the process

• i take my textbooks and highlight in one color the most relevant parts
• so i take a pen and cross off the highlighted parts the unecessary stuff
• i add notes on the margins of the textbook from my notes took in class and from other sources
• i rewrite all the information on a notebook, not worrying about making it tidy or pretty, just condensed information
• revise it again, to see if there's anything wrong or missing
• then copy it to a blank paper with a black pen and color-code it with highlighters
  • color-code system
    • blue: title
    • green: person
    • yellow: date/event
    • orange: place
    • pink: quotes and keywords
    • purple: definitions