My Thoughts on Taking Notes via Post-It Notes While You Read

Given my recent posts, I figured I'd give my thoughts on each of the note taking methods for reading. While I wanted to share my thoughts with you on each method, I didn't want to go back and add more to the posts, So here we are.

I'll be going in the same order as I did with my posts on the tips for each note-taking method: marginalia, post-it notes, notebooks, and electronic documents. How you personally feel about each note taking method - and about taking notes while reading - is wholly up to you. If you don't take notes while you read, that's fine. If you do, hopefully my posts on taking notes while reading help you.

Here are the positives of post-it notes:

1. You don't have to write directly in your book, but your notes are still in your book. Yes, it may bother you to have writing directly in your book. (It's okay if you feel this way.) Yet if you still want your notes directly in your book, post-it notes are the way to go.
2. You have a bit more room. I mentioned in the post on May 6th that you'll want to go for the smaller post-it notes. But even then, you still have a bit more writing space than just the marginalia. And, if needed, you can always put in multiple small post-its on one page.
3. It's easy to jump from note to note. Post-its make it easy to jump to a specific page. Depending on how you lined up the post-it notes (there's no wrong way), it makes it easy to jump from a note on page 10 to a different note on page 100.

Here are the negatives of post-it notes:

1. You do need to have them constantly on hand, wherever you go. If you go out and take your book, you may not always remember to bring your post-it notes with you. And it's not a common practice to have post-it notes in your bag unless you're a student. As mentioned in my posts with the tips, you want to be consistent in your note-taking - and forgetting post-its can have an effect on this habit.
2. Sometimes you do need bigger post-it notes. The main reason I recommend small post-it notes is because the larger ones take up a lot of space - and sometimes, you're only commenting on a single word, phrase or sentence, so a bigger post-it notes end up being only about half used. But sometimes, depending on how many thoughts you have, you do need a bigger post-its. 
3. It can make your books a bit bulkier. Yes, post-it notes are thin. But if you have a lot in one book, that adds up in the long run. So it can make your book slightly bulkier. It won't be a huge deal, but sometimes your books just fit in your bookshelf, and the post-it notes make it a tight fit.