Comments on: 5 Ways to Waste Study Time

By: Nate Desmond

Nate Desmond — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:22:11 +0000

@ Karen
I have the same problem. Every time I get on the computer, I end up spending 30 minutes checking my email, feed reader, or blog stats. Therefore, I make sure that I do my studying before I do even a “quick” thing online.

Thanks,
Nate

By: Karen, author of "My Funny Dad, Harry"

Karen, author of "My Funny Dad, Harry" — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:06:13 +0000

I would agree with Elise, but not just Facebook. Once I get on the computer, it’s usually hours before I get off. My advice would be to stay off the computer until you have finished studying. I used to take good notes in class and then type them up afterward (thus reviewing immediately) and then at test time, reading them over right before going to sleep helped get them lodged in my brain.

By: Elise @ Well Dressed Doggy

Elise @ Well Dressed Doggy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:28:11 +0000

Facebook is probably one of the biggest study breakers. It’s good to break up your time a bit and check it for maybe five minute max, but that 5 minutes normally turns to 10, 10 to 20, and so forth.

By: Nate @ Money Young

Nate @ Money Young — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:01:22 +0000

Poor motivation – studying becomes a chore if you don’t know why you are doing it

-Nate

By: JWRmedia

JWRmedia — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:30:33 +0000

Great points. Since most people don’t have a lot of time to waste, it can be a challenge to stay on track. I know that many times I get sidetracked on a project and wasting time can be easy to do.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:05:18 +0000

How about study-friends? Inviting a group of people together to study and then not getting any studying done!?

By: Nate Desmond

Nate Desmond — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:17:53 +0000

@ Jeffrey
You have an excellent point. Everyone studies best at a different time of the day. We need to figure out what our individual best study time is and then work our schedule around that.

Thanks,
Nate

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:50:56 +0000

I always found that trying to study between 2 pm and 3 pm usually resulted in a nap…and even if I made it through the material, I would have difficulty recalling it.

I guess my point is that if you know you are no good to study at a certain time of the day, don’t try to plow through it anyway because you are just wasting time.