This is what I consider my perfect study routine. Note that I don’t always have time to do all these things, but I strive to do them. ‘Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars’, ya know?
This post is all about building habits. Studying is a habit and you shouldn’t rely on motivation to do it.
Don’t overwhelm yourself: if you’ve never studied regularly before, don’t be like ‘yeah, I’m gonna spend the whole afternoon studying!’. Start with 15-30 min for every lecture/class you’ve had that day.
Do time those 15-30 minutes. When you’ve got a set end time, it doesn’t seem as awful.
Actually if you’ve taken good notes and payed attention in class, you shouldn’t need any more than 30 minutes on a regular basis but hey, life happens.
Give yourself ‘relax time’ after you get home. But here’s the catch, set an exact time at which this break ends and you start doing stuff.
include classes, meal times, your relax time, any other activities you do regularly and even the hours you plan on sleeping.
Make sure you schedule in free time or you’ll burn out.
The remaining will be your ‘study hours’.
Assign an ‘I don’t get this shit’ percentage to every class - Now count your study hours and use those percentages to figure out how many of those hours will go into each class.
Remember that your schedule is a guideline - Trust me, I’ve tried following it to the second and well, you may end up tearing your notes to shreds. The only thing you should absolutely stick to is the end of your relax time.
Write down three to five tasks that you know you can accomplish in the time you’ve given yourself.
DON’T STOP UNTIL YOU’VE CHECKED OFF THOSE BOXES.
(I mean obviously stop if you need a break duh)
It’s better to aim for less and finish everything because having unchecked boxes will just make you feel like you haven’t accomplished much.
Get a hobby or something to look forward at the end of the day - It will motivate you to stop procrastinating and finsih your tasks so that you can have time for this hobby.
Keep yourself in check – It’s a habit, remember? Well, there’s nothing better for building habits than seeing your progress. I suggest you use something like this weird thing I made (I’m sure you can make it cuter by hand but this is just an example) and color in how much time you study each day.
Again, thank you @studywithkal for suggesting this masterpost, you’re the best!
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