You’re probably reading a lot right now.
Articles. Books. PDFs. Notes saved “for later.”
And yet…
when you sit down to actually use what you’ve read, it feels fuzzy. Heavy. Disconnected.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth I see again and again with grad students:
The problem isn’t motivation.
It’s that reading isn’t connected to action.
Most people read as accumulation.
What actually works is reading as installation.
That’s the difference between:
Highlighting a paragraph, and
Having a system that tells you what to do with it next week
Over the last while, I’ve been testing something simple:
Take one book you’re already reading
→ strip it down to what actually matters
→ turn it into a working learning system you can reuse
Not more notes.
Not another framework.
An actual setup you can work from.
I built a small tool that helps do the first part (turning a book into an action-ready structure).
But what really makes the difference is the second part:
installing it properly for your degree, your brain, and your time constraints.
So I’m opening up a few spots for something new:
Graduate Learning System Walkthrough
A 75-minute working session where we:
Take one book or core text you’re reading
Turn it into a usable system (Notion, Trello, or simple docs)
Set up a weekly ritual so reading stops piling up
You leave with:
clarity about what actually matters
a system you can reuse for the rest of your program
less mental load, more momentum
I’m limiting this to 3–4 sessions per month so I can stay focused.
👉 If you want to book a walkthrough, you can do that here:
Graduate Learning System Walkthrough
This is a 75-minute working session where we take one book or core text you’re reading and turn it into a system you can actually use. We will break down what matters in the text and turn it into a...
If you’re not ready for that yet, I’ll share the self-serve version of the tool soon.
Either way, this is the direction I’m moving in:
less theory floating in the air,
more systems that actually get used.
— Greg