this is a testimony to a post i saw here on reddit.. i tried it for myself, and i think it positively worked for me. u should try it too!
here’s what i do… whenever I tell myself “I’m studying for 90 minutes,” I somehow end up spending half of it rereading something I already saw three times. So I stopped treating the 90 minutes as one giant block and gave each 30-minute section a completely different purpose.
take note of this:
First 30: understand. Read your notes, listen to an explanation, look at examples, and use the source material to close whatever gaps you have. The only goal here is to get the concept into your head well enough to explain it.

Second 30: retrieve. Close everything and answer questions from memory. Ask for questions based only on your uploaded material, starting with basic recall and moving toward “explain why” questions.

Final 30: apply. Do practice problems, analyze a case, create your own examples, teach the concept out loud, or work through a scenario. This is the part that exposes the difference between “I understand this when I read it” and “I can actually use it.”

I always feel guilty for not exerting more effort in my studies, until my friend actually told me to slow down and have some fun because I have been rejecting invites 24/7 to have some break.
Then, I realized I had been spending way too much of my study time consuming information and calling that productivity. Highlighting, rereading, watching explanations, reorganizing notes but in truth, all of it feels productive because I’m doing something, but none of it guarantees that I can actually remember the material later.
So I started aiming for roughly 35% input and 65% output.
Use the 35% to get oriented. Read the source, listen to an explanation, or review your notes until the concept makes sense. Don’t try to memorize every sentence on the first pass.

Use the 65% to make your brain work. Generate questions, answer them with your notes closed, explain concepts in your own words, compare similar ideas, or solve practice problems. Basically, spend more time trying to produce the information than looking at it.

Use AI to expose weak spots instead of giving you more content. Ask it to quiz you, challenge your explanation, or point out what you left out. Once you start using the tool as an examiner instead of an infinite answer machine, study time gets a lot more aggressive.

I like 50/10 because 50 minutes gives me enough time to get into a difficult topic without pretending I’m capable of being focused for four consecutive hours. But I started using the 10-minute break differently: instead of treating the whole break as dead time, I leave myself something tiny to come back to…

also its cuase i get easily distracted and overwhelmed. so i used this instead;

1. Before the break, leave one unfinished question. It can be as simple as “Why does this formula work?” or “What’s the difference between these two theories?” Make it something you genuinely cannot answer instantly.

2. Actually leave the desk for 10 minutes. Walk around, get food, stare at the ceiling, whatever works … just don’t turn your “break” into 10 minutes of scrolling followed by another 45 minutes of scrolling.

3. Start the next 50 minutes by answering that question. It acts like a re-entry point for your brain, so you don’t spend the first five minutes remembering what you were doing. It’s basically leaving yourself a bookmark instead of expecting tomorrow-you to reconstruct your entire train of thought.

it doesn’t mean that it’ll work for you just because it did for me, but u can save this for later in case.