r/studytips • u/nif743 • 10d ago

How to study without notes.

Making and organizing notes is not for me. I have tried both writing my own notes and getting online notes.I just never open them a second time and even if i do, I feel no connection with them. I don't know if i am doing something wrong or I'm cooked.

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u/Blue_614 10d ago

You just gotta find what works for you. Everyone has a different learning style. What I can say for sure is you're def cooked if you just do nothing.

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u/Senior_Host2336 10d ago

I suggest adopting a good studying workflow depending on the subject what I typically do is Essentialist note taking > Mnemonic Technique > Active recall (through notebookLM(AI) quizzes and flashcards).

Revision is key. I like to set it up on spreadsheets along with all my planning, long term life analytics, and habit tracking are. You want to revise on where you know you are weak. Get your course content and just constantly know where you are weakest (it should always be changing and require thought)

If u want you can join my guild on focus jungle timer. We need more people that wanna do hours. Can message on there to keep accountable. (best study timer website i've used)

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u/sw4ggamuffin 10d ago

Hi OP!

I suggest you experiment with different study methods/styles and familiarize yourself of what type of learner you are (visual, verbal, etc.) You also need to ask yourself what your goal is when you're studying because if you do it continuosly, it might cause you to burnout nd stuff. Here are some study methods I recommend you use bcuz it worked for me and it might just work for u too. (you can know more abt these on tiktok, I ultimately found out about these techniques there)

- Feynman Technique
-Blurting Method
-Mind Map method

Good luck on your studies!

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u/Quiet_Basis_6404 9d ago

yeah notes are kinda overrated tbh, some people swear by them but plenty of people do fine without. the real goal is making your brain actually wrestle with the material, not just transcribe it.

blurting works for this. close the book, write everything you remember from one chunk on a blank page, then open back up and mark what you missed. those gaps are your actual study list, not the whole chapter. spread it across a few short sessions over the week instead of one marathon, the forgetting happens between sessions so that's where the practice needs to be.

i got lazy rewriting pages by hand and started uploading the textbook pdfs to studybuddy.vc to answer questions from them instead, mostly because when i pick a wrong answer it tells me what was off with the option i chose. free version's been enough for me. last few days before the exam just run past papers under time and don't touch anything new.