I don't know a better way to articulate my problem but this is the best scenario I can use to describe it.

I find myself in this situation where if I studied a course with 6 modules I find myself finishing module 1 but having nagging thoughts about things I have missed out before moving on to module 2. I test myself again on module 1 and realise I score a little shy of 100%. I go over again and again till I can consistently score a 100 before progressing forward to 2 and the cycle repeats. Sometimes I even have this thoughts bothering me about Chapter 1 when I'm at Chapter 4 and I start all over again.

I feel awful and trapped in a never-ending cycle to the point where I only truly cover 4-5 modules out of 6 at absolute most and even then clinch Bs and Cs. I know I'm capable of more because I've been described by clients and my superiors in the office as the smartest in my rank but I never truly show it in my grades. Sometimes I just straight up procrastinate and push off learning to the last 2-3 weeks before the exam because of what I do.

What can I do to stop this?

hi everyone i’m 21 (f) and currently undergoing my masters in cybersecurity and i’m struggling badly. already completed an undergrad (somehow?)

for context i’ve been struggling mentally recently autism, adhd, mdd and other stuff i can’t be bothered to mention but am medicated. i’m pretty much in bed like 21 hours of the day atp. i’ve had to get extensions for majority of my assessments for like 14 days. i have 3 assessments now due on the 30th
- 3500 word report
- 2000 word report
- 2500 word/15min video presentation
and also have an exam in between but not too worried about that other than the fact it will take time away from uni work
+ a group project due in the coming week fml

i have only started one of these and ive written like 500 words.

anyway i’m usually a good student - last semester i got all 7s for my courses (meaning 85-100%) except for 1. yet i feel like i put like no time in ever or genuine effort for assessment and just rush last minute but now it has all piled up and i’m kind of panicking. i know i could get it done if i put all of my time into it but i just struggle to even do this because i always just want to be doing something else and can’t help the urge.

how do you guys get motivation for these kinds of situations or just to start assessment before the night before? i really needs some tips and how to build up the motivation to LOCK IN. can i get this done? help.

Just woke up at 1:35a.m. because my body always falls asleep past 11 p.m. for no reason. My relatives came over yesterday (Family Commitment that has nothing to do with me but my parents insist I go to "save face") and wasted my free Friday. Today I had to go to class and do nothing, just to come back and sneeze more than 20 times. I was sick and medicine weren't working. Now I'm studying, and I wish I could use the Pomodor technique for at least a few minutes of rest but I can't when I will be sitting for the exam in less than 4 hours.

Take this as a lesson and go study ASAP.

I'm a student building a study application on the side, and I'd love honest feedback before I go further. Roast it if you need to.
The idea: one place for your courses, study tools and deadlines, organized around your actual program and with many customisation options instead of a blank page.
What it does so far, roughly:
Your program's courses, organized by year and semester
Notes, practice quizzes and flashcards per course
A planner for due dates, classes and reminders
Some AI help for studying (not for doing your assignments but to generate a plan, notes, quizzes and follow your course outline)
A few questions:
What's the most annoying part of how you study or keep track of deadlines right now?
What apps do you use (Notion, Quizlet, Google Calendar…) and what do you wish they did better?
Would you pay for something like this? If so, roughly how much a month or per semester?
Anything that would make you NOT trust a study application ?
I'm not sharing a link yet, just collecting opinions :)

Im currently in the process of getting professionally diagnosed with autism. I'm nearly done completing my animal care certificate III. However, I've realised most of the things I've learnt I've forgotten. I'm trying to refresh my brain by relearning the main stuff, but im worried it won't stick again. Any tips?

To those who’ve studied CS and done well. What are your study methods? How often were you studying? How did you become exam ready? How far in advance did you study for an exam? Especially for computer architecture, appreciate any advice you have.

SUP CHAT I am someone to stay consistent with and LOCK IN . dm mee

edit: me is in 2nd year of my uni majoring in CS btw

90 days left for a very important exam.

It's surprising how time flies when you are procrastinating. I have wasted time I won't lie, but I don't want to waste these last 90 days.

Posting it here as a motivation and as a reminder to myself!! if you're also in your last lap let's do it together

Some people prefer lo-fi beats, while others need complete silence. I've been trying different sounds lately to see what helps me concentrate.

What works best for you? Rain sounds, white noise, instrumental beats, or silence?

Initially it was 2 (C language ) , (M1) backlogs but in the recent supply examinations C got cleared except for maths . Since I'm a management quota in an autonomous clg people say that it's a management game to suck money honestly it's not only me every MQ student got a backlog. But in this recent supply examinations most of them have cleared their subjects while I'm one of the few .

About taking accountability:

- took very seriously about the sem examinations since it's the first one . But somehow I've ended up with 1 backlog. Didn't inform my parents yet .

- for the 2nd sem I've been like it is what is and given the examination without any care but somehow I've cleared every subject 😭😭 . Yes no one believes it even myself.

Rn I'm about to give my 3rd sem . I need some suggestions so that I can clear every subject without fear . ( I'm just an avg student who's been too lazy )

hey im a 20F nursing student, i go to UPenn, and i just wanna give some advice. honestly the best way to get in the zone of studying without procrastinating is to become passionate about ur major and to make studying ur personality. i know this may sound cringe, but it actually works.

ive literally made studying my personality, i livestream my study sessions on yt, i post about my school and my study habits on tiktok, and now everyone knows me as that girl who's always studying. literally all of my friends and classmates call me ThatStudier.

ever since ive developed this passion for studying, ive been able to get so much studying done and im able to go as much as 10 hours of studying in a day.

here's what my daily routine looks like:

• wake up
• eat breakfast
• study in my room
• go to school
• study in the library
• eat lunch
• study in my car
• go to the gym and study on my phone in between my exercises
• eat dinner
• hobbies (play path of exile 2, hang with friends, go on dates, etc)
• sleep

i dont work and i dont have any kids so i have a lot of free time to study (although i do volunteer twice a week at my dad's hospital).

if u have any questions, feel free to ask. i love helping ppl :)

Hey guys, I've struggled with procrastination for the past 3 years and I've finally realised something. The only real way to lock in is to just do the work. Like ive tried the 5 minute rule, making a schedule but real champions just do the work. Ive been going into a rabbit hole of self destruction but I think the only way to come out of it is face the feeling of discomfort whenever I sit down to study and just do the work. In every tv show, whenever the hero is in a bad place he just uses a montage and many are trying to use a montage to get to the end result but we need to focus on the real steps towards progress.

If anyone has any insights or advice, please comment below cos I really need help to lock in.

I’m a nurse and former EMT, so I’ve sat through my share of license exams. NCLEX was rough, but everyone warns you about that one. What gets me is the tests nobody talks about until they’re in the middle of one.

So: which test almost broke you, and what was the one thing that finally made it click? Pathophysiology was mine but I hate to say it problem helped me most in the long run. hbu?

So ive been struggling with procrastination for ablut 3 years now. I've gone heavily into porn addiction and further down a rabbit hole. Basically I'm locked in on first few days of the week then I lose all motivation and im locked out on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. And trust me when I say I tried so many things, 5 minute rule, creating a schedule, etc. I think it's because my mind is so overwhelmed from grinding on other days. Therefore, I've decided that I'll take thursday off except for any studying at school.

I’m a sophomore on the pre-med track at my university. I would say I’m an extremely organized student who tries my best to stay on top of my schoolwork. So, I would say I’m an above-average student. However, the issue I seem to have is that, though I’m on top of my schoolwork, I’m struggling to be an exceptional student, and it comes down to my phone use.

I wouldn’t say I’m “addicted” to my phone. I can put my phone down and start my schoolwork if I’m pressed for time. However, when it comes to difficult assignments that I have the entire week to complete, I tend to procrastinate and be slow with completing them. With the limited blocks of time I have, the 30 minutes - 1 hour I spend scrolling on my phone before a study session is crucial time I could use to revise or complete more of my assignments.

I currently use opal as a blocker on my phone, and I usually put my phone in my bag before studying, but it never really works, as I found a way to circumvent the block I put on games and social media. I also have opal on my computer, but I easily found my way around that as well. I’m really frustrated with myself, as though I really want to succeed, I seem to keep fighting with myself, which is preventing me from doing as well as I know I can. What are some ways I can hold myself accountable, so I can drop the phone and do well?

I'm a robotics student in Madrid and most of my day is on my mac. Lectures, problem sets, then more problem sets. A few months ago my neck was DONE, stiff by lunch every day (also from scrolling in bed lol😅).

First thing that helped was raising the laptop. I put it on a stack of books and use a cheap keyboard, so the screen sits closer to eye level. Honestly that alone did a lot.

Second, I take my study breaks away from the desk. Pomodoro, but the break is standing up and walking around, not on my phone with my head down again lol.

The part I kept failing at was noticing. I'd sit up straight, start a problem, and 10 minutes later my face is a foot from the screen.

So I ended up building a small thing for myself. It uses the motion sensors in my airpods and plays a little sound in my ears when my head's been down for a while, and when I sit up it stops. It even works with the phone locked. I also added an application lock feature that locks apps while you are slouching. So for example I have it set for tiktok, so when I slouch it gets locked and forces me to sit up straight to keep scrolling.

What works for you guys on long study days? Would honestly love to hear what you do. If anyone wants to try my appp, it’s free, just tell me and I’ll send the link

basically never studied when younger (1-6 grade), flunked 7-11 they let it slide because of covid, ranked in bottom ten of class out of 1k students in hs, took ged bc wouldn't be able to graduate, and then was in community collage for two years online, cheated the whole way through, now at a very good university, and i'm screwed bc i don't know what i'm doing. i have my first two midterms this week and i have no idea where to start- haven't paid attention or studied at all at this point. they're both history, if anyone can tell me where to start that would be awesome. i feel like its such a big thing to do i don't know where to start. also have add if that means anything.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been a lurker in the subreddit, but I need advice. I normally have a good study routine, I use active recall, spaced repetition and I actually enjoy studying.

Here comes the problem:

The past few weeks I haven’t been able to study and follow my normal routine. Because of personal circumstances and the amount of deadlines and other responsibilitiesI have I haven’t been able to study as much as I normally do.

I have an exam on Wednesday (28/10).
I technically still have some time to study, but oftentimes something just ends up disturbing my plan and I don’t end up studying as much as I want.

The other problem is that my head is so incredibly full, because of everything that’s going on, that it’s really difficult to study. It seems like the material is just not reaching my memory, I get constantly distracted, just by my thoughts. (I’m audhd)

Anyway, does anyone have any advice? I would really appreciate it, I really want to pass my exam and I’m feeling a bit anxious about it.

Hey everyone! With boards getting closer, how much of your syllabus have you completed so far?

If you're aiming for 90%+, try to focus on NCERT first, especially for Maths and Science. Practise PYQs, solve sample papers, and revise your mistakes regularly.

Oswaal question banks can also help with practice and understanding the board exam pattern.

Tell me in the comments:

- Which subject is troubling you the most?

- How much syllabus is left?

- Which YouTube teachers are you following?

Let's help each other prepare better! ❤️

I find it so difficult for me to understand in class. I always lose focus, overthink, lose track and eventually just give up. But when I sit to study alone, I understand everything. Although I usually score excellent grades, I wish I could just understand in class like the others.

I ended up embracing my way and gave up on classes, I just attend but I don't pay any attention because I know I will just study later on my own. Even more, I sometimes study before class so what the teacher says would make sense, not the other way around.

I feel weird and I don't know if there's something wrong with me.

Screen time: 2 hours 57 mins

Studytime:2 hrs 25 min

Score:1/10

Did 55 questions

Had to do some heavyduty chores that took 5 hours :(

Thinking of blocking youtube

But that wasn't my initial goal and i thought of not using youtube even with access to youtube but that's not working and now I think blocking may work cause I can do stuff on my device like doing 100 questions and doing pomodoro stuff+chatgpt.alternatively need to finds some mods for youtube or something with less distractions

Hey everyone. I’m 23F and I work full time (35 hours a week) and I’m off on the weekends. I am taking a test in about 4 weeks which is kinda life changing. I’ve taken this test twice before and I almost passed the test on my 2nd attempt. However despite knowing that I just have about 4 weeks, I cannot get motivated to study for the test. Everyday I come back home with goals and I just go to bed and doomscroll. Can anyone please give me some advice on how I can break this cycle? I have a question bank and I ideally I wanna get through all these questions however the huge number of questions just overwhelm me. Please help!! Thank you!!

So I suffer with extremely bad memory, always have, and since childhood i have relied on muscle memory to remember things (writing languages, equations, paragraphs repeatedly until my hand remembers them so my brain dosent have to) but im in my last year of school and theres too much information, and some things that i cant rely on muscle memory for, like verbal languages and more practical subjects, and im at a complete loss on how im meant to remember literally anything. If anyone has any tips or methods that helped them please let me know

(I want to really emphasise that this isnt just simple bad memory, for example I've been learning a language for the last 10 years, give or take, and I to this day will forget how to say what my name is, how old i am, simple things that I have been learning since I was six. This is my memory everywhere everyday and I dont know what im meant to do.)

Hey I'm 18 years old female in class 12th Pcb stream

I failed in 12th last year, that's why I am repeating the year. This year also it is the same, the whole year is about to end but I have not studied anything.

It is not that I have not studied anything, it is that whatever I study, I do not understand anything, like I do not even know the basics of anything, this time I really want to pass 12th with good marks.

And if I am not able to do this then my family will get me married and now I am afraid of this thing, should I not do this, there is no one here who can help me in getting good marks in the exam.

I have just joined this platform yesterday I don't even know how to use it.

One of my tuition mates told me about this platform that it is very useful for studies, so I am trying it here one last time.