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Day 29/30 – Mar 4th

Tomorrow is the last day of the learning challenge & also the first day of uni again. I’m kinda curious how things will go.

For me, it’s always weird to come back to campus after a longer break. I also haven’t heard anything of my friend, which makes me suspicious that she might has stopped taking courses (because she hasn’t taken any exams so far). But I guess I’ll see - nothing good to come if I’m here worrying.

Anyway, since the next exam is set on the upcoming week, I can already feel the stress slowly building up. I’m getting a bit anxious if I’ve studied enough. The good thing is, that I only need to pass this exam - no matter the grade. Maybe that’s why I’m nervous. Because there only is the option to pass or not to pass. But I should study a bit more before I call it a day today & relax.

Day 28/30 – Mar 3rd

Since the day of the exam is coming loser, and my motivation is getting less and less, I thought about getting myself a reward after I pass said upcoming exam. So I spent a bit of my time searching for something I would like to get myself as a reward for my hard work.

The only rules I made for myself are:

it has to be under 10€/10USD

it has to be something I really want but wouldn’t have bought otherwise

it has to be usable for more than 1 time

After I’ve found a little item, that was fitting for these rules, I slowly felt my motivation rise again. 

The thing is, normally it would be best not to be motivated by such things - and I really love learning on itself - but sometimes things get so boring/overwhelming that I procrastinate until it’s too late to get a decent grade.

So although my long term goal is to graduate uni with decent grades (and that motivates me on itself), I sometimes need a reward for the short term goals.

Day 27/30 – Mar 2nd

I think I’ve finally found a method (well, it’s not really a method - but I don’t know what else I should call it) of studying that works really well for me!

It’s basically a mix of breaks and study sessions. But whenever there is a break - normally after I’ve completed a chapter or the whole topic - I do something that I actually enjoy. Before, I always did some small chores on my breaks and after the break was over, I didn’t really find any motivation to study again.

I also planned a longer break after I got a big task done and was feeling that I wouldn’t have had the concentration needed in order to continue. So I didn’t push myself to finish reading the chapter I’ve started before the break - and it really worked! After I felt refreshed, I was able to concentrate more and am now possibly even faster than I originally would have been if I just kept going.

Day 3/30 – Feb 6th

Today’s lecture was twice as long as yesterday’s one, but I power-read through it all & I gotta say, in retrospect, it wasn’t as boring as it seemed at first.

With that said, I already feel a bit of pressure regarding getting everything done I planned for that day. 

Day 1/30 – Feb 4th

Today was about the topic “hypotheses in psychology”. I have to admit, it wasn’t as easy as I thought, although I did a bit of groundwork a few weeks ago. 

Still, I’m happy to have started a new challenge again! I really enjoy the community of learners here and also on Habitica. It’s inspiring to see others taking their studies seriously or simply wanting to learn new things. Because learning never ends. No matter if you are already out of school or not!

Day 30/30 – Mar 5th

First day back at uni! It started off great, with a lecture being cancelled. Luckily, we as students got a notice just in time before we started our commute to campus.

So because of that, I got a bit more time to study the topics before my next class. I’m really thankful for this, as I won’t be able to learn much after classes are over due to them being set so late in the day that I come home when I normally go to sleep.

Day 26/30 – Mar 1st

So basically both of my study buddies ditched me apparently xD And the third one didn’t even reply since we wrote a few sentences about a month ago ^^”

Nonetheless, I’m still part of the discord channel “A Quiet Room” where people regularly do pomodoro sessions together. And even if they aren’t active, they motivate me to be productive.

Day 25/30 – Feb 28th

After trying to read everything that I would be recommended, I found myself not remembering what I’ve read. Like, I barely even knew how things were correlated to each other.

But then, I decided to create little mind maps instead of reading everything 234567896543 times. And I have to say, it actually is more fun than I originally thought.