How I Consistently Study with a Full Time Job: My Scheduling Formula

[2:11] I keep in mind that I'm going to have less energy throughout the day and things are going to get more and more tempting throughout the day, so it's going to be much harder for me to resist things as the day progresses. Keeping these two things in mind, every single day of my week from a macro standpoint gets divided into three main parts.

[10:26] The Fun Factor

[1:18] The 3 Part Split

[2:29] So, the first part of every single day is reserved for activities that are high energy and high temptation. These are the tasks that require a lot of brain power or physical power and also that I can be very easily be tempted to do something else. (High Energy + High Temptation)

[10:49] I've made it a rule to force myself to do activities that are fun, either by myself or with other people, every single week.

[12:13] Not only are we easily distracted by mundane thoughts, but we also routinely forget small but important things when we don't externalize them.[12:24] So it's quite important to take all our things that we want to do and things that we are planning to do, and kind of write them down... I like just pulling up my calendar and finding a slot so... See more

[4:04] If I have to do something, or if I have to work for something in the week, the first question I will ask myself is how likely am I to not want to do this task, and how much energy will this take. So, depending on these two factors, it will either go into any part of my day.

[10:08] Every morning, I plan something that I will enjoy, so that's usually a slow breakfast by myself for me. But whatever it is, I know that there is going to be planning around this time, this sacred time in the morning that might even be 15 minutes or five minutes, but there is this time, so anything that I will start to schedule in will be af... See more

[9:26] Morning Glory

[9:32] ...people that were very creative and very effective in their lives always started their day with something that they were looking forward to, even something tiny. [9:53] ...having something that doesn't necessarily need to go in your calendar but can go in your mind for what you want to do the next morning will make you enjoy your day a lot... See more