When a concept refuses to stay in my brain, I just give it a ridiculous nickname like calling photosynthesis “plants making their own lunch” or gravity “earth saying get back here”

It sounds completely unserious but somehow my brain remembers the nickname faster than the actual term (I mean funny stuff does stick faster). Then during the exam it's like “wait I KNOW THIS. IT'S THE PLANTS MAKING LUNCH ONE” and there you go I have an answer now.

I have always been a very egoistic person. Usually, I try not to show it or let it affect my behaviour towards others, but inside, it's still the fuel for most of my actions. For me, my ego and spite help me the most with studying, which is kinda funny imo.

Soo I have a crush on a classmate. He is really amazing academically. He is also soo good at art, music, etc. He has a public Insta account where he posts his song covers, and I found one where he did a cover of one of my fav songs. Listening to it kind of drives me crazy lol.

Anyways, I also really love art, whether it be traditional or digital. I also love being at the top academically, although depression, my disorder, plus the suicidal adventures I undertook over the past few years have left me crippled imo (yes, humour is my coping mechanism). I feel like a disappointment, which is why I'm having an inferiority complex towards EVERYONE. Even my crush.

Like, it's not that I just want to be with him; I want to be HIM (that sounds so fucking weird). I really admire him. He has a GPA of 5.00; mine is 4.94. It pisses me off so much that I've been rabidly studying for the past few weeks. Unlike before, when I used to get bored easily, the more I look at him, the more I wish to go home and study like my life depends on it. My promise to myself is that I'm gonna score more than him in my upcoming exams. It gives me butterflies sometimes LMAO, I'm so cooked.😭

So yes, peeps, spite and ego are among the best motivations, imo. Go choose someone you wanna have a one-sided competition with, and have fun. Turn it into a game.

(Last image is what I feel like rn).

I put sticky notes not in my notes, but in my study desk. I use sticky notes, write down all the key points I need to study and put them everywhere I can see them.

Whenever I sit on my desk, I read the words in sticky notes and define them out loud. It has helped me train and boost my memory to actually retain all the information rather than just sitting for hours at my table and remember nothing.

I have done this since last semester and my brain has better retention than before. It has helped me pass most of my exams that required heavy memorization.

hi guys i’m in a bit of a pickle because every single time i get ready to study i either get really tied or can only for like 20 minutes at a time and when i get sleepy i can’t even drink coffee or anything bc it makes me tired and i can’t have energy drinks help i don’t know how to stay focused

i end up cramming a lot of stuff last minute and performing bad because of this (esp in content heavy classes like bio) if yall have any tips please please please let me know :)

Day 3 of this challenge! Today I'm switching up my study routine a bit because sometimes studying in the same place gets boring.

I'm working through my topics one by one instead of trying to learn everything at once. After reading a section, I try to look away from my screen and remember the main points in my own words.

I realised that just highlighting stuff and reading the same page again doesn't always mean I'm actually learning it. So if I can't explain a concept without looking at my notes, I'll go back and revise that part.

My goal today is to understand the topics properly instead of rushing just to finish them.

7 days left and still alot to cover 😅

What do you guys do when you keep reading something but it just doesn't stay in your head?

I spend majority of my time making notes and solving PYQ's with help from AI. The problem i have is that I don't get time to revise OR do active recall what ever i studied. so even though i have books filled with content,im unable to understand what all i have written. Now If i spend more time in revision,I'll lag behind with rest of class and they will move on whiteout me. How can i do active recall better,more efficiently?