When you don't want to study , but you must study, how do you do?

Question

Please tell me how to do.
Do you have a good way to do?

Answer 1

this is wot i do when revising for exams: (something u no u must do, but u just hate)

have in ur fridge or cupboards, ur fav. treats.....
break up ur study into sections -- best of 30 mins
after a full (MUST BE FULL) 30 mins study -- with no breaks or distraction of longer than a minute >> treat urself to one treat
take a five mins break
and then carry on
after 3 hours of 30 mins study (not including the 5 mins break) >>> stop
and then have fun

or
after 2 hours of 30 mins study >>> stop
have fun
then later in the day repeat process for an hour

hope this helps!

ps. 3 hours = 6 studies a day ... that's more than enough....

pps. alternatively, you can start to make ur notes colourful --- it helps (i am beginning to do that to my books) -- looking at it ... u don't feel that all teh writing is floating at u!

pps. or if u are an audio or active learner, then make games with the studies
ie. get friends who are also active learners -- and play a game of basketball, or netball and everytime someone scores, the person who scored needs to ask a question and the rest has to answer. THe person who answers correctly gets 10 points. The person who scores gets 5 points. In the end who earns the most points wins!

ppps. u can tell whether u are an active, visual or audio learner by thinking whether:
1) u like to read / play / or listen to music during leisure
2) u like to draw / make a game / or study in pairs when revising
3) u like to give one a sticker / give them a pat on the back / or tell them when praising someone (take that u are a teacher in this case)

if have mostly the first set (read, draw, sticker) then u are visual
second set then u are active
third set then u are audio

of course there are only 3 questions but think of some more like those and it will help u decide!

Answer 2

20 minutes of studying, 10 minutes off, or at least something along those lines. Basically, you need short spurts of study time followed by a relax period where you indulge in a few minutes of whatever you want. My girls and I in college, we study for about 30-45 minutes alone (since we are all different majors) and then would bounce around to crazy music for 10 minutes or dip into a carton of ice cream, then get back to studying for another 30-45 minutes. That way, you are not only looking forward to something and therefore much more likely to focus on studying but also it is proven that you concentrate more at the beginning and end of a study period, so the more frequent your starts and stops the better you will concentrate. But under NO circumstances should you pull and all-nighter! Trust me, that is the WORST way to go, and you will not perform well. PS, I'm a psychology major, so they sort of shove the whole brain thing down our throats : ) Good luck!

Answer 3

Break it down into manageable parts. Say you have to read 50 pages. Okay, you have three days to do it. So, divide those pages evenly between those three days (not even 17 pages per day). Then, per day, say, "I will read these 17 pages from 2-3 pm." That's only an hour out of a whole day! Suddenly, it doesn't look so bad!

You may even find yourself working "ahead" so that on day three, you have it off cuz you're already done!

(Also, I find it IMPERATIVE to have a great place to study. Quiet, without distractions, and COMFORTABLE, where you can have a snack, lean back, listen to something soothing, etc. Often, I found working in a darker place helpful, with just a lamp over the book I was studying on--helped me focus on JUST that book.)

Good luck!

Answer 4

Just think of all of the added benefits later in life when you have a good job because you studied. But if you get distracted, just turn off the computer, close the window, and eliminate every distraction and study hard. When you get bored switch subjects. Good luck! and don't mess around on yahoo answers!

Answer 5

You don't want to study because the material is not interesting enough to do so...I feel for you...Right now I'm studying accounting and I just can't stand anything with numbers...What I do is that if I know the task would finish in 2 hours, I tend to set a period of 4 hours for it...Sometimes the studying material is not encouraging enough that you have got to have plenty of rests/breaks in between...

Answer 6

Try and make yourself interested in the material by telling yourself that you will do better on the test (while studying).

I try and apply the study material to something that I need, such as a good grade, or the degree itself.

Answer 7

It's just psychological. You have to condition yourself that you really need to study. It may not be that easy, but one thing to make it easier is think of the pros and cons of not studying. Of course, the cons will dominate the pros. Haha!

Also, keep yourself away with possible distractions like computer/laptop, mobile phone, i-pod, and the like. These gadgets would really tempt you not to study eh. :)

Answer 8

Lock myself in my room, turn off the computer, cell phone, TV...etc. Open a notebook with writing materials alongside the text book. Have snacks nearby so I don't have an excuse of being "hungry" and get to it.

Answer 9

At least part of the answer is to think of the negative consequences of not studying Another part of the answer is to think how important studying is to your future.

Answer 10

Just make it fun. Turn it into some kinda game or have a friend study with you.