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+        The physical composition of body and mind required to read (and metabolize and retain meaning) poses immense
+        barriers I've spent the past 4 years finding creative ways to break down. In anticipation of reading for my
+        comprehensive exams, I've been honing my practice. What follows is a provisional and open-ended articulation of
+        my reading tactics. Take what works and leave what doesn't.
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+        <b>Use Hard Copies.</b>
+        I take notes in the margins as I read. If ideas/connections come up, I'll write them on a post it note which
+        I'll either put on my desk/wall, or stick in the book itself. Another way I like to take notes (in class or as I
+        read) is on a blank piece of copy paper. This way I can fill the page however I want (I hate lined paper), and I
+        can highlight my notes if necessary. I number my pages and staple them together, then fold the notes and slip
+        them in the back of the book. Keeping my notes together with my readings is a helpful organizational tactic for
+        me. I'll often make a notes page after I read a theory heavy book, where I go back through the book and write
+        down different passages or ideas. Sometimes I'll even make a bunch of pieces of paper - organize them by
+        different concepts or ideas, and then fill them out as I review the text. Taking notes separately, like on a
+        computer, doesn't help me. If I must, I'll print them out and then attach to the reading. I do think that hand
+        writing is best for in-the-moment notes. You can always do a writing session later where you summarize the text
+        etc. I also carry small journal - blank around with me im always jotting ideas. I don't use a single notebook
+        for reading notes though because i read so many different things - like the copy paper because it can be
+        associated with the text and only that.
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+        <b>Mark up texts.</b>
+        Marking up texts helps me metabolize information. I'm incredibly particular about my writing utensils because
+        the feeling of what I'm handling matters. I use a plain old fashioned pencil or ballpoint pen and two crayola
+        crayons, one of them yellow. I'm always loosing things and also like to have writing utensils in all may
+        bags/pockets, so this is a low cost way to do that. I love highlighting with crayola crayons because the texture
+        is satisfying and the color never fades. I have my own system for underlying, circling, highlighting etc. but
+        others likely figure this out themselves. Generally I just highlight important passages that I want to visually
+        spot later with yellow, and use the accent color for major points or to emphasize paragraphs. These just act as
+        visual cutes to return to etc. and help me feel engaged while reading. my pencil is for note taking in the
+        margins. Not fastidious about marking up texts according to all these codes, just want to stay engaged - marking
+        up helps me process what im reading.
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+      <div style="line-height:1.5; text-align:justify;">
+        <b>On taking notes.</b>
+        I take notes in the margins as I read. If ideas/connections come up, I'll write them on a post it note which
+        I'll either put on my desk/wall, or stick in the book itself. Another way I like to take notes (in class or as I
+        read) is on a blank piece of copy paper. This way I can fill the page however I want (I hate lined paper), and I
+        can highlight my notes if necessary. I number my pages and staple them together, then fold the notes and slip
+        them in the back of the book. Keeping my notes together with my readings is a helpful organizational tactic for
+        me. I'll often make a notes page after I read a theory heavy book, where I go back through the book and write
+        down different passages or ideas. Sometimes I'll even make a bunch of pieces of paper - organize them by
+        different concepts or ideas, and then fill them out as I review the text. Taking notes separately, like on a
+        computer, doesn't help me. If I must, I'll print them out and then attach to the reading. I do think that hand
+        writing is best for in-the-moment notes. You can always do a writing session later where you summarize the text
+        etc. I also carry small journal - blank around with me im always jotting ideas. I don't use a single notebook
+        for reading notes though because i read so many different things - like the copy paper because it can be
+        associated with the text and only that.
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+      <br><br><br>
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+        <b>Use Flags.</b>
+        when books, especially, do second read through after to look at highlights etc, then add flags. show my rundown
+        of coding etc.
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+        <b>Physical organization.</b>
+        Figuring out a sustainable way to organize hard copies is important. Folders and standing organizers can work
+        well. I have multi-colored plastic shelving units which I took the handles off and labeled with masking tape.
+        This way I can take a whole shelf out and it acts like a bin containing papers related to a concept or project.
+        Papers I don't use so often or that were related to a class I store out of site. I imagine space limitations
+        will be come an issue at some point, as will the number of papers I have printed. But I will deal with that
+        issue when it arrises. Having digital copies just doesn't work whatsoever. [pictures] organize and reorganize
+        etc.
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+        <b>Curate a surround</b>
+        Different kinds of reading may require different conditions. Reading theory or something I'm - invested -in i
+        have to be entirely alone. I think it's because I have to make myself so porous to be open to receiving and
+        integrating new information, and I become more sensitive to external stimuli like sounds, smells, temperatures -
+        another person around. I like room with few visual distractions - space where i can be for multiple consecutive
+        hours. Whatever your ideal reading space is (and it might take trial and error to figure out) curating this
+        environment can really help. Before reading, get all the things you might need so you don't have to get up.
+        Water, chapstick, writing utensils, clock. Do you need any books to keep you conceptual company. . often out of
+        the house xyz. wher i can go for bounded time. curating a surround can also be about the place youpre in. before
+        reading, get all the things you might need so you don't have to get up.
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+        <b>Craft enabling constraints</b>
+        <br>
+        &nbsp&nbsp&nbspspecific location - bounded space like VPL north room reserve go till you can read no more,
+        <br>
+        <br>
+        &nbsp&nbsp&nbspanother confined space for reading - bus. take 1 paper for 1 bus ride. can be noisy but ive also
+        found that having route or something while reading ideas can come up bc you're reading it through the event and
+        the timespace.
+        <br>
+        <br>
+        &nbsp&nbsp&nbsptake only what you can actually read with you. putting too many things in bag with you introduces
+        too many options - decision immobilization
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+        <br>
+        &nbsp&nbsp&nbspset time - pomo for passage of time but also - read for set time like 3 hours or 3 pomos of 35
+        minutes. i don't really do the pomo method so much as use the clock to give myself a sense of time.
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+        <b>Talk it through.</b> with people. voice recorder -> intercessors
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+        <b>Pivot</b>
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+      <br><br><br>
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+        <b>Carrying Concepts</b>
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+      <br><br><br>
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+        <b>On using citational software, like Zotero.</b>
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