"I Can't Study!"
- sherilynmeier
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min read
In high school, good grades were fairly easy for me. Maybe it was because I generally was a very hard-working person, and I have always found school easy. It was not until I went into my first year of college that I really struggled with finding school as fascinating as it used to.
Starting college, I surprisingly struggled with my time management. I missed one assignment in my first psychology class, and I remember freaking out. That was when I decided to keep a planner. Then I soon learned that I have a habit of procrastination, and that would not work with college. I soon was able to find through psychology some tips and tricks to help better my study habits.
Firstly, as stated earlier, I always keep a planner, and I always keep a record of my events coming up. Otherwise, I will completely forget at least one thing. I am not nearly as organized as those aesthetic-focused Instagram girls, but I try to have the general idea of what assignments/events will be going on that day. I have heard from people with more severe ADHD that having a VERY detailed schedule helps with their time management. I would honestly be driven crazy if I did that. However, I know that this method helps many.
Not only do I have the general deadlines, but I also have specific goals I would like to achieve that day for maybe a very long and detailed future assignment. For example, I may have a presentation due next week, and I may have a requirement for myself that I will get the rough draft/idea of the presentation done this week, and the next week I will write it, and the day before, I will make final touches to the presentation. This method has really helped me with getting things on time, it has good quality, and I am not as stressed.
Because of my connection with a slight problem with ADHD, and I, by no means, have a severe disorder, but I can bring some research to the table to help with those struggling college students. One of the main suggestions that “Very Well Mind” suggests is to start your day on time. In other words, start a routine and stick with it. This article proposes having a timer for everything you do, especially if you are severely ADHD. One pointer they gave was something I had similarly suggested earlier; “work with your urge to procrastinate.” This seems awfully full of juxtaposition, but this is very true in practice. Sometimes I procrastinate so much for a paper, but as long as I have the research and reading done, I know that I can easily write the paper out in a few hours. Thirdly, make up creative ways to get the information in your brain. I have found that color-coding my notes help me to remember terms, make doodles, record notes with your voice, use weird connections to remember terms, and much more. I would write down everything that this article suggests, but it is much easier to look at the article yourself. I hope you found this useful! Let me know what has helped you in your study habits!
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