Keeping a reading log
Writing two or three lines after each chapter works better than long summaries. The point is not to record everything, only what changed my mind or what I want to look up later.
Notes
Short notes on reading, routines and small things worth remembering.
Morning walks
Twenty minutes before the day starts. No phone, no podcast. Most of the useful ideas in these notes started on one of those walks.
Fewer tabs
If a page has been open for a week, it goes into a list and the tab gets closed. The list is rarely opened again, which says something.