I tend to forget what I read

Tips to solve this issue

• Translate instead of summarize. When you translate you make the ideas unique to your perspectives, which helps them stick.
• Don’t force it. Sometimes ideas that seem important won’t stick. That is not an issue, it is feedback that the ideas don’t work for us.
• Make connections between material. in isolation the ideas will fizzle out.
• Take time after finishing reading. Take a few days and come back to your notes. Ask yourself what stuck and what didnt. Lean into the things that made an impact.

References

1. Pham, A. (2022, April 30). Why I kept forgetting the books I read, and what I do differently now. Medium. https://medium.com/@ann_p/why-i-kept-forgetting-the-books-i-read-and-what-i-do-differently-now-54f76fa379f4