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If you're talking about an outline for a paper, you can add in little notes and thoughts that come to you while you're writing it. I know an outline's only supposed to be a rough plan without lots of detail, but if you have a really great idea for your wording or an example to use or something, you can totally add that in. If you're just talking about a study sheet, you can do the same thing: add in little mnemonic devices that help you remember the information. It can be anything. Like, if the reading made you think of something from your own life, write that down, it may help you retain the information.
Obviously, don't waste a lot of time with this, but the formatting can really help. Highlighting the headings and making sure to include enough space for readabilty is important.
I'm not really an expert, but I hope I could help!
In the mentioned sestet from John Milton's sonnet VII, the way the act of trust responds to the speaker issues is that His trust in God allays his worries about his progress because he sees that he will arrive in life where he is meant to and when he is meant to.
In that stanza the speaker is sure that he does not have to worry trying to hasten his pace because God, his "Taskmaster's eye" is watching for him and he has a plan for everyone. So he trust God's plan and that it will eventually grant him his dues.