There are only 24 hours in a day. This comes as a shock to many students! Sure, we all learned that as children, but back then it was never really a problem. When a kid complains about not having enough time it means they can’t watch an entire series on Netflix AND play three hours of Fortnite before bedtime. But when we grow up we have to make even harder choices, and that time is now.
For years we could always conjure extra time by skipping TV or something. University is the end of those years. University uses every hour and sends you searching for more. Students soon reach the point where adding extra hours would mean subtracting them from sleep. Do not do that! That’s not sustainable. You simply need sleep. You definitely need to take breaks as well as work, otherwise your ability to work exponentially decreases. So what do you do?
Use your time better. Quality as well as quantity. Start using smart tricks to work more efficiently, instead of forcing yourself to miss nights out, because sitting depressed at your desk for four hours might mean only twenty minutes of actual work.
One smart trick is switching subjects more frequently when you feel yourself getting bored. Planning to pore over one chapter all night feels like a great way to make sure you’ll definitely learn it, but your brain isn’t a computer game character. You can’t just click on “add 5 HOURS to study” and see yourself get better at calculus. When you feel your brain breaking down, sliding off the subject, unable to keep staring at the same stuff, take a little break and switch to a different chapter. Or a whole different course. A change isn’t quite as good as a rest, but it’s better than staring at the same page for hours.
Study is a verb, something you do like exercise or eating. And just like exercise or eating doing the same thing over and over again will make your brain bored. Switch things up, change routines, try something challenging or spicy, they’re all tricks to boost your brain and wring more work out of the same number of hours. Leaving the rest of your time for rest and relaxation.
For years we could always conjure extra time by skipping TV or something. University is the end of those years. University uses every hour and sends you searching for more. Students soon reach the point where adding extra hours would mean subtracting them from sleep. Do not do that! That’s not sustainable. You simply need sleep. You definitely need to take breaks as well as work, otherwise your ability to work exponentially decreases. So what do you do?
Use your time better. Quality as well as quantity. Start using smart tricks to work more efficiently, instead of forcing yourself to miss nights out, because sitting depressed at your desk for four hours might mean only twenty minutes of actual work.
A change isn’t as good as a rest, but it’s better than staring at the same page for an hour
One smart trick is switching subjects more frequently when you feel yourself getting bored. Planning to pore over one chapter all night feels like a great way to make sure you’ll definitely learn it, but your brain isn’t a computer game character. You can’t just click on “add 5 HOURS to study” and see yourself get better at calculus. When you feel your brain breaking down, sliding off the subject, unable to keep staring at the same stuff, take a little break and switch to a different chapter. Or a whole different course. A change isn’t quite as good as a rest, but it’s better than staring at the same page for hours.
Study is a verb, something you do like exercise or eating. And just like exercise or eating doing the same thing over and over again will make your brain bored. Switch things up, change routines, try something challenging or spicy, they’re all tricks to boost your brain and wring more work out of the same number of hours. Leaving the rest of your time for rest and relaxation.
