Study skills

How to Stop Procrastinating on Studying

Procrastination is usually about starting, not about the work. Make starting almost trivially easy and momentum does the rest.

The five-minute rule

Commit to five minutes only: one passage, five questions, one flashcard deck. If you want to stop after five, stop. You usually will not.

Shrink the unit

"Study math" is not a task. "Do 10 algebra questions and log two errors" is. Concrete units are startable; vague ones are not.

Make the phone annoying to reach

Different room, or a focus mode with apps blocked. Willpower loses to friction-free access every time.

Put the next session in plain sight

Leave the book open to the exact page, or the FunSAT tab ready with the next set. Reduce the number of decisions between you and starting.

Reward completion, not perfection

Finished a session? That counts. Guilt about not doing more is what makes tomorrow harder to start.

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