You are doing fine Sam.

I am sorry I have been away from this forum , due
to the promotions and increased job responsibilities,
I am enjoying, due to my increased competencies
that I attribute to Photoreading, Natural Brilliance,
the Sedona Method, and maybe a little of
Mother Marie Diamond's Feng Shui ( see the Beyond
Human forum here).

Anyway, I was frustarted like you , when I first began.
The purpose you may want to start with, when you
are so overwhelmed by the material, as I was
when I had to study four years of graduate work
in 3 months to pass a certification exam in
my field of work, was to just have
a SIMPLE PURPOSE
" I want to PR this material to understand what
are the most important themes in this textbook."

That is LAYER ONE.. I incubate it overnight

Than I skitter, dip, supperread, and mindmap
what I have.
Now this will lead me to more specific questions and
I will PR again but now I have a better idea what themes
I need to explore.

That is LAYER TWO. I incubate it overnight.

Now I skitter, dip, supperread again and
usually I have so many questions I will
do SYNOPTIC READING on VERY EASY FUN
RELATED EXTRACURRICULAR MATERIAL,
just for (excuse the expression) the helluvit,
Here is where the SEDONA METHOD comes in, where
I release worrying about grades, outcomes, time constraints,
and just Notice , Observe, Play with the material,
Stay with the material)-- called NOPS in Paul Scheele's
Natural Brilliance Course. Believe me, at this point,
I am gaining quite a BIT OF CONFIDENCE and
COMPREHENSION of what had seemed like Greek to me,
just days ago.

At this point you will have a good foothold and can really
apply the advice that the other people gave you earlier
with great skill and confidence.

Let us know how you make out with this.
I hope this was helpful.

Good luck.

Oh BTW; Everyone thinks I am an
employee from Learning Strategies Corporation.
That is not true. I really gained much from Paul's
course and feel an attitude of gratitude and the need to give back
to others who now are wher I used to be.