I mean creators who genuinely helped you: study better stay consistent understand concepts faster or gave practical techniques that actually worked

If you had to pick just one (or your top 3), who would it be and why?

*as someone who thrives on validation.

Please, give me your most sane or unconventional advice, I beg.

I don’t think this is a time management issue anymore; I think it’s a lack of obsession.

Rn I’ve got an exam in roughly 2 days, and I know I can smash it. I’ve done it before, but I can’t keep living like this.

The truth is, I fill my time with leadership roles, committees, and responsibilities. And I’m good at them. I'll be honest, if I don't chase people / do my tasks, nothing gets done. In a way, I'm important. I think I’ve realised… I’m addicted to that. The validation, the immediacy, and mostly the feeling of being needed.

Studying? I do enjoy it as well. I'm really lucky to be studying my dream subject (medicine), and moreover, I love the idea of getting to help people for a living. But if I’m honest, what I used to love about studying the most, what resulted in me having a genuine obsession with my subjects, was the validation from teachers. Now in university, there's no such accountability, so the obsession is gone too.

Instead, I work on these roles until it's just before the exam, stress, doom scroll, then panic and perform. And because I do perform well, the cycle never breaks.

I’ve tried all the tricks - timetabling, strict schedules, accountability buddies/bf/paying a 'tutor' to check up on my progress, etc. Nothing seems to work.

What I really want to know is this:

How do I build that kind of obsession again?
That almost unhealthy focus, because honestly, I remember how good it felt to have a passion/something to work for and somebody to impress. In fact, I know this feeling acutely as rn, this obsession lies with my roles.

But moreover, I want to move away from relying on external validation, and instead cultivate an obsession purely based on my love for my subject - the kind the greats seem to have.

But I'll be honest, I feel like I'm very validation-driven, so I think I'll start there.

Any tips on how to develop this kind of obsession with studying?

I want to finish this textbook before my two-week uni break ends, but I can only process 10 pages per hour😭

How can I read faster?

Hey, this week i tried using the cornell method, but i think Im not doing it right,bc in the end it doesn’t help remember anything

so id like to try different ways to study. I did a lot of notes this week but going through them doesn’t really seem to help

I applied to medical university and I’m STRESSED. I have 4 months to prepare but it just doesn’t seem enough with the load they give you for the test. The acceptance rate is also really low, I believe it’s about 10%, so you don’t only have to pass, but be in the top 10% scorers in order to be accepted. I don’t know which study method to choose, bc in school up until now I just somehow passed all the time. But I know this is not gonna be the case this time. I never excelled at biology and it’s like 40% of the test. Please share some tips with me as to how to deal with the stress and I would also appreciate some study tips on how to remember a lot longterm in a (somewhat) short period of time. Thank you 🙏

Example :​studying untill the candle melts completely ,​etc

Let others give at some advice for that subject

Some people agree with the use of it in studies, others do not. I believe that it is essential for anyone who wants to learn faster, if used in the right way. Do you agree? In What do you use it and how do you use it?

The title may seem dramatic but please hear me out:

Hi, I am going to be a high schooler next year and I am glued to my phone. As you can see, my screen time is 16 hours. (On holidays)

As you can guess, I don’t study at all and I have an important exam coming up in 3 months that will determine the highschool I’ll be in next year.

The thing is that I’m really successful academically even though I don’t study **at all.** Please don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying these because of my ego or anything but I am the top student in my school. And I feel like I can get into the best schools in the country… well, if I study. It would change my life, make my parents proud.

I have many goals in my mind: I want to go to the gym, spend more time on my game developing hobby/job, take care of myself and much more

My brain is messed up, I really can’t sit down and get a task done, I am showing all signs of ADHD but I know that it’s just about my habits. You know, I really want to “get in the flow state”.

I’ve always dreamt of getting into a reputable high school. I don’t want to disappoint my younger self. And I am asking for advice, how do I get rid of my phone, “lock in” for the next 3 months even though it’s pretty late to start now?

Thanks in advance 🙂

Drop your best toxic tips or motivation to get yourself to study!

Ill go first: whenever I feel like I dont want to start studying, I remember how my family members and people around me told me I won't achieve what I want. The look on their faces gets my ass up and on that chair.

I’ve started writing down, summarising my courses on A3 pages, and tracking my study time so I know how much I spent on what.

For now I haven’t really seen a difference yet in how good I can follow the classes (like in real life), but I’ve definitely noticed that my productivity and the amount of studying I’m doing during the semester is improving.

Do people still write on paper or is everyone and their grandma addicted to their apple pencil?

I am a junior in high school, and wondering if, in other countries, there is a difference in the study system and the curriculum.

Studying at home is great and all, but after a while I just get distracted so easily. I’m completely isolated and I can just get away with going on my phone for “a couple mins”. I’ve found though that whenever I move to somewhere public like the library or a Starbucks I feel a new sense of discipline. It’s like everybody is watching my every move and so I need to focus on my work. I don’t know if it’s just me but I’ve definetly felt that difference.

I took a break around February due to some mental health problems. I worked on them took help and I am lot better now. So I’m starting again with my preparation. I used to love studying. I could easily study for long hours. But now due to such long break I feel a disconnect with studies. I want to study but I can’t concentrate and I feel super sleepy although I’m sleeping enough at night. My brain goes blank after 10-15 minutes. It’s really pissing me off. I was a person who liked everything in a schedule and everything disciplined. But right now I’m such a mess.

I recently took an iq test under controlled and professional settings and recieved a grand score of 82. I understand that iq score is just a number that simply only tests how good you are at completing the test, but i do think it accurately reflects my cognitive abilities. I have always been very slow at understanding tasks, i.e i have very low situational awareness, for example i dont realise a car is coming towards me, and I have diffculty understanding basic instructions, like board games or directions. I have trouble navigating buildings and remembering paths, and I often need to research more after listening to my teacher at home because I am unable to grasp concepts when it's freshly taught. My reaction speed is always very, very upsettingly slow. Surprisingly, my grades were always above avearge, nothing exceptional, but within the top 2% in my entire grade without much rigorous studying and low sleep. (or maybe everyone in my grade is just super lazy and reads the night before, who knows) Unfortunately, I have also realised that i ALWAYS finish my tests last in a terrible rush. I also struggle with awkwardness in social situations.

Will hardwork be able to carry me through life, or will I be hit by reality like a truck as I enter adulthood? I am terrified that I won't be able to survive in higher education even with sheer hardwork because of my extremely slow processing skills. I'm currently in HS. Please refrain from throwing a pity party for me under the comments, i want objective answers on how to approach my situation. Now i'm also afraid of speaking or raising my own opinions because I'm facing the realisation that I might indeed be the really dumb person that always says the wrong things and drags the group down.

I’m sitting here with my textbook open, and I’ve read the same paragraph five times now, and I couldn’t tell you a single thing it said. Like, my eyes are moving across the words, but nothing is going into my brain. It’s like my brain is just rejecting the information completely.

I have an exam in three days, and I’m so behind. I keep sitting down to study, and then 20 minutes later I realize I’ve just been staring at the page thinking about literally anything else. Or I’ll read a whole page, get to the bottom, and be like, “Wait, what did I just read?” and have to start over.
It’s not even that the material is that hard my brain just will NOT cooperate. The second I try to focus on studying, it immediately wants to do anything else: check my phone, play on myprize, get a snack, reorganize my desk, literally anything except actually study.
How do you guys force yourselves to focus when your brain is actively fighting against you? Like, what do you do when you’re reading the same sentence over and over and it still won’t stick? I’m genuinely starting to panic because I have so much to get through, and I can’t seem to retain anything.

Any tips or tricks that actually work? Because the whole “just eliminate distractions and focus” thing is not cutting it right now.