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Developing good study habits.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm back in school after a few years and my bad habits are gonna whoop my ass if I don't do anything about it.

I'm real bad with procrastination and I'm pretty sure I have an internet addiction, if that's a legit thing. And I'm not sure how to curve it. I've tried leechblockers, setting up a study space, and the works, but I always fall back to my old habits. What should I do?

Re: Developing good study habits.

[(Anonymous)]

What works for me is trying to make everything as concrete and definite as possible. One of the big things with procrastinating, for me, is approaching studying or doing work as this big, amorphous Thing that I can't get a handle on and end up catastrophizing. So breaking stuff into very small, discrete tasks that I can knock out helps a lot. And so does finding ways to, like, turn the task into something physical - actually going and physically writing stuff down is extremely useful for me, like taking notes or whatever. Because I think for my brain, it makes it into a real, tangible thing.

That's what works for me but IDK if it would work for you.

Re: Developing good study habits.

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry to say, there aren't any magic tricks to it. You've tried the usual recommendations, but every single last one of them relies upon you sticking to what you know you should be doing. There aren't any tricks that are human-proof. You can try setting timers and seeing if strictly defined time limits help you keep on task, but in the end... you still have to develop better self-discipline.

Re: Developing good study habits.

[(Anonymous)]

If you can study without a computer, go to the library or a study room, or some non-distracting place (i.e. not a coffee shop) to study. Or bring the computer, but choose a place with no WiFi.

I always used to unplug the Ethernet cable when I was in college, but tgat doesn't apply now.

Re: Developing good study habits.

[(Anonymous)]

Break things into small chunks. Trying to force yourself to study for three hours all at once is a lot less effective than breaking the same amount of time in 15 or 20 minute sessions.

Experiment. Figure out how long your concentration lasts. (It may be different for different subjects or activities; I've done writing sessions of 45 minutes to an hour, but if I'm reading my eyes will start to glaze over at about 15 minutes.)

Reward yourself. Also get study buddies, if possible, to keep yourself accountable. It's easy to "forget" a study session in the privacy of your own room, but if someone is expecting you to show up at the library, it's a lot harder to blow off.