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.
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.
Your first sentence makes me angry, because I know that it’s true. No amount of process hacking or optimisation can replace the need for, and the benefits of, sleep
Maybe a cybernetic chip you can store information to :P
I work on a presentation of the subject.
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
Don’t buy things from Amazon. Go to your local book store, or direct to the website of the book you want to purchase.
Have you heard of Bookshop? For physical books they seem a decent option, albeit their reach is limited at the moment to the US, UK, and Spain.
Outside of that, and suggesting folks check their libraries, I’ve nothing else to add to your good suggestions.
Thanks for the book suggestion! I checked and it’s available via my library, so I may have to give it a read sometime!
I read out loud. It helps me remember what I’m reading.
dig deep hole, jump in.
i like to surround myself in a project with stuff i do not understand and a defined goal, and learn my way out of the hole into a functional state (product).
learn by doin i spose
