Help with Self-Studying Taylor Classical Mechanics

[megatyler30]

I decided to self-study intermediate mechanics and chose Taylor Classical Mechanics as my textbook (not looking for alternate textbook suggestions because I like Taylor). Anyways I have a couple questions. Just to give you an idea of my background, I'm in AP Physics C but we finished mechanics a long time ago (at this point we're almost done with E&M) and I'm currently in differential equations.

Any suggestions on deciding which problems to do?

Thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully also for answering some of my questions.

Edit: Almost forgot a question.
Would you suggest going through the book by Ch. 1,2,etc. until the end or read the chapters in a specific order?

 

[R.Mesri]

The best way to decide which problems to do is to focus on the topics that you feel less confident about and/or are more interesting to you. If you are feeling confident about a particular topic, then you can choose to skip it or just skim through it. As for the order, it's best to go through the book in the order it's written. However, if you find a particular topic particularly interesting or challenging, then you can always spend more time on that one.