Most of my adult life I’ve procrastinated or generally avoided engaging in a lot of the hobbies I wanted. This was mainly due to addiction and self esteem issues which I’ve mostly put behind me.

Now that I’m a bit more focused I want to catch up on all the things I wanted to try but never made a start on.

The problem is that it’s a pretty long list, and I’m not sure how to approach it.

Do I allocate days to certain things for a longer period of time, or do I try and touch on as many things as I can in a day in shorter windows.

Is it a matter of doing what suits my personality the most, or is there any sort of research that suggests one method is better than the other?

  • qooqie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I thought this was an original question, but it’s just a bot. If anyone actually wants advice I have some just reply to this and I’ll type it out. I’ve had a lot of education past bachelors and as you get further from high school education the hand holding gets less and less for learning.

      • qooqie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        So this is just what worked for me and is not guaranteed to work for everyone.

        First off you’re going to want to really stick to portioning things out. After high school I’d say procrastination should be a habit you actively stomp out. It’ll only hinder you in the long run. Do a little bit over the course of a week instead of everything all at once.

        With that said the way to juggle multiple topics at once is to have specific days where you have 1 main topic with the other topics as breaks from the main topic. You’ll also probably plan your semesters around main topics and some more gimme easy topics. Having to juggle 2 main topics is okay. 3 is doable if you start eating into your weekends. But 4+ I find to be burnout territory and 6+ just unsustainable. You’ll also want to have certain days in a week where you schedule in practice problems (this is great group studying time) and absolutely make sure you review your answers and see why you got things right and wrong. Once a week you’ll want to spend like half a day with a meta overview where you sit there connecting the subjects to each other and to past subjects. This is useful for connecting dots and breaking up the more monotonous studying so anything that’ll make things fun for at least a few hours each week will help a lot. Don’t overdo it on the fun because usually the fun stuff takes a lot of extra time which eats away at the real studying.

        A final tip for juggling a lot of content is to make use of spaced repetition like Anki! This will help you remember topics you’ve covered even months prior and will make finals or whatever so much easier.

        • sbvEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Thanks! I hadn’t heard of Anki. That seems really useful.

          Spreading work over time makes a tonne of sense.

          Stamping out procrastination really helps. When I did my post-grad degree, I did assignments as they were given out, instead of waiting until the due date. It made the course more interesting, the work easier, and was easier to get good grades.