Actually activation is only as hard as you decide it to be. If you keep telling yourself it's hard you can rest assured that it will be.
I actually found activation the most interesting part. Rather than having to read every thing in a text I can go straight to where the answers to my questions are. During superreading I do notice information that might be interesting and that helps raise the curiosity but I find it helps to remain clear on my purpose. In this way I have activated books in 30 minutes or less.
If you haven't got a purpose and don't know what you want from the book ask yourself why are you even bothering to activate it? There are better books that raise your interest and curiosity. Move on. If you have to activate the book for school or something... 'what do you need to know?' If you're not sure... Turn chapter heading and subheadings into questions.
Alex
