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Hi! I was wondering if you had any tips on studying for long periods of time like you do?

I saw you had studied for ten hours in one day and I have never managed to stay focused that long.

Would really appreciate if you had any advice but if you're busy no worries and ignore this!

Thanks!

Hii :)

My 10h of studying seem crazier than they probably are- a lot of it is re-planning my study schedule, petting my dog with one hand while trying to write with the other, google definitions etc. but maybe this is still somewhat helpful?

-task mix & match

I don’t write for 10h straight, most of it is a mix of writing, reading, drawing sketches etc.- pretty much anything that makes my „normal“ task a bit less boring :) so: including as many productive task-solving variations

-frequent breaks

I try to put ~5min long breaks in between each (topic) section that I cover + a longer break where I do something non-study related if I notice my focus disappearing

-coffee + instant sugar

Tbh, without it I wouldn’t be alive lol if coffee doesn’t give me back my energy I usually resort back to eating an unhealthy amount of sweets to make up for it lol

-movement

Not as in stretching in my breaks but I’m constantly moving to keep my brain stimulated🥲 - changing the way I’m sitting, drumming along to a song, spinning on my chair (the adhd is adhding huh)

-switch noise input

I usually start studying without music and turn it on once the topics get boring / I lose motivation to switch up whatever I’m doing atm. 2000s „club music“ (aka hips don’t lie by shakira) is somewhat helpful?

-rewards

For me it only works if I really lose my entire free time to studying but having something to look forward to once I achieve whatever I’m studying for works quite well rn? I’ll either buy myself procreate or a new game once I pass my (written) finals :)

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*through gritted fucking teeth* i like when its simple, i like when its hard, i like when its a wrestling match between me and God; i like when its boring, i like when its fun; but most of all i like doing it and having it be done.

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Burnout is honestly such a mild word for what people use it to mean. I'm not experiencing "burnout", which sounds so casual and routine that some face masks and a little rest is going to fix it.

My body and mind and even nervous system are stretched to the point that it's going to take a lot more than just a "break" or a few self care tips to recover, and even then, my recovery is just so that I can reenter the spaces that contributed to me being this way in the first place. I'm a little bit more than just burnt out by this.

Workplaces and educational institutions aggressively overwork us, expose us to all kinds of discrimination, which they overlook and gaslight us out of acknowledging, and then constantly ask us to ignore our mental, emotional, and physical needs so that we don't inconvenience them.

We're not burnt out. We're borderline traumatized. Burnout is always talked about like something transient and mild that a little rest and relaxation will fix.

But we're exhausted. We need deep rest and healing. We need new systems. We need new ways of being. The language around burnout just seems like a way of upholding these current violent systems and downplaying their impacts.

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Listen I am losing it at the idea of Heisenberg in the bomb crater on his knees, arms full of mushrooms, ugly sobbing and blubbering cuz he thinks they’re Ethan and the duke just staring down from the top on his carriage like “should I tell him Ethan’s in the back healing???”

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