Getting bogged down in details

I just started studying for the MCAT and have already identified a pretty significant hole in my strategy. My initial plan was to read through a chapter section once, slowly, then read it again and make anki flash cards for essential knowledge that I needed to memorize, and so on until I finished the chapter. My expectation was an absolute maximum of 50 flash cards for a single chapter.

I just finished my first chapter (TPR P/S) and have a whopping 267 flash cards. Evidently not an...

Getting bogged down in details