How do you turn your brain on? Like activate study mode?

Cause it feels like mine is stuck in sleep/airplane mode. I try to read something to learn and the information goes through my brain like a sieve these days. I got to read it 3 or 4 times and maybe in a weeks time my brain is like, 'hey you know something.'
But most times it's snippets of information I remember from things I probably wasn't paying close attention to at the time...

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AngelUnforgiven · 51-55, F

I've been that way. I had to take anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology and there were days when it felt like things were bouncing off my brain rather than sticking to it. And that made me feel uninterested so i had to snap out if it. What helped me was studying at a library or something where theres no distractions because i couldn't do it at home. I made a bunch of flash cards and forced myself to concentrate.