📚 How to Actually Learn (and not just pretend to): 5/100 days of Productivity.
Teach yourself before the class even begins.
Think of it as preheating the oven before baking. Do not skim like you are glancing at shampoo instructions. Study as though tomorrow morning there will be a surprise test set by your worst enemy. When the brain has already met the material once, it loves the feeling of recognition later. This is called priming. It feels like magic, but it is neuroscience.
Listen actively in class.
Yes, listen. Do not drift away into doodles of galaxies. The human brain remembers context best when it is present in the moment. That silly joke your professor makes about amoebas may well become the hook you forever associate with binary fission.
Build a mind map or a chain as it unfolds.
Neurons love networks. They resist lonely facts, but adore bridges between ideas. Linking economics to psychology to a moment in your own life builds a city inside your head, far easier to navigate than a barren desert of bullet points.
When something new appears, give it your attention.
Novelty is magnetic to the brain. Do not rush to scribble. Let your mind hold it first, let it taste the strangeness. Writing immediately can give the false comfort of learning, when in reality you have simply outsourced the thought to your notebook.
At the end of class, retrieve from memory.
Do not peek. Pull the lesson out of your head as though you are lifting files from an archive. Rewrite in your own words, as if you were explaining to an alien child. This is active recall, and it is the weight training your memory craves.
At home, reteach the lecture.
Take a blank page, a mirror, or even your unsuspecting pillow. Teaching forces clarity. You cannot explain what you do not understand. You will discover the gaps you did not know were there, like potholes on a road you assumed was smooth.
Quiz yourself.
The brain adores a challenge. Quizzing is not testing, it is training. Each time you retrieve information without looking, synapses strengthen as if your brain were upgrading its own Wi-Fi. Weak recall is not failure, it is the precise moment where growth begins.
Research deeper if you are the type.
If curiosity bites, follow it. Seek out the loopholes, the places where knowledge is thin. What seems dull in class often becomes fascinating when you realise the world has not yet answered the question. The frontier is wide open.
Seek mentors, but also mentor yourself.
Feedback is treasure, but treasure must be weighed. Take mentors seriously, yet observe yourself with the precision of a scientist. Which methods work, which waste time, which tricks lull you into comfort? Improve with honesty and sharpness.
Repeat until it is carved in stone.
Neurons grow strong with repetition, not with once-in-a-while glances. Facts must be rehearsed until they feel as natural as your own name. Repetition cuts grooves in the brain, like rivers carving valleys. The water flows, and soon the path is permanent.
Learn to love what you study.
Here lies the heart of it. If you have survived falling for questionable human beings, you can certainly learn to love a subject. If you treat learning as punishment, your brain resists. If you treat it with curiosity and joy, the brain blooms like a sunflower in light.
🌟 The truth is simple. Learning is not passive. It is an active, living process. You arrive before class, during class, after class, and return again when memory believes the story is finished. That is when real mastery appears.
Everything that I said I would do on yesterday's entry.
The book I am currently reading.
The fact that as of today , I have no back log.
My parents and their supportive nature.
Opportunities and the privilege to work for them.
Getting tired doing what I love.
Eating clean and healthy.
God. My biggest supporter / friend / Mentor. God is kind, so if you ever miss something you promised Him, remember to make it up as soon as you get the chance. This is your reminder to understand and truly believe that God’s kindness allows for human shortcomings. He is not harsh if you cannot fulfill something exactly when you intended. That is why it becomes your responsibility to thank Him and to carry it out at the next opportunity, out of respect for such a loving and merciful God.
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