- clean desk; messy desk means messy mind
- no distractions; no phone, or even better: no internet (unless it helps you)
- pristine environment: no sound
- pomodoro technique (of course, that depends on your learning style; a medical student told me that studying for hours on end is better for retention because you are deeply entangled with the subject, firing neurons like crazy - and if you break that concentration after an hour, it will take you 20 minutes to rebuild it)
- sleep and get up at normal hours! Let's say get up at 7 or 8 a.m. and study until 6 p.m., take a break and the last thing what you read before bed should be your study material.
Force a correct biorhythm!! It is essential!!
Daydreaming is one of the symptoms of bad or lack of sleep.
- no switching!! Don't switch between dissimilar topics/courses, like languages and science. Stick with science the whole day or languages the whole day.
- tell yourself: I would rather suffer 5 years and profit 40 than the other way around
- get involved about what you are reading and studying! Absorb it in every aspect! Relate it to different things! Look it all up on the internet and read everything with patience!
- stop being LAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!
