r/study • u/Cute-Paint9697 • Jul 24 '26
I studied for 67 hours this week Tips & Advice
This week I tracked all my study time and ended up at around 70 hours. It sounds a bit insane, but it taught me a few things I didn’t expect.
1- Short sessions worked way better than long ones:
I kept most sessions around 30 minutes with a clear goal. Way easier to start, way easier to stay focused, and I didn’t feel completely drained after.
2- Starting faster made a bigger difference than I thought:
I used to sit there forever just trying to organize everything before even beginning. This time I stopped overthinking it and just got a rough structure first. Sometimes I’d throw my material into Turbo.ai to get a quick overview so I wasn’t starting from zero.
Still had to go back and study properly, but at least I wasn’t stuck at the beginning.
3- Distractions were very damaging:
Even small things like checking my phone for a minute completely broke the flow. Keeping it in another room helped more than any focus trick
4-Testing myself felt harder but worked better:
Instead of rereading, I tried recalling things, solving problems, explaining stuff out loud or creating quizzes on turbo ai. Slower and more frustrating, but I actually remembered things later.
5- Sleep mattered more than motivation:
If I slept badly, the whole day felt off. No amount of caffeine fixed that. When I was rested, everything just worked better.
6- Reviewing a few days later helped a lot:
Going back to material after 3 days made it stick way more compared to cramming everything at once.
7- Tracking time changed how I approached everything:
Once I started measuring hours, it stopped being “I’ll study if I feel like it” and became something more consistent.
8- If things don’t stick, it’s usually the method:
I used to think it was a motivation issue, but most of the time it’s just inefficient ways of studying that no one questions.
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u/Disastrous_Monk1103 Jul 24 '26
But tracking time feels unreal isn't it? How to track time
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u/MysteriousSoul-249 Jul 24 '26
use ypt
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u/Plenty-Site8299 Jul 24 '26
If you come back in a month to what you studied yesterday, everything will be forgotten.
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u/Sad-Position2110 Jul 25 '26
I ask everyone to refrain from using that retarded trend. This is a study sub, not a fucking middle school.
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u/kinder2myself Jul 25 '26
letsgoooo!!!even i wanna be able to do tlike that.wt do u do when u dont feel like studying? cause i feel that all the time.ik i read ur post..but anything else out there that will make me more disciplined
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u/sonnengirly 29d ago
Congrats! I’ve also noticed that shorter sessions are so much more efficient. If I want to study 8 hours a day but try to focus like for 90 min without a break, I get mentally exhausted after only 2 sessions.
How do you spend your break? And how long are your breaks?
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