These were my results for the year 10 assessment window, (thankfully not the GCSE's). I really need advice and help on how I could improve these results until the end of school in around 2 - 3 months. Note that we won't have many tests and I am just completely lost on where to even start.

So my question to you guys, like if we are playing any videogames, sports, watching movie for long hours, we don't feel tired or get exhausted.

To be more precise I mean we don't have to put any efforts to motivate ourselves to watch that show or play that videogame, and also we have clear focus during that hours.

Why it can't be the same for studies? Why is it that we have to put efforts to start studying? Why can't it be effortless?

By effortless I don't mean that we don't have to hardwork, I meant that we definitely have to work hard but those efforts shouldn't feel like a kindness of heaviness on us.

I don't know whether I am able to explain what really am I asking?

In short: What should I can do so that study doesn't feels that monotonous, instead it feels like a gamified version 😭😂.

Tell me what you do when are free?

Hi! I'm a student struggling in reading and even answering tests. I tend to become sleepy when I start studying (reading reviewers, books, transes) and even taking tests in school! I am already in my last year of uni when this started to happen (i know embarrassing), I have enough sleep and I also eat enough before doing any of the said activities. I really want to know if you have hacks/tips to stop this. I really get annoyed when this happens because my eyes get heavy and I get really sleepy even when I'm doing something REALLY important (there was an instance when my seatmate even asked me if I was okay because I almost hit my head on the table cause I dozed off, during our midterms). I tried drinking coffee/energy drinks but they don't work :( .Thank you in advance

Here's a thought i had the other day:

Studying is hard, even though it is good for us.

Why is this? Shouldn’t studying be easy?

The reason why studying is hard: is because your brain wants to keep you safe.

I’ll explain the science behind why this happens, and what you can do to make productivity significantly easier.

The difficulty of productivity is decided by how you view yourself.

How you view yourself in relation to your work to be specific: If you view yourself as very productive, then productivity will be significantly easier for you than if you didn’t.

This happens because your brain does not like change. This is also why our personalities and values remain relatively the same throughout our lives. When we do something atypical of ourselves, our brain dislikes this and you feel negative emotions. Our brains want us to remain as we are, and this is because we have proven to be able to survive in our current state.

And this happens because your brain is only concerned about your survival, and your “current self” is surviving just fine, you are surviving well in your current state right now.

So your brain doesn’t see the need to change, it wants you to remain as the person that you are right now, because you’ve established that you can survive in your current state.

So how does this make working and being productive difficult?

This is because, when you do things like work, and other tasks where more is expected of you than what you currently are, these situations cause you to improve, and therefore change.

Your brain doesn’t like change, even when you’re improving, because your brain is solely focused on your survival, and it doesn’t want the risk of you changing, because you are surviving just fine in your current situation now

Situations like working cause you to become a better version of yourself, and to become a better version of yourself, your current self has to die, for the new and improved you, to take its place.

And your brain doesn’t want that, your brain sees changing, even improving, as risky, because you are surviving just fine in your current state, your brain doesn’t want you to change, your brain wants you to stay who you are.

So how can you make productivity easier? You can make productivity significantly easier by viewing yourself as a hard worker, because then hard work becomes typical of you, so you are no longer changing as much, so your brain produces less negative emotion when you are being productive.

But this is much harder than it sounds, because the only way to view yourself as a hard worker, is by working hard, and you know deep down if you are trying as hard as you can.

But if you are working very hard, very diligently, and you are genuinely trying your best, then studying will become easy for you.

I've been getting over 90% on my tests thanks to good planning

My Sunday Plan Time - I spend an hour each Sunday planning my week. I list all my topics, then use AI (like ChatGPT) to split them into daily chunks. I say things like, "Split these topics into a daily plan to finish by [Date]. Focus on [Subject 1] and [Subject 2]."

The best part is the AI gives me a start, but I fix it for my needs. The more I use it, the better it knows me. For example: "Here's when I'm busy: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: Gym at 7 PM. Tuesday: Class 2-4 PM. Saturday: Free. Sunday: Planning. Can you fix my study times?"

When you have your plan, stick to it (i know it's easier to tell, but that's the most important part) Missing study time makes it harder to start next time. If I plan to study at 10 AM Monday, I wake at 9, get ready, drink water, and prepare my mind. Just start - even 15 minutes helps build momentum

Save time where you can. If you take lots of notes from videos, find tools to write them for you. Use Anki or Quizlet for memory work. Study in short blocks with breaks to stay sharp

This isn't perfect, but it's helped me get better grades. Be steady, change the plan when needed, and let AI help you ♥️

BRO READ THIS FULLY. This will break your addiction if you actually take it seriously.

Let me hit you with a hard truth:

Every time you check your phone when you’re supposed to be reading, working, creating… You’re not taking a break. You’re not chilling. You’re being used. You're a lab rat pressing a dopamine button, waiting for a crumb of satisfaction.

All these socail medias, they are not free. You are the product. Your attention is the currency. And every time you scroll, you are paying with your future. You don’t scroll because you want to. You scroll because they designed your brain to need it.

These are coded by people who know exactly how to hijack your psychology - what sound, what color, what timing makes you crave another hit. They’ve studied you. They know how to keep you addicted better than you know how to focus. They’ve turned your mind into a playground they own. They know your brain better than you do.

You're not addicted to your phone, you've become a puppet to an invisible hand that profits every time you fail.

This isn’t entertainment. It’s enslavement. And the most terrifying part?

While you're watching reels… your real life is slipping through your fingers. Every second you spend consuming someone else’s highlight reel, is a second stolen from your own.

You know what’s even more disturbing?

While you’re busy scrolling, your potential self is dying in silence. The one who could’ve built something, learned something, become someone powerful, that version of you is being starved while you're being spoon-fed digital junk.

And you don't even realize it, until one day, you look back and realize you became nothing but a watcher. A ghost in your own life.

Let that sink in.

Here are 5 steps to break out from this mess. Not with weak tips. But with a mental revolution.

1. The 5-Second Mirror Test Before opening any socials, ask yourself: “Is this making me the person I want to become?” Then wait five seconds. If your answer is no, but you still open that —you’ve just chosen to betray yourself. Feel that.

2. Plan Tomorrow—Today Every night, before bed, grab a pen and plan your next day hour by hour. Not in your head. On paper. Write everything. Your work. Your rest. Even your scroll time. Yes, schedule it.

Because when you choose to scroll, it's control. When you drift into scrolling, it’s addiction. And here's the twist: Add a penalty for every rule you break. Didn’t follow your schedule? Pay a fine. Do push-ups. Miss a meal. Tell someone what you did. Feel the burn of failure. No punishment, no progress.

1. Rewire Your Reward System You crave dopamine, right? Fine. But now, you only earn dopamine through discipline.

No phone in the morning until you’ve done something real. Earn your entertainment. Get addicted to progress, not passivity. Reprogram your brain so success feels better than scrolling.

1. Create Your Replacement Universe Don’t just cut out social media. Build a new world to live in.

Books that bend your mind. Voicenotes with deep friends. Walks where you actually notice the sky. Silence, boredom, peace, get addicted to those.

You don't need more noise. You need depth.

1. Write Your Obituary. Right Now. Yes. Literally. If you died today, what would it say?

“He watched a lot of memes.”

“He scrolled past every goal he once dreamed of.”

“He had potential… but he just kept saying ‘after one more video."

Bro. Don’t let that be you. Don’t die a quiet death in a comment section.

You were not born to be an audience member. You were born to build, to feel deeply, to create something real. You were not born to consume life through a screen… while your own life slips away unnoticed.

Nah, bro. That’s not you.

You are not put on this Earth to scroll away your existence. You are not born to consume other people’s lives while yours rots in the background.

If you don’t take control of your attention… someone else will. And every scroll, every distraction, every wasted second, will stack up. Until one day, you look in the mirror… and don’t recognize the person staring back. Because the person you could’ve been Is already dead.

That’s the real cost of social media. Not wasted time. But a wasted self.

Now... Are you ready to take your mind back? Or are you just going to scroll past this too?

Your move.

please drop your routines

You are wasting your life. And deep down, you know it. You’re watching your dreams die a slow death while you sit there, doing nothing. And don’t tell me you’ll “start tomorrow” or that you’re just not in the right mindset. Because that’s a lie. You’re waiting to feel ready, and that day will never come. Look at yourself. You have one life. One shot. And this is how you’re spending it? Letting procrastination, laziness, and doubt steal your future? You think you’ve lost your prime? Bullshit. Your prime isn’t some magical time in your life, it’s whenever you decide to show up and fight for what’s yours. You dream big, right? So why the hell are you acting small? Why are you sitting here like a man who has already lost when you haven’t even stepped into the arena? I’ll tell you why, because it’s easy. Because dreaming is comfortable, but working for it is painful. And you don’t want pain. You want results without the struggle. But guess what? The world doesn’t hand out success to people who just “wish” for it. It gives it to those who bleed for it. And I know, you feel stuck. Like you’re drowning in your own mind, like your feet are glued to the floor. But let me tell you something, action is the only cure. Stop waiting for motivation. Stop waiting for some spark to ignite you. Get up and move, even if it’s small. Even if it’s ugly. Because motion beats meditation. Doing beats thinking. And every second you waste, someone else is out there, working harder than you, taking the life you were too lazy to fight for. So here’s the choice. You either wake the hell up, look in the mirror, and decide that today is the day everything changes, or you don’t. And if you don’t, remember this moment. Remember this feeling. Because one day, when you're old, when it’s too late, you will look back with regret so deep it will eat you alive.

But here's the good news-you still have time. You still have breath in your lungs. So stand up. What you can do is :

• Pick something you're passionate about. One habit, one passion. Stick to it, even when it gets tough, even when it's uncomfortable. Every day you grind toward it, you're getting closer. Don't sit around waiting for the "perfect time." There is no perfect time. The perfect time is now. Don't be the person who says, "I could've been great." Be the person who shows up, who keeps moving even when they're not motivated.

This isn't a game. This is your life. So either get up and fight, or keep wasting it. The choice is yours. But if you don't choose now, don't say I didn't warn you.

I am a 4th year student in Construction Management, and I have ADHD. I unfortunately cannot afford prescribed meds, so I rely on my wasted brain to study. Any study hack you guys can help me with? as I am struggling with constant brain paralysis, I can't retain information and I doze of most of the time. Your assistance would be appreciated.

For the first time in my life im this scared of a exam.

Its a intern exam, if i fail i let everyone down at work.

And i will fail the class automatically going to november.

This is almost the final exam thats why.

I cant think of the pain it will cause for me. Im already feeling the pain rn

I wont be able to handle emotionally.

(I don’t always use two iPads it’s just because I got

finals season is approaching fast and i am already feeling the stress piling up. i have already started reviewing a bit, but i just cant help the fact that i feel behind or not studying “the right way.” this is making me hard to stay focused and motivated.

i am mostly worried about time management and how to actually retain what im studying. if anyone has any routines, memory techniques, or just general advice that has helped them pass their finals, i would really appreciate it.

also, how do you deal with an overwhelming amount of anxiety that makes you want to do anything but study?

As a grade 12 student, I spend a majority of my time studying at home. I've been trying to find some that track my time spent, and a graph that can show me my time spent on tasks.

Some resources I've already tried are Yeolpumta, Forest, Notion, and Obsidian. Forest works completely fine, but it's too small and limited. While Notion and Obsidian are way too large.

Another setback are the prices. Some of them require payment, and others have a paywall infront of the main idea of it. I don't feel like spending money, and I just need it to be simple.

I also don't like the Pomodoro method. Some of those choices are just a 25 minute, and 5 minute timer.

The main thing I need is a stopwatch, or customizable timer. The main thing I need is a graph (or similar) that can show me how my time fluctuates over week.

Thank you in advance!

I always get overwhelmed and intimadated by complex maths problems how do I deal with it 😕

Please tell me.

Btw I hate maths

(writing this while I’m taking a quick break, it’s currently 1am my head hurts so please bare with my bad grammar)

Im not really sure If I’m doing wrong I mean..I study hard, I listen to lectures, I make my own notes and acronyms and I read the necessary books for my majors and try to make sense of it all. But for some reason I keep flunking my exams. I’ve already failed both my prelims and midterms..and I’ve been trying to study up for my upcoming semis and finals.

I’ve tried changing my ways on how I review like watching some youtube vids about topics related to my major subjects, but for some reason I still miss the mark by 5 or 10 points. I guess I’m on here cause I need some advice? Maybe you guys know other ways how to effectively study.

Satisfied with today's output! 25 days to go!

Progress >>>> Perfection

Hey guys,

So lately I’ve been trying to study without studying.
Like… what if my phone could help me review without even opening an application?

That idea turned into a little side project I’m working on — a flashcard widget that lives on your iPhone Home Screen.
Every time I unlock my phone, I get a bite-sized reminder from my deck. Bio terms, Psych vocab, CARS quotes — whatever I’m working on that week.

The cool part?

It uses FSRS spaced repetition (same algorithm as Anki)
You can add your own decks
Passive recall: just unlock your phone, and your brain gets a gentle nudge 🧠✨
And… there's a “Leaderboard of Laziness” if you’re not studying. Because solidarity 😅

It’s still in development, but I’m hoping to launch a beta in the next two weeks!

i need please

i'm sick and tired of this uni bullshit they keep you for 8 hours on campus, and give you shit to do at home, you basically have no time for yourself.

They give you 15 days vacation just to prepare for the exams on the week after, how about a real vacation to actually rest my fucking brain?

i study like an animal and still get average at best.

all i feel is extreme anger, wasting time while others are actually doing real work.

i know i cannot dropout, that will kill me and let everyone down, So what's your advice? How in hell do i return on track?

I HATE studying, i detest it, and most days I cannot bring myself to study. I have great memory, I like analyzing material, I like learning new concepts, but sitting down at the desk and opening a textbook? not happening. I have no idea why. In the last 12 years I never once studied more than an hour or so the night before a test, except right before my IB exams where I actually studied everyday for 3 weeks. Now i’m at uni and I really want to do well in my course (law) as the stakes are so now higher than in secondary school. How do I motivate myself to study? How do I force myself to choose studying over leisure?