonplace book, which includes his analysis or thoughts on the quotes. Parker discusses his extensive use of commonplace books and encourages others to explore this method for retaining what they read.
🤓 Active Recall: Discussing Books to Solidify Memory
The final tool Parker mentions is practicing active recall, which involves discussing the books he has read with others. This could be with a friend, family member, or spouse, or by joining a book club or online community. Active recall helps solidify the information in his mind as he has to explain the book's content in his own words without referring to his notes. Parker believes this is one of the most effective ways to remember what he has read and turns the information into a part of his knowledge.
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Keywords
💡Marginalia
💡Personal Compendium
💡Personal Dictionary
💡Reading Log
💡Book of Book Reviews
💡Commonplace Book
💡Active Recall
💡Philosophical Ideas
💡Skill Acquisition
💡Notebooks
💡Brilliant Platform
Highlights
Marginalia is a technique of writing notes in the margins of a book to help remember and conceptualize the information.
The amount of marginal notes taken depends on the genre of the book and the purpose of reading it.
A personal compendium is a collection of information from the books you read, stored in a separate notebook.
A personal dictionary is a notebook where you collect new words you encounter while reading, along with their meanings and context.
A reading log helps you keep track of the titles and dates of the books you read.
Writing book reviews in a dedicated notebook helps you remember your thoughts and feelings about the books you read.
Commonplace books are collections of quotes and wise sayings that you want to remember from the books you read.
Active recall involves discussing the books you read with others, which helps solidify the information in your mind.
The presenter has earned three master's degrees and hosts two podcasts on philosophical ideas.
The presenter uses various symbols to mark key points and sections to review in his marginal notes.
Dog-earing pages can be a useful technique for marking important sections in a book.
Brilliant.org is a learning platform with interactive lessons in math, data science, programming and AI.
The presenter is starting a new YouTube channel called Truth Suffers focused on science fiction.
Using a separate notebook to summarize a book's plot or key arguments can help reinforce your understanding and memory of the material.
The presenter has a personal compendium for the simulation hypothesis, where he collects and organizes information on the topic.
A commonplace book can be a manuscript version where you include your own analysis and thoughts on the quotes.
Joining a book club or online community can provide opportunities for active recall and discussion of the books you read.
Transcripts
hey welcome to park notes I'm Parker had
a case I'm a philosopher and theologian
and this is a channel where I help you
study and think more deeply in this
video I'm going to share with you seven
tips that I've learned throughout my
studies on how to actually remember what
you've read over the past 11 semesters
I've earned three master's degrees I
host two podcasts and have a couple
other YouTube channels where I discuss
big philosophical ideas so when I read a
book it's really important for me to
remember the information to
conceptualize the ideas in order to like
make that my own and pass that along to
you guys so I'm going to be sharing with
you guys these seven tips that actually
help me remember what I've read some of
these I've kind of made up on my own
others I've picked up from other people
and other thinkers and they're all super
helpful for me you don't have to use all
seven of these and just a fair warning
they're going to be super duper notebook
heavy this is the park notes YouTube
channel I'm pretty much obsessed with
notebooks I love compartmentalizing my
ideas my thoughts my information in
different notebooks it's super helpful
for me so you can take one or two or all
seven of these ideas you don't have to
use any of them you you can start a
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Jump Right In okay so the first tool to
help you actually remember what you read
is marginalia now marginalia is just a
big fancy word for marginal notes or
annotations I'm talking about about
writing in your books taking actual
notes inside your books now I've done a
whole video on taking marginal notes you
can find that up here somewhere I think
if you guys want to see a more in-depth
treatment of marginalia and marginal
notes check that out but I'll just give
you a brief overview taking marginal
notes actually helps you conceptualize
the information that you're learning in
the moment now the amount of marginal
notes that I take is going to depend on
the genre of book and the purpose that
I'm reading if it's just for fun I may
not take any marginal notes if it's just
a science fiction novel yeah maybe I'm
just enjoying that but I love collecting
wise sayings in my pocket Proverbs
commonplace book so usually I'm going to
at least have a pen or highlighter in my
hand to Mark when I find aphorisms or
Proverbs especially in science fiction
so like the Empire of Silence by
Christopher Rocko is a great example
there's not a whole ton of notes that I
have but I do Mark out the Proverbs and
aphorisms that he uses cuz I want those
for myself I want to be able to share
those to my kids I want to be able to
share them with you guys I have whole
podcast on Proverbs so I am going to
Mark those cuz I don't want to miss out
now I am starting a new YouTube channel
on Science Fiction it's called Truth
suffers there might be a link in the
description for you guys but I'm going
to be covering things like Dune Messiah
which is one of my favorite books Frank
Herbert really changed my philosophy
around so there's going to be a lot more
marginal notes in this book that's
because I'm making one or two or three
videos on this so I really need to mark
this up this is my working copy of dun
Messiah so if I'm reading a non-fiction
book like Cal newport's slow
productivity then I'm going to be taking
a lot more marginal notes because I have
a specific purpose for reading this I
want to make a YouTube video on this I
want to make a blog post on this and I
want to share these ideas with you guys
and I want to learn these ideas for
myself so I can start practicing what
he's preaching I love Cal Newport
everything he writes is gold so I want
to make sure to mark up this book so I
can come back to it time and time again
in order to get the most out of this
book Cal's a great writer he's super
clear and concise and thankfully he
demarcates his definitions they're
really easy to find so I'll highlight
those but I'm also going to write some
marginal notes in the margins for future
Parker to come back and remember what I
was thinking when I was reading this
book I also will block off quotes if I
want to add those to my commonplace
books later but it's important for me to
mark up the text so I know where to find
those quotes when I come back later in
My Philosophy master's degree one of my
professors gave us a whole bunch of
symbols that he uses when he marks up a
text I don't use all those symbols
myself but I'll put them up on the
screen so you guys can see them they're
also in that video on marginal notes the
symbols that I mostly use are an eyeball
if it's something that I need to go back
and look at again or maybe even commit
to memory I also use a square root
symbol in order to indicate that this is
like a key point this is the author's
main point or key point or main thesis
of the chapter or book that's a really
important thing so if I see a square
root go back to that for sure I'll also
block off words that I really like or
that were new to me words that I had to
look up this helps me expand my
vocabulary and that's actually going to
be another tool later on so I'll come
back to that now you may choose
different symbols than I like you may
use highlighters or different color
highlighters I like yellow you might
choose to underline different things
than I would but my key Point here is
Mark up your text it will help you
remember in the moment and it will help
you remember this information and these
Concepts when you go back to read it a
second third fourth fifth time now I
don't expect to master a book the first
time I'm reading it so my first pass is
usually just me marking up the text for
my second time through the second time I
can start to master these Concepts and I
don't mean you have to read the book
from cover to cover a second time just
when you're skimming back through oh
yeah here's what he said oh I remember
that now oh now it makes sense that I've
read the third fourth fifth chapter I
also like to dog ear my pages I know a
lot of people are going to be mad about
that but these books are tools I beat
them up and make them mine this is my
tool you probably wouldn't want to read
it after me but maybe my kids will like
it and they'll see oh look at Dad's
marginal notes that's kind of cool this
isn't just for show this is something
that I'm going to use to learn new
Concepts and convey them to you guys but
I'm going to make the most marginal
notes in something like more precisely
the math you need to do philosophy this
is me trying to acquire a new skill I'm
trying to learn about sets and all
different types of mathematics that
analytic philosophers use I want to be a
good analytic philosopher I also want to
be a sage that's why I'm picking up all
those Proverbs but I want to do
philosophy well as an analytic
philosopher so I'm going to mark this
book up a ton in order to help myself
acquire new skills so those are three
different levels of marginal notes if
it's a book I'm reading more for
enjoyment I'm not going to mark it up
that much if I'm reading it in order to
convey new ideas to you guys I'm G to
mark it up much more and if I'm reading
it for skill acquisition I'm trying to
acquire a new skill that thing's going
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let's get to the second tool to help you
actually remember what you read the
second tool is a personal compendium so
for the folks who don't like annotations
who don't like making marginal notes
marginalia this is for you if you do
like making marginal notes this is also
for you it's personal compendium a
compendium is just a collection of
information usually it's systematically
presented and it's usually comprehensive
in scope so think of a guide book of
North American Turtles that's going to
be systematically presented probably by
like Turtle name or maybe by sub regions
in North America and it's going to be
comprehensive in scope it's going to
include all the turtles that live in
North America so that's an example of a
compendium you're going to make your own
compendium for the books that you're
reading so if you don't like making
marginal notes make your notes in a
separate notebook this is going to be
your encyclopedia your index and it's
going to be where you store your
information so if you're reading a
science fiction book or a fantasy book
and you have a hard time remembering
names write the names in here and you
can even write their associations this
guy is king of this land and he's got
beef with this King and he's married
this queen whatever for the case if you
want to remember the plot and you have a
hard time with all the different
politics going on then write that in
here so I've been doing this for
philosophy Concepts like the simulation
hypothesis I have a compendium SL
manuscript commonplace book for the
simulation hypothesis don't laugh like a
lot of people are interested in this and
I want to get to the Deep philosophy
behind this I want to help people think
about the simulation hypothesis so as I
read books and articles and watch TV
shows and learn more and more about what
people think about the simulation
hypothesis I abstract the ideas and the
information out and I put it in my
virtual reality simulation hypothesis
compendium so I can actually remember
what I've been learning I also just
started a new notebook for science
fiction books there are some books that
I don't like marking up because they're
too beautiful they're too like rare
they're collectibles so here I have the
Lord of Light and I don't want to mark
this up I love this book I want to read
it here I'm going to be really nice to
it I'm not going to bend the corners or
add any marginalia but I'm going to take
all my notes in a separate notebook so
when I read a collectible book I'm not
destroying it but if it's a modern book
I'm going to chew that thing up and make
it my own you may also include chapter
summaries so if it's a novel maybe you
Summarize each chapter so you remember
the plot as you're going if it's a
non-fiction book maybe you summarize the
key arguments the key themes the key
information that were presented in the
last chapter whatever the case you make
it your own this is your personal
compendium I'm just giving you the idea
you make it your own and let me know in
the comments what else needs to be
included in your personal compendium to
help you remember what you you've been
reading now let's get to Tool number
three tool number three is really simple
it's just a personal dictionary this is
just a notebook where I collect words
these are words that are some of my
favorite words or words that I
rediscovered or words that I learned for
the first time while I'm reading a book
if I come across a really good word I
will block that out and then when I'm
done reading the book I go back through
and I add those new words into my own
personal dictionary I'll look up the
emology of the word so I can see where
it came from I'll leave a definition or
two and a lot of times I'll also include
the citation and the quotation here's
where I found it and here's the context
this way I can actually recall the word
from the book where I found it and helps
me remember that book so here I have the
word proleptic I found this word in the
starmont readers guide to Frank Herbert
by David M Miller this is a really good
book of essays on Frank Herbert's work
and he used this word proleptic which is
anticipating so especially the
describing of an event as taking place
before it could have done so
the treating of a future event as if it
had already happened or the anticipating
and answering of an argument before an
opponent has had a chance to advance it
a derived form is prolepsis and that
comes from the Greek PR lomano that's
going to help me remember proleptic and
make it part of my own vocabulary so
create your own personal dictionary use
the words that you find while reading
books the fourth tool for helping you
actually remember what you've been
reading is just a reading log this is
going to help you remember the titles of
the books that you've been reading and
it'll help you remember when you were
reading it so keeping a reading log is
pretty simple I just come up with a
daily page number goal here's what I
want to achieve each day and I try to
reach that goal there's a lot of
different ways that you can come up with
that goal there are top down approaches
where you say I want to read this many
books you add up the pages and all those
books and you divide them by 365 there
you go you get your daily page number
goal you can estimate instead if you
don't know the exact page numbers for
all the books you want to read or you
can take a bottom up approach and say
hey I could probably read 10 or 15 pages
a day maybe 20 25 and you make that your
goal you can also use time goals hey I
want to read an hour every day I want to
read 2 hours every day I want to read 15
minutes or you can make chapter goals I
want to read one or two chapters every
single day of whatever book I'm in and I
know if I continue to make progress like
that I'll end up reading a lot more
books than I have been so reading logs
are a really simple way to keep track of
what you've been reading whether it's
Journal articles or papers or books or
ebooks or comic books you can write
those down in your reading log and give
yourself a date and you'll remember what
you read and when also when you're done
with a month or a year or whatever
metric you want to use you can write
down all the books that you read during
that time period then you can keep a
running list of all the books you've
been reading so imagine doing that for
like 10 years you can have a huge list
of all these books that you've read
that's really cool that's really
encouraging you've read a lot look you
have the stats right here so a reading
log can help you remember what you've
been reading and whenn okay so tool
number five is going to be a book of
book reviews you're going to keep a
notebook just for your own reviews of
the books that you've been reading this
will help you remember what you've read
because you have a summary your own
summary in your own handwriting in a
notebook dedicated to just that this is
a great idea I came up with this I love
it I came up with it because I had been
writing a bunch of pries for My
Philosophy master's degree a pry is just
a philosophical summary of someone's
argument you write a paper and you have
to give a summary of it what is the
author saying a straight pry is just
that it's a summary but there's also
mixed pces which will have like
two-thirds just summary and then
onethird will be your own philosophical
analysis hey what what are some problems
with this give some push back in My
Philosophy master's degree I wrote a lot
of mixed preces but I kept them all in
this notebook I also use this for
writing My Philosophy papers but I
thought now that I'm graduated I want to
continue writing prees so I'm going to
keep a notebook just dedicated to those
philosophical summaries and I'll do it
from my theology papers as well I want
to continue learning for the rest of my
life so I have a notebook dedic D at to
that then I thought hey I'm going to
read a lot more than just philosophy
books for the rest of my life let's
start a notebook dedicated to just book
reviews so this idea gets me most
excited it doesn't take that much work
and you're not publishing this somewhere
so it doesn't have to be the most
rigorous thing you've ever wrote in your
whole life you're just collecting your
own thoughts on the book what did it
make you feel what did it make you think
did you like it did you not like it what
parts did you like what parts did you
not like what are some key themes that
you want to remember next time maybe put
a check for read again or an a for hey I
wish I didn't even finish it this time I
think this is is probably the coolest
tool on the whole list it's a book of
book reviews for all the philosophy
nerds out there consider keeping your
own book of pces as well just summaries
of philosophical arguments they really
help you remember the arguments in the
moment while you're writing them and
it's such a valuable tool that you can
use later when you want to Bone up on
those arguments so a book of preces and
a book of book reviews so next up tool
number six is keeping a commonplace book
or keeping multiple commonplace books I
am obsessed with these I love these so
common place books are just collections
of quotes you're collecting ideas you're
collecting wise statements wise sayings
you're collecting things that you want
to remember so naturally I had to
include this on the list this is
literally made to help you remember what
you've read I've done a lot of videos on
commonplace books so if you're
interested in learning more details and
learning my own categories for
commonplace books check out the playlist
it might be up here but real quick let
me break it down you can have a general
and a specific commonplace book a
general one will be I just I have this
commonplace book and I put quotes from
whatever I'm reading in here these are
my favorite quotes I want to read them
later so I put them in here you can also
have a specific commonplace book this is
a notebook dedicated to quotes from one
specific genre or one specific book
series so maybe it's like a dune
commonplace book I actually have a dune
commonplace book this is my orange
Catholic Bible that's what I call it
Dune fans will know why I call it that
but this is just four quotes from Dune I
love that book I might stretch it out to
include others if I don't collect enough
but I think I'm probably going to
collect enough quotes in here to fill
the whole thing up so that's a specific
commonplace book it could be like I said
a whole series it could be a concept or
an idea I also have commonplace books on
artificial intelligence so when I'm
reading up on artificial intelligence or
the philosophy of artificial
intelligence I put key quotes from those
readings into that specific book now I
also make a distinction between a
treasury commonplace book and a
manuscript commonplace book A treasury
commonplace book is just a collection of
the quotes you find good quotes and you
put them in your notebook a manuscript
commonplace book will include the quote
and your analysis of the quote or your
thoughts or your commentary your
exegesis of those quotes you're
manuscript out papers or blog posts or
Facebook posts or Instagram you're
manuscript out your ideas on these
quotes so you're going to include those
in your commonplace book I've been doing
this for a long time this is how I first
got into commonplace books was through
manuscript commonplace books so you can
mix and match those two categories you
can have a general treasury a specific
treasury a general manuscript and a
specific manuscript commonplace book so
that's my analysis of commonplace books
if you want to learn more about that
check out this video up here and make
sure to check out that playlist cuz I
talk a lot about them and then lastly
tool number seven is just practicing
active recall usually you're going to do
this with a friend or a family member or
a spouse this is just talking about the
books that you've been reading hey I
just read this book can I tell you about
it I do this with my wife on walks all
the time sometimes it's just an
information download the the poor woman
just has to kind of endure what I've
been reading let me just tell you about
it please I have to get it out if I can
make it interesting for her I really try
to but sometimes she's just not
interested in like the metaphysics of
personal identity but this process of
active recall will actually help you
remember the stuff that you've been
reading you're thinking about what you
just read you're putting it in your own
words you're describing it for someone
else in a way that hopefully they can
understand and hopefully that's
interesting to them this is like making
that information part of who you are
it's making it yours you're actively
recalling it you're not looking at your
notes you're saying what did I just read
oh yeah and you're making the
connections in your mind and that's
solidifying those ideas so practice
active recall maybe you join a book club
or you go on a subreddit or I don't
Instagram or or some kind of social
media and you find a group of people who
are also reading book I have a Discord
Channel you can check that out I'm not
Super Active but I'm working on getting
more active there join someone's Discord
server and start talking about what
you've been reading try to actively
recall it instead of just looking at
your notes or just looking at the book
itself this is one of the best tools to
actually remember what you've been
reading all right so that's it there are
seven tools to help you actually
remember what you've been reading I want
to hear from you guys which tool do you
think is best leave me a comment and if
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