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7 Habits That Will Improve Your Self-Studying
4 min readApr 4, 2023
- Focus On How Long You Work Rather Than How Much You Want To Get Done. When studying we often think more about how far we want to get in a certain time than just allowing ourselves to take our time. We always have it laid out so perfectly, that as soon as we see we won’t be able to get it done, we get stressed and nervous.
Think about it: When you are trying to complete 2 chapters in 3 hours, how stressful is it when you come across something you do not understand? Instead allow yourself to take your time. Block of some time, let’s say 1–2 hours, and see how far you can get! This is a challenge to yourself with no minimum requirement, which removes most of the stress and allows you to focus fully for these hours. (This can also be used if you have a test coming up, you just need to start early enough). - Reward Yourself For The Little Things. Every time you finish a chapter, or understand a difficult concept, you should reward yourself. Not only did you manage to get through it, you also understood it, which is more than most people can do!
Reward yourself for your little accomplishments. Get excited about what you learned, do a little celebratory dance or just feel the great feelings for a couple of minutes. This is a great motivational boost for you to keep on working even harder on the next chapter! - Learn To Learn. Especially when you are…
