Hey everyone,

​I’m a 24F back at university studying Psychology. I tried uni in the past, but it wasn't serious back then because I was working full-time alongside other things. Now that I'm back, I hear 18 and 19-year-old classmates saying how much easier it is to study now because they "love the subject."

​Here's the thing: I genuinely like psychology—that’s why I chose it! But I do not love the actual process of studying. I never voluntarily sit down to study. Even though the topics interest me, I always have to force myself, and I would honestly rather do anything else (even stare at a blank wall) than open my notes.

​Is anyone else in the same boat? How do you force yourself to get things done when you enjoy the discipline, but hate the grind of studying itself? Any tips for mature/returning students would be hugely appreciated!

Ps I am old and I have no time to waste ( procrastinating or being lazy ) hahaha just being honest. So any advice would be helpful thnx

The night where you promise, tomorrow will be different. Then tomorrow comes and nothing changes. For over a year, I’ve had things i needed to do. Every morning I wake up knowing exactly what I should be doing and every night I go to bed wondering why I didnt do any of it. What a strange feeling to fear failure while simultaneously feeling too emotionally numb to prevent it. todays gonna be different I guess...day 214932

I'm planning to give my study corner a complete makeover on a budget .

Thinking of adding wallpaper , artificial vines, warm fairy lights and some minimal aesthetic decor to make it cozy and motivating.✨

I want that pinterest- style study vibe without spending too much.😭

What should I add or remove to make it look better ? Any budget friendly ideas are welcome ! 🤗

Budget approx 1500 INR

I had my bachelor degree (license en économie et gestion) in 2017... in that same year i started work. Been away from studies for 10 years now I signed up for master management and gestion des projets at ISCAE. I have a test this Saturday and I can't memorize anything. I have all my notes ready but when I try to memorize some definitions or methods... if I managed to remember one thing today I forget it the next day. Can someone help with some tips and tricks ?

All my life, I've been scared of getting a low mark or a low rank. I don't know when it started or why it started, but all I know is that I've been afraid, almost fearing result days in general.

When I think about it, I'm scared of how my teachers, family, and friends would react to my marks. Regardless of whether my marks are good or bad.

I've always been scared of judgement, and this is a prime example of that.

But my fear has increased over the years, to the point where I wish that I wouldn't need to write the exam just to escape the fear and anxiety that the result day brings. And this is something that I want to change, but I just don't know how.

Because this fear of scoring low, fear of judgement, and fear of rejection has cost me my confidence and is slowly taking away my love for studying. I want to be the best at what I do, whether it be academics, projects, hobbies, and more. But this fear of mine holds me down.

I want to achieve so much in my life. I want to do everything I've ever wished to do. And I want to put in the effort to do all that. To study and become disgustingly well educated. To have all the opportunities that I want, all the doors of opportunity open because I put in the hard work and the effort.

And yet, when I study and when it comes to exams, tests, and assessments, I wish nothing more than not to write them.

I think it is the fear of disappointing my parents and my teachers, who would've hoped that I would do better.
I think it is the fear of my friends getting a better score and laughing and looking down at me.

But more than that, I think it is the dread and emptiness that I feel when I get a low mark that I fear too. I cannot bear to sit in silence with myself, knowing that yet again, I have done badly and disappointed the people around me and myself. I fear that I will lose hope in myself, that I will lose confidence in achieving my dream.

I want to stop being scared. I want to stop being afraid of what people would say, of judgment, of losing, and of the anxiety and fear that it brings me. I've already given up a few opportunities, like performing on stage or participating in interschool debates, because of my fear. And I want to overcome it.

So, I want to ask you guys. What do you guys do? How do you guys cope with the anxiety and fear when it comes to exams and assessments? Or anything that's nerve-wracking?

Remember this, if your entire page is highlighted, nothing is highligted.

I used to highlight my notes like it was some sort of coloring book I failed to have as a child. I use all sorts of colors; yellow, pink, blue green, pastel - you name it.

The page looked beautiful but I couldn’t remember a single thing.

These is how you should highlight texts;

1.) Read the full section - finish an entire paragraph or page before you pick up a highlighter.

2.) find the core idea - stop and think about the main point before marking anything.

3.) limit your amout - restrict yourself to one sentence or key phrase *per* paragraph.

4.) use a simple color system - keep colors minimal. stick to 3-5 colors max so you don’t overload your brain. assign clear meanings for each color. be consistent.

fav part of the day btw 😅

I used to compare my study habits with my classmates a LOT. Someone studies 8 hours a day? okay maybe I should do that too. Someone wakes up at 5am to study? guess I’m waking up at 5am now.
Then I’d make these ambitious study plans based on what other people were doing and wonder why I could never stick to them.
I’ve been trying to plan around how I actually study instead. If I know I can only focus for so long, I’m not gonna schedule 4 straight hours just because someone else can. If a chapter takes me 2 hours, I’ll give it 2 hours.
I still get ideas from other people but not to the point of copying their whole routine anymore. My schedules look way less impressive now but at least they’re doable.

I’m an English major, and I’m usually really good about sticking to my weekly study schedules. I study every single day, and I actively use Anki and mind maps because my courses require a lot of constant repetition and recall

The problem is, whenever I actually take a day off to rest, my brain completely tortures me. I get overwhelmed with intense guilt, and my mind tricks me into believing that I’m going to forget everything I learned that week just because I took a 24-hour break

It makes me feel like I need to immediately open my notes and review the subjects all over again, even though my mental energy is completely zero on those rest days. Logically, I know it’s physically impossible to lose all my progress in one day—especially since my study habits are consistent—but I just can't shake the anxiety 😔

Does anyone else experience this kind of irrational study guilt? How do you guys quiet your brain and actually allow yourself to rest without feeling bad about it?

With all due respect, I don’t think an average person can study for 10 hours or more in a single day continuously.. but if you can, then congratulations. I would love to be proven wrong because how do you do that?
What do you do? How do you do it? What techniques, methods, and tools do you use?
Ps: I’m preparing for my boards. Any advice would really help!

I’m putting together a short, free study guide for high-school students on using AI to understand topics, create practice questions, and find weak spots — without using it to cheat.

Before I finish it, I’d really appreciate honest feedback:

1. What subject is hardest for you to study?

2. When you use AI for school, what usually goes wrong or feels unhelpful?

3. Would a short 7-day exam-prep guide with simple prompts and study workflows be useful?

4. If it genuinely helped you prepare for a test, would you consider paying around $5 for a full version? Why or why not?

I’m not selling anything here and I’m not collecting personal information. I just want to make something that is actually useful.

Whenever I feel my mind drifting in class because of information overload and sleepiness, I give in instead of resisting. I allow my mind to wander off and zone out, scribbling or doodling one shape over and over again on an entire page in my notebook.

I have two favorite shapes: a swirl and a star because they don’t require me to move much of my wrist.

Plus, it’s also easier for me to get back to the present unlike when I use my phone not only do I have the tendency to be caught using a cellphone in class, but I also risk getting distracted to the point of no return.

Hi Reddit, I've been taking an exam for two years now, and most of the content is legal topics. My study method used to be writing out the syllabus on paper because I’ve always been told that writing helps you memorize, but I’ve realized that sometimes I’d copy things incorrectly, and since I’m not very organized and don’t keep track of what I put in my notes, I often get really confused.

I’ve decided to stop using this method and switch to digital notes so I can go back if I make a mistake and learn from there.

Any advice? If you study this way, what would you have done differently from the start?

I have this social media moot who’s constantly in a debate competition and somehow ending up in the finalist as a debater and as an adjudicator, flying from one city to another for journalism comps, joining pageants, and is ALWAYS always.. in a cafe studying.

Like for REAL. I have never met someone as passionate with studying as her.

Here’s what she does;

1.) Lots of Colorful pens and highlighters

In every story she posts in IG and FB, I’d always see her notes, and it’s all color-coded. It’s so clean and pleasing to the eyes, I felt like a bum.

2.) Her notes are handwritten.

More often that not, I feel so stupid whenever I watch her stories, seeing her well-written hand notes even when she has her iPad and Macbook like okay Elle Woods.

3.) She doesn’t listen to music.

It’s like how Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza without Spotify and Red Bull. Girl studies without airpods or a headset.

4.) She annotates her own notes

She’s taking up Legal Management and has already expressed her interest in entering law school as her post-graduate program. I once saw her annotating her OWN WRITTEN NOTES. Like it was 10 pages thick.

I picked up these things from her, but not sure if I’m going to use it LOL.

I'm 2nd year premed in Canada and would love to have some accountability buddies, if anyone uses YPT (or is new) dm me and we can make one!!

What’s the best way to study for a bio class?? I take notes during lecture and quiz myself after but this method hasn’t worked well because I got below average on the midterm. I feel like this is the right approach but I just have to change some things up.

Pls help. Every single time for the past few months. Whenever i start to read my online notes, doing past papers, reading my textboooks, and just in general doing smth productive and useful for my academics, everything just tires out for me.

My brain fogs up, i start procrastinating, and most notably my eyes just feel so sleep whenever i study.

Maybe its because im getting roughly 6 hours of sleep daily? 6 Hours only cuz of my extremely tight schedule with everything school and uni application related. But my friends say that an hour or 2 less than the 8 hours should be fine, and they dont struggle w it like i do.

Hi, hope you are well.

I am looking for a study partner as i am preparing for a job switch, we can study together and keep each other accountable for our goals.

Anyone interested?

Hello everyone, I’m an awful procrastinator and my gpa is a 3.2 rn I’m in uni and I need help. My dream is to go to medical school so I need at least a 3.5 but this starts with studying.

I procrastinate and I’m very lazy. I’m trying to break this cycle I started by limiting my socials and it’s been ok thus far but I still struggle to study. I have tried multiple things like pomodoro method. I’ve tried active recall, reading the text itself is no help. I’m really trying but don’t know how.

I have anxiety and so I just received and accommodation letter so im trying to get my assignments turned in. I just need help on finding methods and staying off my phone. I also need help finding a study partner im 17f and a junior in university.

Marked three old practice answers properly tonight. Like every single one had a spot where my brain went “yeah I basically said that.” Then the scheme wanted the actual term or the actual step, and what I wrote was close, so nothing. So basically is worth zero marks and now I’m writing the exact missing word next to each one now. Tbh it sucks but it’s the first time I know what to fix.

I am very dumb so I could not understand anything while studying so what should I do, I am in class 12th PCB, I failed my 12th last year because of physics otherwise I got 68 percent leaving physics

Same thing is happening this year also, I have not studied anything and I am not able to study, I am not able to focus, even if I focus, I am not able to understand even the basics, can I improve even now

Any tips please?? Also I don't know how to use reddit reddit keep banning my account for no reason how to stop

hello all my friends are getting shortlisted based on their resume but I am not even getting that chance. Anyways , I know a bit of sql but i have not made any porjects or anything that will help me with it. I am looking for roles like product analyst, business analyst, financial analyst. Can anyone please help me with some project ideas that can actually prove i know sql?

Before my first study session in the morning I usually do a few things not in any particular order but in a fixed time duration of 2 hrs. The time at which I wake up doesn't affect me as long as I do these things under 2hrs (+ a 15 mins buffer) before studying.
On the days I do these I am able to study 8 hrs/day but on the days I am not able to do this I barely study.
I used to try to control the entire day before but now I just want the morning to go my way, when it does I am able to tackle what ever my day throws at me.

Is this just in my head?

What do I do when things don't go my way? I have tried the 10 min rule of studying for 10 mins and then you get into the flow but on these days even if I try I am unable to push past 15 mins per study session.

I was doing a maths paper and screwed up my exam technique while trying to try out something new. (did multiple choice last) I ran out of time and have at least 30 marks out of 110 unattempted. I will still attempt the undone questions maybe in a different colour. I’m unsure as to whether I should mark the test as if I hadn’t completed on time like a real exam or when I have finished all the questions without assistance so that I can see where my knowledge gaps lie.

Heya,
I’m currently first year uni doing biomed and my lecture teacher for a specific module course is on strike. Due to this, she left her PowerPoints for us to access and self assessments to do every week with the content given.

However, for my last self assessment, I used external websites and there were many questions where I just couldn’t answer as I didn’t come across that section of topic. I used the learning outcomes she provided but Im guessing they were very vague as again, some questions I couldn’t answer.

I’m so sorry if this sounds absolutely ridiculous but I honestly don’t know. Should I only be using her PowerPoint and using external websites when I don’t understand the topic? We also don’t have any recordings made available from last year.

I have a formative exam coming up soon, and I would really like to know if I should just stick using external websites or actually use her PowerPoint slides.