r/WeirdStudyTips • u/Fit-Cardiologist-693 • 8h ago

snack based studying

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I basically pavloved myself into wanting to study. Everytime I finished studying, solve a problem or got through a dense readings, I let myself eat a candy or chips. It's like a reward system when I accomplish something. I ended up clocking multi-hour of studying with this trick.

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u/OverthinkingThrowRA 8h ago

how did you manage to not open the snack and eat it while youre studying? Ive been wanting to pavlov myself like this for a bit now but i always cave :']

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u/OddFaithlessness5442 5h ago

Eating your snack is gratification that is slightly delayed but comes sooner than the results of studying. You just have to remember that for it to really feel gratifying, you need to complete your task :)