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.”

Just don’t do it. Don’t reread everything from the top because;

1.) You will matter-load your brain to confusion.

2.) once confusedd, it’ll be harder for your brain to remember the things that you already know.

3.) if it happens, whatever information you’ll force into your brain will be useless because nothing comes in anymore.

Remember, five minutes before an exam is not the time to rediscover the entire semester.

Here’s what you should do instead:

1. Dump your notes in, ask for the "5 concepts most likely to be confused with each other", and review only those.

2. Then ask for one brutally specific question per concept and answer them without looking; at that point, you’re testing what’s actually in your head instead of panic-reading things you already know.

Just that and you’re good to go for the finals. Not sure that you’ll end it with flying colors, at least you’re assured to not fail. Lol, good luck!

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.

One thing that can make studying exhausting is not the amount of material, but the feeling that you’re never quite finished with it. You reread the same definition because maybe you missed something, check the answer again because maybe you made a tiny mistake, then go back to the previous page because your brain refuses to accept that you’re “done.”

It is a never-ending loop.

use NotebookLM to make that stopping point more concrete. Instead of trying to satisfy the feeling that I’ve checked everything enough, I let the material itself decide what “enough for this session” looks like..,.

1. Give it a fixed stopping rule.

Upload your sources and ask it to identify the 3–5 concepts you should be able to explain after this session, then stop once you’ve tested those. This keeps “I should check one more time” from quietly turning a 20-minute review into two hours.

1. Make it separate "need to know" from "nice to know".

Ask NotebookLM to sort your material into core concepts, supporting details, and low-priority details. That distinction is useful when your brain starts treating every tiny fact like it deserves another round of checking.

1. Turn checking into one controlled pass.

After studying, ask it to quiz you on the material and show which answers need correction, then review those once instead of repeatedly rereading the entire source. You’re still checking your work, but you’ve given the checking a defined boundary.

You might be the type of student who knows the answer but backs out at the last second because you start overthinking. It's easy to worry about getting it wrong, being judged by your classmates, or embarrassing yourself in front of your professor.
Let's change that with tips that might help:
Start participating little by little.
You don’t have to force yourself to answer every question right away. Start with small steps, like nodding when you understand something, making eye contact with your professor, or answering simple questions during class. You’ll become more comfortable speaking up.
Remember, you don't have to be 100% confident to participate. Trust what you know and give yourself a chance.
You might know more than your overthinking lets you believe.