| Hear me out. Try the following techniques: - note-taking by hand (including analog mind-mapping); - rewriting/reorganizing your notes once or twice, again by hand; - writing a succinct, ELI12 explanation of the subject, again by hand (a/k/a the Feynman method), then later trying to do it again from memory, and comparing the version from memory to the original to see what you forgot to include. Sometimes making and reviewing voice recordings of you explaining everything aloud can work similarly, but there is something special about handwriting. Once you've actually learned everything, you can put it into a spaced recall system like Anki to actively recall/review periodically to prevent forgetting, but at that point it should be pretty well internalized. I find Obsidian and its ilk good to store, link, and share a "final product" of something you have already learned. That final product can also be original work based on something you already know and have internalized — but at that point you're an expert. In my experience, trying to use Obsidian to do the learning and the memorization/internalization is barking up the wrong tree. |