Are You Struggling To Remember What You Read?

How Can You Improve On Remembering
What You Have Read 

Having the ability to remember what you read, admittedly, is something that many of us struggle to do these days, especially since there's so much information that is begging us to be interested in - we are turning into junkies to learning everything that passes our eyes or ears.

And, finishing a book is not the same as remembering all the important details.

By that I mean, reading retention is a big issue which requires focusing mostly on giving a summary of a written work than an evaluation of it, especially when it requires that you have better recall on the resource you consume.
Because most forgetting occurs soon after information is read, you might feel frustrated when you can’t recall what you’ve just read or that someone else seems to have absorbed everything.

What is happening here you ask yourself?
When you watch movies or read books, you may find yourself obsessed with what will happen next. Does this sound like you?

Your curiosity is taking over you just wanting to get you to the end, especially when you find so much value in what you are reading but forgetting that you're reading to acquire worth from it, not anticipation.

When this happens you may find difficulty absorbing specifics because there’s too much new information and you're just leaping through rather than observing, applying what you’ve learned, giving feedback or re-applying a concept.

It’s helpful for you to be aware of this to slow yourself down when this happens.

When you pick up a book or sit down to watch a movie, have a purpose in mind.

People who mindlessly read lots of books, but can’t remember them, waste a lot of time.

Since you already know what happens, you’ll be able to appreciate the details when you revisit the book and analyze new information instead of passively observing them.

Write or type important notes down, underline or highlight to give you the opportunity to really lay down those memories in a comprehensible way, inputting them into long-term storage.

The more you actively engage with the content that you are consuming, as you revisit the same subject over and over (easily making new connections), it’s easier for them to be remembered.

If you can apply what you’ve learned, by concept or practice to your life, it becomes easier to internalize the information.
It is the combination of repetition and application that solidifies valuable understanding of what you have read.


Quote for us:

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
― Sir Francis Bacon