Whether it’s a form of note-taking or regular repetition or the like, what are some self-education techniques and tools you’ve developed to help yourself learn on your own?
It’s always interesting imo to read about how some folks teach themselves different stuff.
I read out loud. It helps me remember what I’m reading.
Getting good sleep helps a lot. That’s how you store what you learned. I found trying to explain the subject matter to someone else, real, imaginary, or rubber duck, helped me figure out what I didn’t know.
Not sure if this is taught in school anymore, but I found the outline process of note-taking to be helpful in both lectures and reading material.
This was the most decent website I came up with that describes the process: https://www.taskade.com/blog/outline-method-of-note-taking/
I felt it was the best way of quickly organizing topics, subtopics, and important items in a way that was simple to read and understand relationships between subjects.
“A Kite in the Wind” has been pretty great for helping learn to write. I work as a storyboard artist and I’m trying to develop my own stuff, but I struggle with the writing part. This book helped, especially the first two essays. Remarkably practical advice; stuff you just don’t hear anywhere else.
https://www.amazon.com/Kite-Wind-Fiction-Writers-Their/dp/1595340726
