“Just because it feels hard, doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong. Hard things are just hard.”
Misinterpreted effort is what many academics and students can fall into because we’ve learned to assume that learning is quite easy and effortless. Especially with new note-taking and tools at our disposal most of us can skate by with the information we have. Yet, we need to know that Understanding requires effortful engagement so we don’t mistake the feeling of our brain working hard with us not understanding what we’re studying.
Reference
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010028519302270