Feng Qi Cang Lan - Vol. 2 Ch. 244 - Put yourself to dead to survive (3)

[MangaDex]

 

[LyricalRose]

thanks for the chapter; how many of these levels does she have to clear? Sorry to hear you are having trouble studying. I had horrible study habits, so I looked around on the net for a bit and thought this one person had interesting ideas. if any of this helps you then wonderful! .

Why can't I focus!?​

There's a lot of reasons a person's focus goes wonky:

• Not enough sleep/too much sleep
• Too much caffeine, sugar, weed, other drugs or alcohol
• Life stresses and distractions (debt, illness, family, etc)
• Cramped household, wrong environment
• Studying at the wrong time of day for your brain
• Too much social media/doom-scrolling
• Too many short-form medias like TikTok/YouTube Shorts/Reels etc

Finding the source of your distraction is the number one key to defeating it.

Work out how long you can focus for, then deduct 5 minutes​

Research has shown that the average adult can only focus for 20-25 minutes at a time on a task until their brain starts to wonder about, and information just stops going in.

My personal limit is around 20-25 minutes, depending on the topic.

To not 'max out' my focus, my study sessions tend to be 15-20 minutes long, and in-between I will watch a 15 minute YouTube video or listen to half of a podcast. I would get up from my desk, stretch, make a drink, etc.

I would do 4 x 15 minute sessions with 4 x 15 minute breaks totalling 2 hours of my time.

WHAT I DIDN'T DO IN THE BREAK IS PICK UP MY PHONE AND GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I studied my own behaviour and learned that the moment I start 'just having a look' on socials, I'm gone. I can lose HOURS to just scrolling and refreshing.

Let me tell you the way my grades shot up was remarkable. I went from 54% the year before to 72% last year because I stopped trying to copy these people who do 12 solid hours a day. It doesn't work for me. 1 hour of study at 15 mins with long breaks in-between helped me to maintain full focus during the study sessions and get SO much more work done.

This year I am aiming for 85% ^_^

Try different study/break time combos and see what works. Even 10 minutes will serve you well if you find that's all you can do!

Learn when it's just an off-day​

Some days you just can't. You're tired, you're overworked, your parents, flatmates or whoever are screeching at one another in the background, the dog won't stop barking at the neighbour's cat, the coffee shop was full, your AirPods died...

Just take the day off and try again tomorrow.

Learn your brain's natural 'strong times'​

I'm a morning person. I love getting up early and having a whole, long day in front of me. Due to that I used to study as soon as I woke up (back when I was getting 54% and 62% grades in my degree modules).

Last year I decided to switch it. I tried studying early evening so that I would start around 6pm and finish around 8-9pm (short sessions, long breaks, remember!) and I maintained so much more of that information.

Try different times of the day (and even different days of the week) and see what works for you. It's a common belief that late in the day study helps you retain more information, but for some this goes for early mornings, too.

Good luck!

 

[Nyarko]

thanks for the chapter; how many of these levels does she have to clear? Sorry to hear you are having trouble studying. I had horrible study habits, so I looked around on the net for a bit and thought this one person had interesting ideas. if any of this helps you then wonderful! .

Why can't I focus!?​

There's a lot of reasons a person's focus goes wonky:

• Not enough sleep/too much sleep
• Too much caffeine, sugar, weed, other drugs or alcohol
• Life stresses and distractions (debt, illness, family, etc)
• Cramped household, wrong environment
• Studying at the wrong time of day for your brain
• Too much social media/doom-scrolling
• Too many short-form medias like TikTok/YouTube Shorts/Reels etc

Finding the source of your distraction is the number one key to defeating it.

Work out how long you can focus for, then deduct 5 minutes​

Research has shown that the average adult can only focus for 20-25 minutes at a time on a task until their brain starts to wonder about, and information just stops going in.

My personal limit is around 20-25 minutes, depending on the topic.

To not 'max out' my focus, my study sessions tend to be 15-20 minutes long, and in-between I will watch a 15 minute YouTube video or listen to half of a podcast. I would get up from my desk, stretch, make a drink, etc.

I would do 4 x 15 minute sessions with 4 x 15 minute breaks totalling 2 hours of my time.

WHAT I DIDN'T DO IN THE BREAK IS PICK UP MY PHONE AND GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I studied my own behaviour and learned that the moment I start 'just having a look' on socials, I'm gone. I can lose HOURS to just scrolling and refreshing.

Let me tell you the way my grades shot up was remarkable. I went from 54% the year before to 72% last year because I stopped trying to copy these people who do 12 solid hours a day. It doesn't work for me. 1 hour of study at 15 mins with long breaks in-between helped me to maintain full focus during the study sessions and get SO much more work done.

This year I am aiming for 85% ^_^

Try different study/break time combos and see what works. Even 10 minutes will serve you well if you find that's all you can do!

Learn when it's just an off-day​

Some days you just can't. You're tired, you're overworked, your parents, flatmates or whoever are screeching at one another in the background, the dog won't stop barking at the neighbour's cat, the coffee shop was full, your AirPods died...

Just take the day off and try again tomorrow.

Learn your brain's natural 'strong times'​

I'm a morning person. I love getting up early and having a whole, long day in front of me. Due to that I used to study as soon as I woke up (back when I was getting 54% and 62% grades in my degree modules).

Last year I decided to switch it. I tried studying early evening so that I would start around 6pm and finish around 8-9pm (short sessions, long breaks, remember!) and I maintained so much more of that information.

Try different times of the day (and even different days of the week) and see what works for you. It's a common belief that late in the day study helps you retain more information, but for some this goes for early mornings, too.

Good luck!

Ooh~ what you're saying makes sense, I've tried several methods I found online, but I couldn't retain information no matter what. Maybe I really should just find through the day a suitable time period and makes breaks, but without my phone.
Thanks for the tip🫰🏻
Also, I hope you reach your aim!!! I'll be cheering on you ~ 🤗

 

[dragini]

thanks for the chapter; how many of these levels does she have to clear? Sorry to hear you are having trouble studying. I had horrible study habits, so I looked around on the net for a bit and thought this one person had interesting ideas. if any of this helps you then wonderful! .

Why can't I focus!?​

There's a lot of reasons a person's focus goes wonky:

• Not enough sleep/too much sleep
• Too much caffeine, sugar, weed, other drugs or alcohol
• Life stresses and distractions (debt, illness, family, etc)
• Cramped household, wrong environment
• Studying at the wrong time of day for your brain
• Too much social media/doom-scrolling
• Too many short-form medias like TikTok/YouTube Shorts/Reels etc

Finding the source of your distraction is the number one key to defeating it.

Work out how long you can focus for, then deduct 5 minutes​

Research has shown that the average adult can only focus for 20-25 minutes at a time on a task until their brain starts to wonder about, and information just stops going in.

My personal limit is around 20-25 minutes, depending on the topic.

To not 'max out' my focus, my study sessions tend to be 15-20 minutes long, and in-between I will watch a 15 minute YouTube video or listen to half of a podcast. I would get up from my desk, stretch, make a drink, etc.

I would do 4 x 15 minute sessions with 4 x 15 minute breaks totalling 2 hours of my time.

WHAT I DIDN'T DO IN THE BREAK IS PICK UP MY PHONE AND GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I studied my own behaviour and learned that the moment I start 'just having a look' on socials, I'm gone. I can lose HOURS to just scrolling and refreshing.

Let me tell you the way my grades shot up was remarkable. I went from 54% the year before to 72% last year because I stopped trying to copy these people who do 12 solid hours a day. It doesn't work for me. 1 hour of study at 15 mins with long breaks in-between helped me to maintain full focus during the study sessions and get SO much more work done.

This year I am aiming for 85% ^_^

Try different study/break time combos and see what works. Even 10 minutes will serve you well if you find that's all you can do!

Learn when it's just an off-day​

Some days you just can't. You're tired, you're overworked, your parents, flatmates or whoever are screeching at one another in the background, the dog won't stop barking at the neighbour's cat, the coffee shop was full, your AirPods died...

Just take the day off and try again tomorrow.

Learn your brain's natural 'strong times'​

I'm a morning person. I love getting up early and having a whole, long day in front of me. Due to that I used to study as soon as I woke up (back when I was getting 54% and 62% grades in my degree modules).

Last year I decided to switch it. I tried studying early evening so that I would start around 6pm and finish around 8-9pm (short sessions, long breaks, remember!) and I maintained so much more of that information.

Try different times of the day (and even different days of the week) and see what works for you. It's a common belief that late in the day study helps you retain more information, but for some this goes for early mornings, too.

Good luck!

this, this right here

also just wanna add, if you're demotivated to study or just get stressed in general about organizing tasks and whatnot, buy a physical to-do list

it helps a lot just to have a thing to write in right in front of you, and you can literally just straight up forget about tasks (not have it in your head all the time) by having it written down already

I just have a list for each day of things to do and check them off

you also have the benefit of planning ahead with little to no effort!

just keep in mind not to make it an online to-do list

you NEED something physical, right in front of you

I also used the 25 min 5 min thingy for stuff - after 4 of those I made sure to mark it off as 1 thing (draw an animal, tomato, star, etc.) for doing 4 25 min/5min sessions

then you switch the task after doing 4 just so you don't burn our/get bored

a to-do list helps a lotttt with that

mine has about 3 sections of 4 per page, so it works quite well for me

6 hrs worth of stuff for one day is nice

eventually, I stopped using that method just cause I got so used to just checking stuff off and doing it!

I do go back to that method, and just start a timer if I really can't do the work or motivate myself to do it (focusing too)

 

[Nyarko]

thanks for the chapter; how many of these levels does she have to clear? Sorry to hear you are having trouble studying. I had horrible study habits, so I looked around on the net for a bit and thought this one person had interesting ideas. if any of this helps you then wonderful! .

Why can't I focus!?​

There's a lot of reasons a person's focus goes wonky:

• Not enough sleep/too much sleep
• Too much caffeine, sugar, weed, other drugs or alcohol
• Life stresses and distractions (debt, illness, family, etc)
• Cramped household, wrong environment
• Studying at the wrong time of day for your brain
• Too much social media/doom-scrolling
• Too many short-form medias like TikTok/YouTube Shorts/Reels etc

Finding the source of your distraction is the number one key to defeating it.

Work out how long you can focus for, then deduct 5 minutes​

Research has shown that the average adult can only focus for 20-25 minutes at a time on a task until their brain starts to wonder about, and information just stops going in.

My personal limit is around 20-25 minutes, depending on the topic.

To not 'max out' my focus, my study sessions tend to be 15-20 minutes long, and in-between I will watch a 15 minute YouTube video or listen to half of a podcast. I would get up from my desk, stretch, make a drink, etc.

I would do 4 x 15 minute sessions with 4 x 15 minute breaks totalling 2 hours of my time.

WHAT I DIDN'T DO IN THE BREAK IS PICK UP MY PHONE AND GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I studied my own behaviour and learned that the moment I start 'just having a look' on socials, I'm gone. I can lose HOURS to just scrolling and refreshing.

Let me tell you the way my grades shot up was remarkable. I went from 54% the year before to 72% last year because I stopped trying to copy these people who do 12 solid hours a day. It doesn't work for me. 1 hour of study at 15 mins with long breaks in-between helped me to maintain full focus during the study sessions and get SO much more work done.

This year I am aiming for 85% ^_^

Try different study/break time combos and see what works. Even 10 minutes will serve you well if you find that's all you can do!

Learn when it's just an off-day​

Some days you just can't. You're tired, you're overworked, your parents, flatmates or whoever are screeching at one another in the background, the dog won't stop barking at the neighbour's cat, the coffee shop was full, your AirPods died...

Just take the day off and try again tomorrow.

Learn your brain's natural 'strong times'​

I'm a morning person. I love getting up early and having a whole, long day in front of me. Due to that I used to study as soon as I woke up (back when I was getting 54% and 62% grades in my degree modules).

Last year I decided to switch it. I tried studying early evening so that I would start around 6pm and finish around 8-9pm (short sessions, long breaks, remember!) and I maintained so much more of that information.

Try different times of the day (and even different days of the week) and see what works for you. It's a common belief that late in the day study helps you retain more information, but for some this goes for early mornings, too.

Good luck!

Oh, and forgot to answer, I remember it was 7 levels. Pfft, and we're just at 3. A long way to go 🫠

 

[Nyarko]

this, this right here

also just wanna add, if you're demotivated to study or just get stressed in general about organizing tasks and whatnot, buy a physical to-do list

it helps a lot just to have a thing to write in right in front of you, and you can literally just straight up forget about tasks (not have it in your head all the time) by having it written down already

I just have a list for each day of things to do and check them off

you also have the benefit of planning ahead with little to no effort!

just keep in mind not to make it an online to-do list

you NEED something physical, right in front of you

I also used the 25 min 5 min thingy for stuff - after 4 of those I made sure to mark it off as 1 thing (draw an animal, tomato, star, etc.) for doing 4 25 min/5min sessions

then you switch the task after doing 4 just so you don't burn our/get bored

a to-do list helps a lotttt with that

mine has about 3 sections of 4 per page, so it works quite well for me

6 hrs worth of stuff for one day is nice

eventually, I stopped using that method just cause I got so used to just checking stuff off and doing it!

I do go back to that method, and just start a timer if I really can't do the work or motivate myself to do it (focusing too)

Oh, so this method worked for you too? I have more faith in it now, I'll surely try it to! And the physical schedule too, I've only traced down my things online till now, often forgetting to cross them done after though 😆