Now, there are very many ways to do this and a thorough and reliable study technique is barely ever found; this is why the Starbucks ™ revenue increases greatly during exam seasons, leaving behind many nervous, sleep deprived and desperate students wishing they had gotten started on their work months earlier.
I however am as usual EXTREMELY dysfunctional when it comes to studying and I’ll tell you why: I either don’t do it or apply myself so intensely it becomes my sole purpose in living.
Now, let’s start with the first case. I have very many ways of doing this, the first being nice and old procrastination. I have so much experience procrastinating I have developed various hobbies such as Manga, Anime, Drawing, Writing, Videogames (etc.) just to never run out of things to procrastinate with. If I’m not in the mood for those I just spend hours singing, in the bathtub or contemplating some random mystery.
There are other ways though in which I fail to study. The most common is being too utterly miserable, depressed, unhappy and just generally devastated that I stare at the walls for hours not finding the point in working for a better future. This can last days and is different from procrastination because I really CAN’T study in these conditions, don’t just not want to.
Now, back to the second case. I actually love studying and when I am able to apply myself (thankfully most of my life) am quite a good student. The problem is I take it just a little bit too far… I immerse myself in studying so much that I would stop eating, sleeping and even breathing if possible to get in as many hours of good solid and excessive studying when I already know the books by heart.
All in all, just not a good idea. Symptoms of this are social isolation, sleep deprivation, stress and malnutrition.
I know all of you, as I, have various problems with studying and time management (will probably do a post about that later on). Share them with me in the comments!
Dysfunctional Girl
How NOT to be functional 