Simp Over Yourself

To get motivated I first have to tell myself that this I am studying so I can be less dumb and it's for my future. ( i did a major fuck up this year and I want to fix it so i have to study well) then listen to some motivating wongs for five mins and FORCE myself to pick up a book. Forcing yourself is the only way you can study if you procrastinate......   reply

Personally I work better under pressure, when there is like 2 weeks left before exams and I haven't done a single thing yet I start to get scared and study real fast. When I still want to procrastinate I compare myself to others who are like "I'm done with my revisions!!", like I hate being left behind lol   reply

i procrastinate so much too, but one advice i can give that works for me is to strictly divide your working/studying space from your relax space (home) Try making a schedule and set times for example three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon, i suggest to go outside to an open library for students and use it, seeing so many stude......   reply

There's really different methods to study, well I'm no academic achiever but I atleast keep my grades average/above average (i consider 79 or 2.0 as fail even if it's not). But having 2 siblings that are academic achievers, they have common habits: 1. Good memory - i honestly fail at this too, i can only stock science and math in my head, history ......   1 reply

Different situation but I remember during start of Covid I had to motivate myself to get stuff done when it felt like every class I had assumed they were the only class I had and kept giving out assignments like candy. Basically what I did was I wrote out all of my assignments/tests out on an index card in the order of when they were due. I’d mar......   reply

Am not an academic achiever lol but honestly I find it really helpful to study with groups or in the library. The fastest way I’ve absorbed info is by literally presenting it so I just pretend I have a presentation and have to ”over prepare”myself with information that I need to remember for the exam. Studying with people is really helpful ca......   reply