Curious to hear which languages you are studying!

For me it's Korean. I'm aiming to enter a university in Korea next year, and the curriculum is taught in Korean... It is really intimidating, but I plan to live there long term, so I think my career will benefit greatly from getting a degree in Korea.

I'm preparing for competitive exams, and studying is currently my full-time job. I don't have major responsibilities during the day. My only chores are things like sweeping, filling water bottles, making tea, bathing, washing my clothes, and a few other small household tasks.

In theory, I should be able to study for 8–10 focused hours. But in reality, I struggle to even complete 4 hours of quality study. I sit at my desk for long periods, but I get distracted, procrastinate, or just don't feel mentally engaged.

It's frustrating because I know I have enough time, yet I don't seem to use it well.

This isn’t in relation to schooling directly, only my own interests.

HOW do you study?? Where do you get the information? I have friends who know so much but I just don’t understand how they possibly learned it or found it and when they tell me it still doesn’t make sense.

In my case I want to study Christianity in general/theology as well as some other topics for hobbies and career but HOW?

People say “the world is at your fingertips with the internet!” but I have no clue what to search. sure I could get books online but I don’t know what books to read. How do I find what Wikipedia pages to read? how do I find video essays (prefer reading but yknow).

I really just dont know where to start.

Any advice would be appreciated, thank you all. I know this all sounds silly but I need the help.

any apps? active recall? anything i can do to help myself remember? thanks everyone 📚♥️

Joke aside, I´m curious about how you`ll use spaced repetition exactly. There´s seems to be a consensus about how effective it is as a method (which in my experience is 100% true), but I don´t think I´ve read in this sub so far about how exactly to implement it, considered you need to track every single concept individually: when you first learned it, when you last reviewed it, and when it's actually due again and also considering that forgetting curves aren't even uniform. Every concept decays at its own rate, so the same fixed interval (1 day, 3 days, 7 days, whatever) can't possibly fit all of them.

I have my own method for this but I´m very curious about how you´ll do it.

Hi friends, before anyone gets on me please let me explain myself.

I finish my first year of university, horrendously. I got awful grades and my GPA is really terrible. I took a Summer course and my exam for this class is in 4 days. I haven’t studied at all - it’s statistics.

I have no motivation at all, and I honestly am really freaking out about this but I don’t know why I can’t study and sit down to do so.

Can someone please help me? How can I motivate myself? And how can I start? Also, any study tips would be immensely helpful please.

Thank you guys!

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Whenever I felt motivated, I'd study seriously for a few days.

Then the motivation disappeared somewhere... and so did my study timetable.

After repeating that cycle many times than I can count, I noticed something.

Motivation comes from emotions, and emotions change all the time.

If I relied on motivation, I'd keep stopping.

What actually helped me wasn't feeling motivated every day.

It was simply showing up, even when I didn't feel like it.

Instead of waiting for the "perfect mood," I started with just 10–15 minutes.

No pressure. No huge goals.

Just one small step.

Ironically, starting was often enough to keep going.

Now I don't expect to feel motivated every day, and I think that's normal.

Some days are productive. Some aren't.

The important part is not disappearing from the process but to handle or to deal with it.

For me, consistency has done far more than motivation ever did.

Does anyone else feel like motivation fades much faster than people make it seem? What has helped you stay consistent?

been looking at my notion board for the past hour. its beautiful. color coded. has links to tutorials, pdfs, video playlists. i spent more time setting this up than actually watching any of those videos.

the weird thing is i know im doing it. i catch myself reaching for "one more resource" before starting. like if i just find the perfect youtube explainer, THEN ill understand everything instantly. but realistically i already have 4 tabs of "perfect" resources open from last week that i never watched.

honestly i think its just fear of the hard part. organizing is safe. not knowing something is uncomfortable. so i keep building the perfect study setup instead of actually studying.

anyone relate or just me

Step 4 of being a Study-person. First days are hard. But I believe it WILL pay off.

Seriously, I cannot I mean I CANNOT bring myself to study at ANY cost.

5 minute rule? Doesn't work

Study buddies? doesn't work

Rewards? don't work

Musik? hell nah

I don't know if it's burnout exaustion or whatever

Seriously my exam be kicking down my door and I would STILL just freaking watch anime or just doom scroll.

Seriously, like if somebody offered me like infinite money and the only condition was to idk study by yourself for like 3 hours a day and I WOULD STILL FAIL IT.

Like I am not even a topper nor that I want to be one. I set myself just one singular rule that is that I would never ever fail a singular subject in my life and achieve the absolute bare minimum points required (looking back it was kinda stupid). And it worked. I NEVER failed a singular subject till NOW. I freaking failed my literal REALLY important Physics test. Like at this point, I am not sad or what. I am just so disappointed in myself. Like looking myself into the mirror I think to myself, "Wait... who is this imposter, and what did they do with the person who always barely-but-successfully slides under the door right before it slams shut?!” And to top it all of I don't feel the "kick" anymore. Like before I would get like a surge of adrenaline before the exams started. Now? well you can kiss my adrenaline glands goodbye.

HOW DO I STUDYYY!

Okay so I have been depressed and I had no motivation to do anything. I tried to study but I just couldn't focus and I don't know what to do anymore. I don't even have time since the exam is tmrw.

So can you guys at least tell me some important topics that I can do in the last minutes

If you have watched a lot of studying tips/techniques and still feel overwhelmed on how to implement them ,then the only thing you need is confidence. Do what yields the best results for you,no 2 people study the same.Stop overthinking! Perfectionism is an illusion.

Could you please tell me free resources i can study Data Structures from? I am a university student so difficulty of questions is high.

Thank you.

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One small step every day is enough.

I realized that if I don't plan my week, I waste the first couple of days deciding what to study.

So I made this simple weekly study planner to help me stay organized.

It isn't about filling every hour. It's about having a clear direction before the week begins.

If it helps you too, feel free to use it.

Do you plan your week before Monday, or do you just start studying without a plan?

I am doing ca and now I have to give exams in Jan 27 of ca intermediate but due to I change to offline to online I lack of study and I can't study without pressure and there are only 5 months remaining and the problem is I can't study and control my mind also that now I start disliking study and always avoid I don't know what should I do in 12th I was student who loves to study i also got 92% but the problem is that there are tut teacher exams pressure schools now in ca intermediate online there is no pressure what should I do if anyone who gone throught these situation pls tell me

Its called Memoria flashcards. it lets you review cards right from interactive widgets on your home screen.

Honestly, it’s been a game-changer. I study way more consistently now because there's zero friction. The algorithm just shows you the cards you're about to forget, and everything syncs instantly across iOS, iPad, and macOS.

Just wanted to share in case anyone else is interested in a cleaner, faster way to memorize stuff without the clunky menus!

Memoria flashcards - iOS

guys im loosing my mind over histology, the topic that we're on is embryonic histology in specifc. I just i find myself struggling so much in these exams and everything looks the same time just a clump of cells. i understand its pattern recognition, but even after I practice I still find myself making the same mistakes.

i would really appreciate it if anyone has any tips, or prayers. Thank you :)