Rereading your notes, highlighting them, underlining them, and even summarizing them  - all take a lot of your time.Better methods include taking breaks and spreading out your studying (known as distributed practice), and taking practice tests (which isn't really applicable outside of school).

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Keep them short, but have enough triggers in the keywords to jumpstart your memory when you look at them again:<ul><li>Stick to keywords and very short sentences.</li><li>Write out your notes in your own words.</li><li>Find a note-taking style to fit both your needs and the speakers.</li><li>Write down what matters.</li></ul>

Keep your notes simple

Note-taking serves one simple purpose: to help you remember information. Although we might associate note-taking with school, it's something most of us continue doing for the bulk of our lives.

Purpose of taking notes

While we might associate note-taking with school, it&#39;s something most of us continue doing for the bulk of our lives. If your techniques are feeling a bit crowded recently, it&#39;s time to get back to the basics and reboot your notes. Here are a few of the best practices.

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