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This one seems like it doesn't correlate with taking notes but after taking notes and before you got to know where to take them and find them which relates to being organized. I've never been a organized person and using just shove everything into my bag without thinking much about it, this of course leads to me losing my stuff very often so this article really helped me with some tips to keep organize my stuff together a little better.

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1. Why You MUST Stay Organized in College (It's Not Why You Might Think)

2. How to Get Organized: 5 Key Areas of Focus

3. How to Stay Organized with Weekly Productivity Planning and Reviews

4. Staying Organized Sets You Up for Success

I used to be a terribly disorganized person.

Even as late as high school, my backpack was a mess of crumpled papers, broken pens, and cracker crumbs. It didn't hurt my academic performance, but it certainly hurt my sanity.

When I got to college, however, I had the good fortune of discovering this website. This led me to become more serious about organization, particularly when it came to my calendar and digital materials. I'm still no Marie Kondo, but these days I would consider myself "more organized than average."

In this guide, I'm going to take you through the entire process of getting yourself organized in college. As you'll see, getting organized is the easy part, so I'll also address the thing that really matters: how to stay organized throughout the semester.

So open up your favorite calendar app, pull out your notebooks, and let's get organized!

Why You MUST Stay Organized in College (It's Not Why You Might Think)

"Your brain is for having ideas, not storing them." - David Allen, Getting Things Done

I knew a lot of really smart people in college who barely got any sleep, mainlined caffeine, and seemed to exist in a constant state of low-grade panic.

You might assume this is because they were taking a heavy course load and were just overcommitted. While that was part of the problem in some cases, more often than not the reason for these people's hectic lifestyle was that they were severely disorganized.

They were still able to perform well because they were smart, paid attention in class, and could study effectively when they needed to. But their overall quality of life was less than it could have been.

This is the number one reason to get organized: it will drastically reduce your stress levels.

And when you're less stressed, you'll feel better and perform better on assignments. You'll also have more time for the things you enjoy doing, and you'll just be a more pleasant person to be around.

Note that getting organized will not automatically improve your GPA. You still have to study the material, go to class, take good notes, do the homework assignments, and get help from a professor or tutor when necessary.

But if you're organized, you'll also have more time to do the above things...instead of operating in panic mode and feeling like you never have the extra time to study difficult concepts.
P.S. - This guide is really detailed and will definitely get you up and running. However, if you want to see exactly how to set up each system we're about to cover, you might want to take our founder Thomas' productivity masterclass:
How to Get Organized: 5 Key Areas of Focus

Okay, so now that you understand the value of organization, let's take a look at the key areas that every student needs to organize. If you can get the following aspects of your life organized, then you'll be off to a strong start for the semester.

And even if you're reading this halfway through the semester, this advice will still apply - it just may require a bit more work to implement since you're in the midst of your classes.

1. Your Calendar

If I had to give just one piece of productivity advice for everyone to implement, it would be "use a calendar." It's quite shocking to me how disorganized many professionals are, and the issue generally stems from not using (and maintaining) a calendar.

Calendars free up so much space in your head. Instead of having to remember appointments, classes, or due dates using post-it notes or scraps of paper in your wallet, you can have everything organized in a convenient, visual format. And if you use a digital calendar, you can automatically get reminders of important events before they sneak up on you.

What you use for your calendar doesn't matter. We're big fans of Google Calendar here at College Info Geek, but you can also use any number of other calendar apps. You can even go old-school with a paper planner, as long as you look at it regularly enough.

Once you've chosen a calendar, the next step is to make a big brain dump of every important event for the semester. Here are some key things to include:

Your class times

Important due dates from your syllabi (exams, term papers, etc.)

Exercise times (you do have a workout schedule, right?)

Meetings with professors/tutors

Club/extracurricular meeting times

Dorm/apartment move-in/move-out dates

Your work schedule (if you have a part-time job)

Payment due dates (credit card, rent, any other important expenses)

An Example from My Real College Calendar

Once you have a list of all this stuff, it's time to put it on your calendar.

Here's an example of a typical week from my calendar during my senior year of college:

As you can see, I have all my classes blocked out. Not only did this make sure that I would never forget a class, but it also ensured that I would never schedule a meeting or other event during class time.

Note: If you're using a digital calendar, I highly recommend you set your classes to repeat. This way, you'll never forget when a class happens. Here's how to create recurring events in Google Calendar.

You'll also notice I have meetings, rehearsals, time for freelance work, and plenty of blank spots. I didn't schedule my study time, as I was pretty good about getting that work done, but you could also include study blocks for particular classes if you want.

Of course, your calendar is just part of the equation.

How do you keep track of all the things you need to do on a daily basis?

How do you keep track of homework, tasks around your living space, and other goals you want to accomplish?

For this, you need a to-do list...

2. Your To-Do List/Task Manager

While having a calendar is the bare minimum for being organized, having a to-do list will really take things to the next level.

At first, you might wonder if a to-do list is even necessary at all. After all, can't you just put all the things you have to do on your calendar?

While this method can work, it tends to fall apart if you have more than a couple things to do each day.

Plus, mixing your calendar and to-do list ignores the fact that each tool is better for different organizational tasks:

Your calendar is for keeping track of events. That is, things that occur at a specific day and/or time that generally require you to physically be somewhere.

Your to-do list, on the other hand, is for keeping track of tasks. Tasks are things you need to accomplish (sometimes on a specific day), but they generally don't require you to be in a specific place or keep an appointment of some kind.

I realize the difference between events and tasks can sometimes be murky, so here are a few examples:

Events:

A meeting with a professor

A class you have to attend

A music ensemble rehearsal

Tasks:

Drafting an essay to bring to a meeting with a professor

Completing a problem set for a class

Learning how to play a piece of music for a rehearsal

How to Set Up a To-Do List

Now that you understand the difference, how do you actually set up a to-do list?

Again, you have a variety of options, and what you choose will depend if you want to use a digital or physical system.

On the digital side, we recommend Todoist. It's free, intuitive, and easy to set up.

If you want a physical method, the bullet journal system is a great option. You can even create a hybrid digital-physical system, as Thomas discusses in this video:

But ultimately, it doesn't matter what system you use. You could use a whiteboard or a blank notebook if you want. What matters is that you keep an updated list of the tasks you need to accomplish, as well as, you know, actually doing said tasks.

To make your to-do list, you should first create a brain dump of everything that you need to do on a regular basis. Here are some tasks that most college students need to do:

Next, you'll need to put all of these tasks into your to-do list system. If you're using a digital system, you can set certain tasks to recur (think "take out the trash" or "complete calculus problems for the day"). And then, as you think of new tasks, you can add them to your system.

Here's an example of what my to-do list looked like in college:

3. Your Notes

Taking good notes is key for comprehending and retaining any lectures or presentations that your professors give.

But taking notes on its own isn't enough - to get the most value out of your notes, you need to keep them organized.

For some people, this could be as simple as having a different notebook for each class and referring back to it when you need to study for an exam.

While this can work, it's not ideal. This is particularly true when you're studying for a midterm or final and need to refer to weeks of notes.

To keep your notes extra organized, we recommend using a digital system such as Evernote. With Evernote, you can create a different digital "Notebook" for each class and type your notes there.

If you prefer to take notes by hand (which some studies indicate can help you better process information), then you can also digitize your notes afterwards. To make this simple, just do it after all your classes are done for the day, before you start your homework.

When you use this system, you'll be able to review material much more easily. You can even search for key terms and Evernote will help you find them in your notes, saving you the trouble of flipping back through a physical notebook.

4. Your Class Materials and Files (Digital and Physical)

In addition to your notes, each of your classes will likely have a syllabus, handouts, and presentations that you need to keep track of. You'll also likely have assignments that the professor (or their grader) has returned to you, which can be valuable materials to review when you're studying for an exam.

It's key to keep all of these materials organized. Sure, you can probably get the syllabus, handouts, and PowerPoint presentations online. But that's one extra step you have to go through when it comes time to study. Plus, you never know when the internet or school website might be down.

To be safe, I recommend you keep all of your class materials organized either in a physical three-ring binder or in some kind of digital system.

You could put all of the material in Evernote along with your notes, or you could have dedicated Google Drive folders for each class (other cloud sync apps like Dropbox and OneDrive work here as well, but Drive offers the best value for students unless you specifically need Microsoft Office).

Here's an example of the Google Drive file system I used for my classes during the first semester of my junior year:

For extra redundancy, you could also keep folders on your computer with these materials in case the internet is down and you can't access them.
Want more info on how to keep your files organized? Check out this guide Thomas created.
5. Your Backpack

We couldn't talk about organization in college without discussing something that almost every student has: a backpack.

Even with an increasingly digital world, you still need to carry around your computer. And many classes will still have physical textbooks that you need to bring, as well as assignments that you have to complete on paper.

Your backpack (or briefcase or purse or whatever you use) is key for keeping all of these materials organized and at the ready.

Organizing your backpack isn't hard - the key step is to remember to fill your backpack with the things you need for the day.

After all, there's nothing worse than showing up in class, only to get that sinking feeling in your stomach as you realize that you don't have the book or paper you need.

In some cases, not having the right materials could even hurt your participation grade, so organizing your backpack is something you must not overlook.

To make sure you bring everything to class, pack your bag the night before. This was the advice my mom gave me when I was in elementary school, and it still applied in college.

Packing the night before ensures that you don't forget anything due to being in a hurry. And it also allows you a night of sleep to recall something you forgot.

If you're really having trouble remembering to bring everything you need to class, you can add a task to your to-do list that says something like "Pack bag for [day of the week] classes." Under this task, write a list of the things that you need to bring. This way, you can check off the items as you're packing.

Here's an example of what this would look like in Todoist:
Curious what should be in your backpack for college? Check out this list.
How to Stay Organized with Weekly Productivity Planning and Reviews

If you went through all the steps in the previous section, you should now have a system for keeping all aspects of your life organized. However, creating the organizational system is actually the easy part.

The challenge comes from keeping things organized. So in this section, I'll show you two crucial habits that will help you maintain your organizational system:

1. Weekly planning

2. Weekly review

These two habits are complementary, and they take 30 minutes a week at most. Yet they can have a massive effect on whether or not you actually stay organized:

1. Review Your Previous Week

So you put your organizational system into place, and you now feel more motivated than ever.

However, what you'll quickly realize is that real life isn't as neat and precise as your beautiful to-do list and calendar.

Inevitably, unexpected things will come up that will prevent you from completing certain tasks or even attending certain events.

It's tempting to get frustrated when things don't go as planned, but it's more effective to accept that this will happen and correct your system accordingly.

One of the best ways for dealing with unexpected changes or challenges to your organization is to create a weekly productivity review habit.

This 3-step process only takes a few minutes:

1. Compare what you planned to accomplish with what you actually accomplished.

We start each week with the best intentions, but then life happens.

You planned to spend an hour each day practicing integral calculus, but you only did that 3 days out of the week.

You signed up for a Thursday evening yoga class, but then you ended up having too much homework to attend.

You get the idea. The point is to look at the gap between what you planned and what actually happened.

2. Use this information to make changes to your system.

Recognizing the gap between your plans and accomplishments means nothing if you don't use that information to inform your future plans.

Once you've identified what you didn't accomplish, you need to examine why. Then, you can adjust what you plan for the coming week.

For instance, if you didn't get in your hour of integral calculus practice each day, what prevented you?

You might realize that it was because you were studying in the student center and kept getting distracted by friends passing by. Recognizing this, you could plan to do your studying in the library basement, a place with no distractions except some dusty geological survey maps.

As you make this process a habit, you'll get better about planning realistic goals and schedules. Which brings us to the next habit...

2. Plan Your Upcoming Week

Once you've reviewed the previous week, it's time to plan for the week to come.

If you're adjusting what you do based on the previous week, then you're already on the right track. But in addition to reviewing the previous week, I recommend the following weekly planning steps:

1. Clean up your task management system and calendar.

During the course of the week, there will be tasks on your to-do list that you either forget to check off or just don't do. Your calendar may also end up with stray events that are no longer relevant, or with things that you need to reschedule for the coming week.

When you're planning the week to come, first make sure to clean out all the existing junk in your organizational systems.

Find new, realistic due dates for tasks you didn't get to last week, and make note of any rescheduled events on your calendar. This could also extend to organizing any binders you have for class, securing loose papers, and digitizing any notes you haven't gotten around to.

2. Plan for the week to come.

Once you've cleaned out everything from the previous week, you can turn your attention to the upcoming week.

To start, make a list of any upcoming tasks you can think of. I recommend looking at the syllabus for each of your classes, as well as any online systems that your professors use to post assignments. Then, transfer your tasks into your to-do list system.

Next, take a look at your calendar. See what events are coming for the week, and add anything that isn't currently on your calendar. Check your syllabus for impending due dates, and review your work schedule to make sure it's accurate.

Finally, make sure that your backpack is organized and packed for the following day. This will help you avoid forgetting an assignment or book you need to bring to class.

This weekly review and planning process may sound time-consuming when you read through it, but in reality, it should take no more than thirty minutes.

And if you do it every week, you'll find that it takes you less and less time as you become more organized. To make sure that you go through the process each week, block off time for it on your calendar (man that just got meta).

Staying Organized Sets You Up for Success

This ended up being a massive guide, so here are the key takeaways for easy reference:

Use Google Calendar (or another calendar app) to keep your events organized.

Organize your task with a to-do list system such as Todoist.

Digitize your notes for easier review.

Keep your physical and digital class materials organized using a three-ring binder and Google Drive.

Keep your backpack clean and stocked with the materials you need to bring to class.

Take 30 minutes each week to review the previous week and plan the week to come.

And above all, don't let your organizational system get in the way of what really matters: accomplishing the things you want to do.

The right organizational system will help you do the things you want without getting too stressed. But at the end of the day, you still have to sit down and do the work.

So go out there this semester and do something epic!
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I chose this one because to be honest I don't use flashcards to study and I don't even study much in general so I knew this would be pretty important for me to learn more about. I think this relates to the theme of taking notes because technically the flashcards themselves are basically notes on cards that you use to study with.

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1. Make Your Own Flash Cards

2. Mix Pictures and Words

3. Use Mnemonic Devices to Create Mental Connections

4. Write Only One Question Per Card

5. Break Complex Concepts Into Multiple Questions

6. Say Your Answers Out Loud When Studying

7. Study Your Flash Cards in Both Directions

8. Don't Treat Flash Cards Like a Silver Bullet

9. Better Flashcards Mean Better Studying

Flash cards are one of the classic study tools, and for good reason - they promote studying through active recall, which is one of the practices through which our brains learn most effectively.

However, many students use flash cards... well, I don't want to say they use them the wrong way - but they use them in ways that aren't very efficient. Some of the mistakes people make when making and studying flash cards include:

1. Making them in a way that leverages only rote memorization

2. Creating complex cards that don't force true recall - which leads people to mistake recognition for actual knowledge

3. Over-using flash cards, or using them when a different tool or study method would be more effective

I want to help you avoid making those mistakes, as flashcards can be very effective when they're used correctly. For example, when I was learning Japanese, I made extensive use of flashcards for studying kanji. Doing so helped me learn very quickly.

You're probably studying a subject right now that would benefit from flash card study as well, so it'd be useful to learn the best practices for making and studying those flash cards.

In this article, I'll go over 8 of those best practices. Let's get into it.

Lots of people like to share their flash card decks, and there are also plenty of flash card apps and programs out there that will let you download pre-made decks and start studying instantly.

I think using pre-made cards can sometimes be useful - such as a case where you have an unreasonably high number of facts to learn and you're in a time crunch - but in most cases, you'll serve your brain better by making your own flash cards.

One of the most important and integral parts of the learning process is the act of:

Intaking new information

Wrangling with it in your brain

Creating something new with it - your own words, pictures, and methods of explaining that information

Doing so creates strong neural pathways, which enable you to easily retrieve what you've learned at a later date. That's why one of professor Marty Lobdell's tips in his Study Less, Study Smart lecture was to teach what you're learning - doing so forces you to present the information in your own words.

When you use pre-made flash cards, you're skipping that entire part of the process. In most cases, the time you save isn't worth it.

Plus, deciding to make your own flash cards gives you the ability to customize them and make them better. The next four tips will show you exactly how.

Adding pictures to your cards can make them a lot more memorable.

In cognitive psychology, there's a concept called the Picture Superiority Effect, which describes how people tend to remember imagery a lot better than they remember words.

When we think about it from an evolutionary perspective, this makes complete sense; written language has only been around for about 5,000 years (and Homo Sapiens have been trotting the globe for over 200,000), and our brains have evolved to be very sensitive to imagery. The locations of food, the animals that want to eat us or stomp us into the ground - these things are far more important to our brains than abstract squiggles on a page.

However, this doesn't mean that you should replace the words on your cards with pictures. Our brains are surprisingly adaptive, and it turns out that a mixture of pictures and words works better than pictures alone.

A 1985 study done in Toronto found that:

"A post-picture sentence improves attention to and perhaps rehearsal of the representation of the picture following its display."

By adding descriptive sentences - or even single terms - alongside pictures, you can increase your brain's ability to recall what you're studying.

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In preparation for writing this article, I decided to start learning and memorizing the Periodic Table of Elements.

I thought this would be a fun challenge, since I actually never took chemistry in high school, and I find science a lot more interesting now than I did back then. Additionally, it gave me the opportunity to make my own flash cards, which I was able to use as examples here.

You can see some of my chemistry flash cards above - and you might think they look a bit weird. What the heck do all these dumb drawings have to do with elements?

Here's how they're relevant: They're mnemonic devices. Now, a mnemonic devices is anything that helps you build an association between two pieces of information in your mind.

A classic mnemonic that almost everyone knows is ROY G. BIV - the acronym that helps you remember the order of the colors in the visual light spectrum. Rhymes make good mnemonics, too. You've probably heard this one:

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

That rhyme fails to convey how awful of a person Columbus was, but it does help us remember the date quite nicely.

In addition to acronyms and rhymes, associative images make for great mnemonics as well. That's what my images are:

A neon sign is helping Marlin find NEmo. Ne = Neon

A diver saying "Oh no" because his oxygen line has been cut. O = Oxygen

C-3Po greeting carbon-based lifeforms. C = Carbon

Neo Cortex, who has a big N on his forehead, is a character in Crash Nitro Cart. N = Nitrogen

The weirder and wackier your associations are, the more easily you'll remember them. That's because your brain is adapted to remember things that are out of the ordinary. It readily deletes mundane things like the chit-chat you had buying your morning coffee, or which Ninja Turtle was on the underwear you put on this morning.

So feel free to make your pictures crazy. Also, remember that you're making these cards for you; it doesn't matter if the associations make sense to other people. They should be making their own cards.

Let's imagine for a second that you're taking a class on the History of Aircraft. I mean, why wouldn't you? Airplanes are freaking awesome.

Anyway, now you're studying for an exam and you need to know some information about the first airplane: The Wright Flyer.

So you pull out a flash card. On the front, you write, "First Airplane". Then, on the back, you include a few facts:

Wright Flyer

Flew in 1903

Flew four times

Used a sprocket chain drive

...and just like that, you're now the proud owner of a bad flash card. Here's why.

By including multiple facts on one card, you're more likely to run into illusions of competence.

These happen when you think you know something that you actually don't - a situation that usually arises when your brain mistakes recognition for recall.

Our brains are really good at recognizing things we've seen before. However, recall isn't the same thing - recall is the act of retrieving something from memory without an explicit cue.

When you study a flash card with multiple facts on it, you risk making this mistake. Say you pull out your "First Airplane" card later on during a study session. You're going quickly, and your brain readily pulls up the first three facts. Wright Flyer... check! 1903... double check! Flew four times... easy.

You forgot about the sprocket chain drive... but then you turn the card over, see it listed with the other facts, and say to yourself:

"Oh yeah, I knew that."

...and then you move on. You feel like you know the card since you got it mostly right, and because you recognized the fourth fact.

By ensuring that each of your cards only contains one question or fact, you won't run into this mistake.
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This tip builds off of the previous one, but it's important enough to have its own spot on the list.

See, some concepts or ideas are too complex to be encapsulated in one question. These kinds of concepts need to be broken down into multiple questions in order to be studied well using flash cards.

Take the card above. I've colored the Periodic Table this way in order to represent the different groupings of elements - which is a great way to start memorizing those elements.

Technically, we could build one question here:

"What are the element groupings on the Periodic Table?"

But, turning the card over, we see this:

Once again, we've got a card that invites those pesky illusions of competence. Maybe you can name all but one of the element groupings - but the last one might tag along and masquerade as a fact you can recall.

Alternatively, if you made card that simply asked for one of those element groupings, you'd know for sure whether you got it right or wrong once you turned that card over.

When I've studied with flash cards in the past, I've always studied them by myself - and I did so silently.

As a result, I'd get annoyed when my girlfriend would ask me to run through her art history flash cards with her. Now, though, I realize she was onto something - by having me quiz her on her cards, she was forced to say her answers out loud and have me verify them.

This is yet another way to keep those illusions of competence at bay, as there was no way to fudge the answers.

However, if you don't have a buddy or reluctantly willing significant other around to quiz you, you can get a lot of the same benefits by simply saying your answers out loud before flipping your flash cards. That way, you're committing to your answer before checking it.

When you're studying your flash cards, make sure you review them from both sides. By doing this, you're going to build strong neural pathways that can be traced easily in both directions. It's kinda like learning to skate in both regular and goofy stances:

If you don't do this, you increase the probability that you'll only be able to recall a one side of a card easily.

For example, the chemical symbol for the element beryllium is Be. If you've got a flash card with the symbol and the element name on either side, but you only ever ask yourself, "What does Be stand for?", then you might run into a test question like:

"What's the chemical symbol for beryllium?'

...and totally choke on the answer. So build those bi-directional pathways, friend.

Remember that flash cards are only one method of reviewing material. There are lots of others that may be more effective, depending on what type of material you're studying and how far you are into the learning process.

Instead of using flash cards, you might:

Write an explanation in your own words

Create a quiz

Take a practice test written by someone else

Work lots of practice problems (your go-to strategy for math)

Make mind maps or Venn diagrams

Flash cards are very good at helping you drill relationships between two pieces of information - but that's it. That makes them good for learning definitions, vocabulary words, etc - but it makes them a particularly bad study tool for information that fits into a larger visual or organizational hierarchy.

For example, imagine trying to learn all the atomic numbers of the elements of the Periodic Table using flash cards. You'd have to rely entirely on mnemonics to do that; there's no obvious connection between the numbers and the element names. Magnesium is pretty easy to tie to Mg - but it's not easy to tie to the number 12.

Moreover, the layout of the Periodic Table is much more effective for learning those numbers. By learning the groupings and using other mnemonics, you can quickly get to the point where filling in the entire table from memory becomes easy. From there, you can simply pick a box and figure out its number.

Hopefully these tips will help you make better flash cards in the future, no matter what subject you're studying.

Looking for apps to make it easier to study and manage your flashcards? Check out this guide.

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This video relates to me a lot because I can sometime struggle taking notes on my computer because I'll do it on my personal computer and I can get really distracted on there. What happens is that I'll go one thinking that taking the note will be easy so while I'm taking them I pull up random links like youtube videos or cals with friends thinking I can multitask and do both which I cannot. This leads to half finished notes which isn't good obviously. So after watching this video I've definitely decided just to stick with paper notes since it seems just better overall doing it on paper. After adding all the cons that this dude talks about against taking notes online and pros on paper it just doesn't make sense to attempt it online anymore.

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So I used to think I was good at taking notes but then i realized I was only good at copying and pasting notes on a page. Even though that's no that bad since I have bad handwriting it never looks good and clear to read. So this video really help me organize m words better and helped show me some ways to take notes without just copying and pasting them from a powerpoint. It relates back to main problem of taking notes and studying too. Some things I liked in particular when he talked about some things I never use such as mind map. I might actually starting using some of the tips he showed me too. I liked that one of the systems he mentions is the one I use since it gave me a little bit more confidence in that strategy.

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I chose this video because I get really cautious when taking notes on my books. I end up reading and by then time I'm done I realize I didn't really write that many annotations. The reading part used to be a problem but recently its just been taking annotations on books I've been slaking at. I own my own books too so I can write in them if I wanted I just still don't feel comfortable writing in them so I need to overcome that first. This video gave me some really good tips such as using different colors and different type of utensils for different type of annotations like blue for vocab or green for metaphors or something else.