annotating books will end your doomscrolling

Author: The Book Leo
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L3fWRQqrUE
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Summary

The video discusses how annotating and note-taking while reading can help combat doom-scrolling and improve focus as it forces you to slow down and process information. It promotes mindfulness and conscious engagement with information as sometimes we are consuming too much content too quickly that we don't even have the time to absorb the content.

Takeaways

• Resetting Your Brain: Before you start annotating, it's important to calm your mind and be present.
• note-taking is for you, not for other people. Never mind if they think that it is performative. do it for you, and nobody else.
• Annotation Methods:
• Using an E-book reader
  • Create highlights and notes on your e-book reader by highlighting passages
• Using the Physical book
  • use clear sticky notes, if you don't want to write on the pages of the book
  • add printed images using washi tape if you're so inclined
  • doodle or write on the margins
  • highlighters
  • colored pens
  • sticky tabs
• A separate journal
  • Write on a physical journal. It doesn't have to be fancy
  • Create a digital note-taking space, like a digital garden that's personalized, separate from your account on Goodreads, Fable, Storygraph or other book tracking apps in order to process your thoughts better
  • Examples of digital note-taking apps include Notion and Obsidian