I read books to get me to think. I often want to refer back “this book had some useful nuggets” but of course can’t locate the passage. To ensure I don’t forget I now force myself to have a pen handy. Spot a useful nugget, put a bracket around it and then also doodle a 1cm line on the outside of the page so that as I’m flicking through the line draws my attention more easily then the underlining (tends to blur into the text).
These days I sometimes even take a photo in the hope one day it will be easily searchable.
Sounds easy because it is. Yet it took me years to take up this simple habit for future me.
The 1cm margin mark is a wonderfully practical touch—much easier to spot while flipping than an underline buried in the text. Taking photos adds another layer to the habit, and a tool like Reference2Video could help turn those marked passages into visual prompts or short clips, making the useful nuggets easier to revisit.
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The 1cm margin line is a wonderfully practical touch—much easier to spot while flicking through than an underline. I also like the idea of photographing useful passages for later; Motion Transfer is a different kind of way to revisit a moment, turning a portrait and reference video into a short clip that preserves its movement and camera feel.
motion transfer tool