first you need to think of the things
that motivate you to work and to study
establish the goals you're trying to
accomplish and connecting your tasks to
those goals is the thing that triggers a
productive mood and makes you feel the
urge to do something to reach those goals.
Visually represent those by writing them
down and keep that list with you at
all times so you can remember why you
need to study and work so hard for
something. Slowly incorporate those goals
in your daily life - that's actually the
basis of a productive routine and I like
to do so by writing specific tasks in my
planner or bullet journal that relates to
those goals and step-by-step let me
accomplish them in the time span that
I determined myself. Translating goals into
tasks turns a very abstract concept into
something palpable and reachable and
that's the best and fastest way to reach
the things you set out to do
step-by-step while managing your time.
In most of my videos I talk about
planning and bullet journaling and how
those things can translate into
efficient time management routines.
Time management is a soft skill that you need to
start practicing and perfecting as soon
as you can because it can save your life so
many times and make you feel less
stressed out and strained both during
school, college and also during your work life.
Getting used to writing things down
and manage when where and how you will
accomplish them can be a strange task at
the beginning but as you incorporate
that daily routine into your life, it will
become a natural thing and something
that you will constantly apply during
your life
besides using a paper planner to manage
your tasks and all the things you need
to get done, using a time management app
can be a great tool in the beginning
because in the long run it makes you
understand how you are using your time
and how you can improve that usage and
reorganize your days so you can get
the most out of them for productive work or leisure.
Forest which is the app you are
seeing here lets you set a timer for
productive time and while the timer is
running a tree grows in the background
as you accumulate those blocks of time a
small forest will grow and that is
actually a visual representation of how
productive you were doing that day.
A bigger forest means a very productive
day and the smaller forest means you
need to work harder
also this app recognizes if you're
opening other apps and if you do so, the
tree that was growing will die and you
will have the representation of a
withered tree in your phone.
Another thing that can completely kill
productivity is not having enough
leisure time you need to have different
mindsets one for leisure time and one
for work and those mindsets need to
correspond to different attitudes. If
you are constantly studying, not having
enough leisure time, you will not focus as
well or have enough motivation to
continue study since you don't have
anything to look forward to. Always save
time to do the things you love and
reward yourself with a whole day
without having to touch a single book
speaking of mindsets another thing that
is so important to be productive is to
establish certain rituals around your
productive time. The fact that you
prepare a study session in advance, by
surrounding yourself with signals that
your brain identify as ritual towards
productivity will turn work time into
something natural. For me that means
throwing on some comfortable clothes
brew a cup of coffee
lighting a candle or playing the same
playlist on Spotify as usual. As soon as
I do those things i instantly feel more
prepared to start my study session
because I feel comfortable and
undisturbed.
I tried to turn something as stressful
as studying law into a relaxing moments
so I feel positive while I'm studying
and not carry along worries and other
hassles into my routine.
Another thing i always recommend and
I've said this over and over again,
is just spending ten minutes writing
down everything you need to do, so you
can rid your mind of the small
things that you need to get done. This
can be as big as submitting your final
paper or something as small as paying
your phone bill. Accumulating unwritten
tasks and constantly going through them
in your mind just makes you lose
precious time that could be used in
doing something useful.
Finally, I think it's important to spice
things up a bit and give a new
perspective to your work routine. If you're
thinking of studying for a large span of
years, studying, as a task in itself, can be
pretty boring if you use the same
methods over and over again. That is the
main reason why I use so many different
note-taking methods or color coding
schemes.
It's just because I get very bored, very
soon, and mainly because i usually don't
enjoy studying or working on the actual
things i should be studying or working
on, and I mainly prefer to research on
subjects that are actually not the
object of my course. That's why I enjoy
the studyblr community so much,
because I learned so much about
different ways to learn your materials
and organize information and I end up
transporting that knowledge into both
my self-made research and college as well
I hope you enjoyed this video! Don't
forget to check out tbhstudying's video on
how you can stay motivated during the
holidays and I will see you next week!
Bye!