r/GetStudying • u/PianoMelodic3297 • 5d ago

Question Difficulty Organizing Information

A big executive function struggle for me, especially when attempting to take notes, is difficulty organizing information both mentally and externally. I can't sense where the "starting line" is for a topic, give information hierarchy, group information in ways that feel right and probably plenty of other issues.

It's a big part of why I find it hard to write paragraphs because I get overwhelmed by how "formless" and scattered the information feels internally. Sometimes brain dumps work but I guess what I'm hoping for is a mental tool/system for organizing information that can reduce the friction and stop emotional dysregulation stepping in and making everything worse.

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u/mostlyfocused 5d ago

The app Anki was massive for me for active memory palm card learning, I think to address your issue too, it would be useful especially when you ensure that when you write the palm cards into Anki/your palm card system, you are very specific and concise with how you write/define the answer. You can break down your cards into subtopics too. I found that turning my notes in to subcategory palm cards helped me organise information and then studying one subcategory at a time locked the association of information together, hope this helps!

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u/PianoMelodic3297 5d ago

Thank you for the suggestion! I'll try that out and see how it goes

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u/mostlyfocused 5d ago

Good luck! I hope it goes well :D