Some things I just don’t do often enough to have the pages memorized. Like things I do once a year for putting up the harvest, or workout insights or sewing that I only need to refer to occasionally. But it bugs me to have to scour the index again. Or sometimes look through a list of possible pages to find the one I already KNOW I’m looking for. Some of my reference books have so many pages dog-earred that they open like an accordion when I touch them. So, I have tried to streamline my “re-research” time by highlighting pages in the index.
To make this most useful:
- highlight the name or category of the item in the index
- highlight the specific page or pages that you have found most useful
- add pages to the index list that the editor didn’t anticipate should go under that item
- make notes in the index next to pages
- highlight the information on the page you will be turning to
- use different colors for emphasis within a block of information
It’s the simple, easy to carry out, organizational steps that really help in life. It’s not that I want to go around in a rush, but why waste time when you don’t have to. [hr]
I’ve gone to look for a recipe, too many times, not remembering where “my favorite” one of that category was, so I wrote in “all the wrong places” where it was, in which cookbook it was and in that one wrote “my favorite”. Maybe I’ll remember that next time I go for that particular recipe…….. but if I don’t, I’ve left a map.
Sounds like good notes to leave in the index! Yes, leave a treasure map. 🙂