How & Why I Annotate

Hey Gems!

Today's post is just me sharing how and why I annotate my books and how you can begin annotating yourself.

Check out the video below, along with time stamps to get to certain parts quicker:

Time-Stamps:

02:07 - why I annotate

05:12 - when I annotate

05:49 - how I annotate

07:28 - showing my keys

08:18 - my tools (pens, highlighters, tabs, etc)

18:44 - how you can start annotating

21:19 - color code systems

31:24 - Q&A

42:56 - examples of books I annotated

1:02:04 - annotated Bible studies

Keep on going to see my personal annotating systems up close.

I hope this post and video is helpful for you to begin your own journey of annotating and interacting with your books.

There is also a very useful article to help you understand why we should annotate in our books, check it out HERE!

Blessings,

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