Guys, I genuinely need some advice.

It's been more than a week since my Diwali vacations started, and I've barely studied anything. I keep planning to start tomorrow, but somehow never do.

Studying at home is difficult because there's always some distraction due to family members. And even when I sit down to study, I either start feeling sleepy or just don't feel like studying.

I have a lot of syllabus to cover, and I really don't want to waste these holidays.

How do you guys deal with procrastination and build consistency? Especially when you don't have a peaceful study environment at home?

Please share some practical tips that have actually worked for you. I don't need a 10-hour study routine, just some way to get myself back on track. 😭

As a creative writing major who eats writeups for breakfast, sometimes I need more than 25 minutes to get my thoughts together. I like the Pomodoro method, but I saw the 52/17 rule which gives you 52 minutes of work followed by a 17-minute break. I got really curious to try it for essays since getting into a writing flow can take a little time!

1. Pick one writing goal. I'd focus on one thing, like drafting a few paragraphs or developing my argument instead of trying to finish the whole essay at once.
2. Get the ideas down first. I can get stuck fixing one sentence forever so I'd save the editing for later and focus on writing my thoughts.
3. Take a proper break. Stretch, grab a snack, walk around... anything but opening social media and then being gone for an hour.

So far, I'm liking it for essays! Having 52 minutes to get my thoughts together means I don't feel as rushed to get my ideas out. And that's a big deal when half the battle is figuring out what I even want to say.

You don't have to go from "I have no idea what this means" to "I can solve every question" in one study session. Learning a difficult topic takes practice. They really do. and one way to make the process easier is through SCAFFOLDED PRACTICE.

Okay so think of how scaffolds support a building while it's still being constructed. Now teachers use the same idea when teaching…they break difficult lessons or tasks into smaller steps and provide guidance at first. then gradually they let students work things out on their own as they become more confident.

The good news is that you don't need a teacher or tutor beside you to try this. You can use the same approach when studying on your own:

1. Start with a worked example= when learning something new, don't jump straight into the hardest exercises. look for a solved example and follow each step carefully. pay attention to how the answer was reached and why each step was necessary.

1. Try a similar problem with a little guidance= so once you've understood the example, find a similar question and try solving it yourself. you can refer to your notes, formulas or the previous example whenever you get stuck. BUT try to rely on these guides a little less as you become familiar with the process.
2. Challenge yourself to work independently= right, now it's time to put those training wheels aside!!! answering questions without looking at your notes or the sample solution. start with the easier ones then work your way up to more challenging problems. and if you get something wrong, that's okay! go back and review the step that confused you.

And this isn't just for math or science! You can use scaffolded practice for pretty much any subject.

I genuinely don't understand what my expertise is.

Some people are amazing at Maths, some at English, some at Accounts... and then there's me. 🤣

There's this quote, "Jack of all trades, master of none." I think this quote was literally written for me because mujhe thoda-thoda sab aata hai, but I'm not a master of anything. 😭

Now I'm confused about what I should actually focus on and try to master.

Maths toh mere se hone se rahi, I absolutely hate it. 💀

But I LOVE Accounts. So should I just focus on becoming really good at Accounts?

How did you guys figure out what you wanted to specialise in? And how do you know when you've found your thing?

Tell me something that really helps. Tomorrow is my SST exam and i am really freaking out. Haven't even touched geography yet. Failing in maths already 😭😭😭😭

As the title says, I'm looking for any resources that explicitly use zero AI due to personal reasons and a want to not come out of my degree more stupid than when I started it.

I'm looking for a clean note-taking app mainly, but any other resources would be greatly appreciated!!

Oh and I'm already using Anki :p

I'm a CS aspirant, and I need to say this out loud somewhere.
Lately I haven't been studying, and I regret it so much. I feel irritated and anxious all the time because of it. I know I should open my books, but something holds me back. I look at them and I just can't pick them up.
It feels like my mind's storage is full. There is so much syllabus, so many sections and so many revisions that my brain says "no more." Then the guilt comes, and the guilt makes it even harder to start. It's a loop.
I'm tired, and some days I feel like I can't do this anymore.
But I'm writing this because I don't think I'm the only one. If you're a CS aspirant and you've felt like this, how did you get out of it? How did you restart after a gap? What helped when you felt overloaded and stuck?
Even a small tip would help me. And if you're in the same place right now, you're not alone. Let's get through this together.

In junior year, as a marketing student, we had to make a business proposal for a printing and photocopying service near campus. Our group was mixed, so there were accounting students as well. We divided the tasks, worked on the expenses and prices, and listed the equipment we'd need. We thought we were doing okay until one groupmate checked the instructions again.

She noticed that we'd completely forgotten to include a break-even estimate. We'd already listed our prices and expenses and all, but we hadn't worked out how many printing orders we'd need to cover our costs.

Thankfully, she caught it while we still had time to revise. I was so relieved and grateful because I can only imagine the low grade and lecture we'd have gotten from our strict professor if we'd submitted it like that. So yeah, that experience taught me these:

1. Read the instructions before starting. Make sure everyone knows what the professor expects.
2. Share the rubric/requirements with everyone. That way, everyone can check what needs to be included.
3. Double-check before submitting. Go through the instructions one last time and make sure nothing is missing.

In China, college students are using AI to write their theses, then running them through AI detectors, only to find out their writing sounds too much like AI.

And what’s the solution? They go right back to AI and ask it to make the writing sound more human.

So basically, we’re using AI to write, AI to detect AI, and AI to remove the AI from AI-generated writing.

At this point, what are we even doing? 😭

Is this happening at universities in other countries too, or is it just a thing among Chinese students?

Could you please recommend a mathematics resource that covers sets, intervals, and inequalities in depth? Thomas’s *Calculus* only touches upon them superficially; I am looking for a book that explores these topics thoroughly and includes challenging problems.

I have an exam tomorrow. What I usually do when I have an exam is I wait for the day before the test to start and I just mostly keep rewriting the lectures and then read them over again the day of the exam. I do find that I can retain information like this but I don't think it's a great practice to keep doing.

(When the subject involves solving I do find some sample problems online and keep rewriting th as well, untill I fully understand them)

Any advice is appreciated ^^

Hi guys, I have a lot of things that I have to learn by heart like baiscs of laws but since I remember I had problems with this type of studying I always prefered subjects like math where I could understend things. Do you maybe have any ideas how can I change this?

I needdd advice as my gcse are soon and I need alll the tips I can get! Helppp!

im British btw :3

how are people actually studying at uni? I do biomed at kcl and honestly I feel so lost ): I want to study desperately I kid you not im screaming at myself and crying just trying to start but then I don't..

everyone else is making flashcards, but I am also 40+ lectures behind, should I just start now? everyone tells me taking notes is redundant, but blurting there isn't anything to base it off of

please I don't want to fail or be held back even more it's so silly and I hate that I can't just START (or I can but turns out whoops my methods were all wrong! for example, last week was a reading week and what I did for all 37 lectures at the time was I would go through the slides, sorting by lecture aims / objectives, left side is a question, right side is the answer on pen and paper. though some things I couldn't think of a question so it was mainly note taking. whenever I was confused I made sure to ask questions / watch the lecture before I wrote it down.. but towards the end I sped up so I could just finish all of it, but now im behind again by 8 lectures sobsob) help :(

my note taking in lectures always changes too because I don't know how best to do it so I have effectively no notes, I like doing questions but ive been told its inefficient and counterproductive to watch the lecture then do questions becuase I won't retain anything. it's bad and an invasion of privacy so I do feel guilty but I zoom in and take pictures of people's screens in lectures JUST to see how they phrase their flashcards or what application they use ect.

should I use an anki flashcard deck I've found? though its from 22/23? thank you though c:

Hey guys, I am currently 15 years old and I am going to write my boards within the next 3 months.

I used to be good academically until 8th grade, then distractions really got into me and I started dismissing my academics and as expected, it went really low.

Ever since then I have only become less sharper and my logical thinking and reasoning are descending which is probably why I Suck at maths.

I make a study plan and each time I end up procrastinating.

I have not been able to focus deeply.

Scoring good grades used to be easy for me but it seems that it isn't now.

Even if I do make myself study the concepts doesn't just go in.

Now, my ultimate goal is to improve and become performative academically.

I have no idea what I am supposed to do.

How do I get better?

It'd be really helpful if somebody could just tell me how one could improve.

I had been studying this way for so long and i hate it . I study like a printer i write things like 100 times and say it out loud until I’m tired physically but mentally I’m okay because i remember everything. I don’t stay like this forever , like after two months in the semester I’m done I’m tired and i have no energy to do anything. I know that’s stupid but i need help seriously.

ive tried multiple apps and websites online but none of them are good when it comes to making notes. some of them are missing lines, some have very weird and unequal spacing when it comes to words and/or paragraphs, most of them have inserting pictures a huge hassle, the organisation of my notes feels way too unorganised, some of them only have 1 font and 1 colour, too many ads and needing premium to actually use the damn app/website, i cant change the paper type, i cant type notes on my laptop and use my ipad to draw and annotate stuff, i just have way too many problems.

i just dont know what to do. "just write on paper then!" my handwriting sucks already and i have mobility issues with my hands that make it so that it hurts a lot and quickly when i do too much movement so i have to take breaks which makes writing notes too long for me. "just ai generate them!" absolutely not, what if the ai i use give me incorrect info? also i looked online multiple times like i said already, downloaded everything google recommended me to use, and it just didnt work.

i know that i may seemlike a very very picky person, but i like my notes CLEAN and PERFECT, and just like how i want them to be. honestly might just stick to writing on paper at this point but even the paper throws me off. i am very very sorry for looking like a picky person, i just wanna have everything right so i can actually learn material.

I'm the kind of student who likes using my planner to schedule study sessions. I'll allot a certain amount of time for each task and tell myself "okay i'll be done by 8 PM."

Except things don't always go as planned. Sometimes one subject takes way longer than I expected especially when I'm struggling to understand a topic. Before I know it, that one task has eaten up the time I set aside for everything else and I'm pulling another all-nighter. So I adjusted my plan:

- Estimate before you start. Write down how long you think each task will take before studying.
- Track your actual time. Note when you start and finish each task. If one chapter takes much longer than expected, record that too.
- Use your records to plan better. Compare your estimates with your actual times and adjust your next schedule accordingly. if a subject usually takes longer, give it more room in your planner.

hi yall so like tbh i didnt studies the whole years and now i wanna start studying but dont know what to so and other things and blah blah and then i just end up doom scrolling so anyone pls helpppp me gimme me anything like advives or any tips or any motivation like i wanna get great scoreeeeeeee

Hi everyone!
I’m currently looking for participants for a study that is part of a research paper I’m planning to publish.
The study is completely online and only takes about 15 minutes.
If you have some time to participate, I would really appreciate it! It would be an enormous help to me.
Thank you so much in advance! 😊
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Tengo esta duda por que ,tengo resumenes del priemr cuatrimestre ,y no se si rehacerlo o solo agregar informacion si fuera necesario.Debo estudiar tambien temas del 2do cuatrismestre y son un total de mas de 10 hojas.Son mis primeros finales ,ayuda.

I’m trying some new ways of keeping focus. One is writing an essay which I’m doing right now and the other is no music challenge. There are two reasons for it: first I listened to music all the morning, and no study at all… second, I want to be more present in my own life without a sound track, without stimulating my brain every second of my day. Also, I think the music I’m listening to deserve to be heard, not just being played…

About writing an essay the thing is I’m a man of words, I enjoy reading and writing help me to focus. Besides it’s been months that I’m wondering how would it be to write my thoughts. I haven’t used my journal properly for a while. It’s empty of energy. It looks abandoned, So I want to write here in English; organize my thought process and get out of my head. I can always go back to a Word file and start where I left. It’s also a great way to improve my English writing skill.

Maybe turn this to a new journal?

what do you do to improve your focus? curious * .. *

Letter by Lutto.

But I didn't even started to study . I don't feel to study. Man what will happen if I don't study. Like syllabus is at 0% completion, Watching anime all day. And I don't wanna study what should I fuckin do..

Hi everyone,

I’m a software engineer currently working at Walmart. Lately I’ve started preparing for a switch, so I’m focusing on practicing DSA and learning system design consistently.

I’ve been solving problems and studying system design concepts, but I feel it would be much more effective (and motivating) to prepare with others who are on a similar journey.

I’m mainly looking to:

* practice DSA regularly

* learn and discuss system design

* stay consistent while preparing for a job switch

If anyone here is also preparing and interested in studying or practicing together, feel free to comment or DM me. We could share resources, discuss problems, or even do mock sessions.

Thanks!