Tiago Forte's layered note-processing technique — bold the key passages, highlight within the bold, write an executive summary — adding structure progressively based on use rather than upfront at capture time.
Prerequisites
Granularity is a choice not a discovery
Decompose One Source at Three Granularities Using Progressive Summarization
Positive patterns deserve attention too
Extract Three Positive Patterns from Your Journal in Obsidian
Depth over breadth for signal detection
Extract Deep Signal from One Source in Obsidian
First-party data beats second-hand reports
Document Information Loss in Obsidian
Emotional context colors all perception
Annotate Emotional Writing in Obsidian