Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share 103. How Long Should I Study and How Do I Stay Motivated? (Q&A)
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
103. How Long Should I Study and How Do I Stay Motivated? (Q&A)
In this month's Q&A episode, I'm answering two questions that hit on some of the biggest study and productivity myths out there.
Question One: A college student asks how to study for six to eight hours straight without crashing. My answer? Don't.
Question Two: Someone asks about staying motivated to finish projects once the initial excitement wears off. Spoiler: motivation isn't the answer.
In this episode of Learn and Work Smarter, I give you the real talk about effective studying, the truth about motivation, and the systems that actually help you get things done.
What You Learn:
- Why 6-8 hour study sessions are a really bad idea
- A study structure that actually works
- Why those "study with me for 12 hours" YouTube videos are misleading
- The truth about active recall and why it's exhausting (and why that's good)
- Why motivation is overrated and what to rely on instead
- How to take action even when you don't feel like it
🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned:
- Episode website with transcript
- ⭐SchoolHabits University: (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com)
- ⭐The College Note-Taking Power System (CollegeNoteTakingSystem.com)
- ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com)
- Episode 08 - Motivation vs. Discipline:
- Episode 24 – Why You Can't Focus (And What to Do About It)
- Episode 54 – The Secret Ingredient Behind Every Accomplishment Ever
- Episode 55 – Body Doubling
- Episode 72 – How to Finish Unfinished Projects
❤️ Connect:
✏️Get my $47 Note-Taking Course: collegenotetakingsystem.com
Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here.
Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!!
LET'S CONNECT
Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard.
For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
Subscribe on YouTube(@LearnAndWorkSmarter)
Connect on Instagram (@SchoolHabits)
Connect on Facebook (SchoolHabitsKatie)
View all episodes
By Katie AzevedoIn this month's Q&A episode, I'm answering two questions that hit on some of the biggest study and productivity myths out there.
Question One: A college student asks how to study for six to eight hours straight without crashing. My answer? Don't.
Question Two: Someone asks about staying motivated to finish projects once the initial excitement wears off. Spoiler: motivation isn't the answer.
In this episode of Learn and Work Smarter, I give you the real talk about effective studying, the truth about motivation, and the systems that actually help you get things done.
What You Learn:
- Why 6-8 hour study sessions are a really bad idea
- A study structure that actually works
- Why those "study with me for 12 hours" YouTube videos are misleading
- The truth about active recall and why it's exhausting (and why that's good)
- Why motivation is overrated and what to rely on instead
- How to take action even when you don't feel like it
🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned:
- Episode website with transcript
- ⭐SchoolHabits University: (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com)
- ⭐The College Note-Taking Power System (CollegeNoteTakingSystem.com)
- ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com)
- Episode 08 - Motivation vs. Discipline:
- Episode 24 – Why You Can't Focus (And What to Do About It)
- Episode 54 – The Secret Ingredient Behind Every Accomplishment Ever
- Episode 55 – Body Doubling
- Episode 72 – How to Finish Unfinished Projects
❤️ Connect:
✏️Get my $47 Note-Taking Course: collegenotetakingsystem.com
Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here.
Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!!
LET'S CONNECT
Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard.
For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
Subscribe on YouTube(@LearnAndWorkSmarter)
Connect on Instagram (@SchoolHabits)
Connect on Facebook (SchoolHabitsKatie)