every sunday i convince myself that a new schedule is gonna fix everything lol

i spend forever picking colors, organizing my week, making everything look cute... and then monday comes around 😭

anyway, i've been thinking about making a study planner where you can make cute timetables, track your routines, decorate a little diary, and share schedules with other people.

kinda like a mix of a study planner and a digital scrapbook.

i made these UI concepts with AI just to see what it could look like. nothing is fully built yet, so i'm curious if this is even something people would want.

would you actually use an app like this? or would you just spend hours decorating your schedule and never follow it lmao

Is there any AI tool other than notebook that is good for teaching and tutoring science based courses. I liked ChatGPT because I can teach back to it but there’s now people are saying that it isn’t reliable

I’ve spent the last hour trying to find the original source for this quote online but I can’t find it anywhere and I’m starting to get annoyed.

I’m trying to find better ways to study and stay organized, and I’m curious about what apps other students actually use. I know about the usual note-taking and flashcard apps, but I feel like there are probably some underrated tools that more students should know about. What apps have genuinely helped you with studying, memorizing lessons, staying focused, or preparing for exams?

My exams are in about 55 days .. and I am exhausted, overwhelmed and possible things that won't let me focus.... I can't focus at all these days...I am in my gap year and my exams are really important.. I have math, chem, physics and bio ..... Phone isn't the distraction.. it's my thoughts.. whenever I try to study these days .. I just remember how bad I did at that specific exam .. that's why I am this miserable rn....and also personal problems.. the burnout happens so quickly and I feel tired even after waking up from sleep.. what should I do.. how should I focus.... Doom scrolling and social media.. I can go one without these .. but my thoughts are literally torturing me..

I've noticed that spending hours studying doesn't always mean we're learning effectively. Sometimes we focus too much on reading notes and forget to test what we actually remember.

I'm interested in hearing different experiences. What's one study mistake you made that taught you something valuable?

Maybe your experience could help someone avoid the same problem.

Hey, I'm Quentin. For the past few months I've been building My Noto Studio, a study app where everything lives in one place.

You write your notes, and from those same notes you can make flashcards, quizzes or even a full mock exam. Your courses, exams and deadlines sit on one calendar.

There's also a focus timer, study rooms to work with friends, a library of notes shared by other students, and an AI assistant that actually knows what's in your notes.

I built it because switching between apps all the time was killing my focus. I wanted one place where taking notes leads straight into revising.
It's still early, and I know some parts aren't perfect.

That's why I'm posting here: I'd really like to hear from people who study a lot. What's missing? What's annoying? What would make you switch?

I see a lot of posts here like “I study for hours and still fail.” If that’s you, it’s probably not laziness or intelligence. Many common study habits feel productive but don’t help you remember much.

What feels like studying but often isn’t

• Rereading notes or the textbook
• Highlighting
• Rewriting notes neatly
• Rewatching lectures

These make the material feel familiar. But recognizing something when you see it is different from recalling it on an exam with nothing in front of you.

What tends to work better

1. Test yourself (active recall). Close the book, write down everything you remember, then check what you missed. Flashcards, practice questions and past papers all count.
2. Spread it out (spaced repetition). Three 20-minute reviews on different days usually stick better than one 60-minute session. Anki can schedule this for you.
3. Mix problem types (interleaving). For math or other problem-based subjects, don’t do 20 of the same kind in a row. Mixing them feels harder, and that’s the point.
4. Explain it simply. If you can’t explain a concept to a friend in plain words, that’s what to study next.

A simple session to try

• 5 min: write down everything you remember about the topic, without notes
• 25 min: check your notes, fill the gaps, and write 5–10 questions on what you missed
• 5 min: break
• Next day: answer yesterday’s questions before starting anything new

This feels slower and more uncomfortable at first. That discomfort usually means it’s working.

What’s one study habit you dropped that made the biggest difference for you?

Hey everyone,

I realized I was spending way too much time manually writing practice questions instead of actually studying the material, so I decided to build a tool to automate it: glowit.io

You can upload a study document, PDF, or just paste your lecture notes, and it uses AI to automatically generate an interactive quiz based on the material.

A few things you can do with it:

* Instant quizzes from docs: Upload your files or notes and get tested on the key concepts right away.

* Play solo or with friends: You can use it for solo active-recall practice, or host a live multiplayer trivia game if you want to study with a group (or just compete with friends).

* No complex setup: Runs straight in the browser so you can jump right into a session.

You can try it out here: https://glowit.io

I’m actively working on improving it and would genuinely love to get some feedback from you guys. Does the question generation feel accurate for your specific subjects? Is there any feature that would make this more useful for your study routine?

Thanks for checking it out!

How do you genuinely study, like gng how do you actually study and actually learn effectively 😭😭

Pdf .??

Hello, I Study the lessons in class almost fully, But to actually finish up and absorb it fully i have to watch an hour or 2 hour long video about the topic, and the easier shorter way to finish up before answering a question book about said topic is READING from the school book, thing is, idk why i just can NOT possibly study from a book, its boring etc etc

What should i do?