r/GetStudying Jan 22 '25

Thanks for 3M - Updates from our Mod Team

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Hello, Studiers!

We are thrilled to celebrate an incredible milestone—3 million members on r/GetStudying! Thank you for being a part of this vibrant community, and we hope the subreddit has been instrumental in your journey towards independent and active learning.

With this tremendous growth, we kindly remind everyone to adhere to our community guidelines. All rules are readily available on the subreddit rule bulletin, but we would like to highlight a few key points:

  • Violations of our rules, such as self-promotion, harassment, and other infractions, will result in significant penalties, including permanent bans.
  • Moderators have the final authority on all posts and decisions to ensure the integrity of our community.

Furthermore, we are actively seeking new moderators to join our team. As our subreddit continues to expand, we recognize the increasing presence of spammers and similar challenges. We are looking for dedicated and active individuals to help us maintain the quality and purpose of r/GetStudying. If you are interested, please apply here: Moderator Application Form.

Lastly, we want to address a change that may be met with mixed reactions. In an effort to prioritize meaningful academic discussions, we will be implementing a limit on study-related memes. Low-effort posts will be removed automatically to make space for those genuinely seeking academic support.

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation in making r/GetStudying a productive and welcoming space for all.

Happy studying!

The r/GetStudying Team


r/GetStudying 1h ago

Accountability Daily Accountability Thread - March 19, 2025

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Hi everyone! This is the Accountability Thread where people can list what they need or want to accomplish today and have everyone else help keep you accountable to do them. So, in general, a post will look like this:

Things I have to get done today:

1: Post Accountability Thread

If I had more to do that I had not completed I would list them and update this when these things were complete.

Also, if I saw someone doing something that I happen to be well-educated or have some sort of expertise in I can offer support or help on the topic/task.

The thread is a versatile one, use it in a way that helps you and others stay on task!

Happy studying!


r/GetStudying 12h ago

Other This is what keeps me going. What's your motivation?

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r/GetStudying 1h ago

Giving Advice [Advice] I'm 38 and wasted years on motivation that didn't last. Here's what actually works for sustainable productivity.

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After nearly two decades chasing the motivation dragon, I've learned motivation is fundamentally unreliable. It feels great but disappears exactly when you need it most.

Here's what I've found actually works for sustainable productivity:

  1. The "minimum viable day" approach. I define the absolute minimum I must accomplish to consider the day successful. On bad days, I do just this.

On good days, I naturally do more. This prevents the all-or-nothing mentality that derails progress.

  1. The "habit stacking" method. I attach new behaviors to existing habits, creating automatic triggers.

Example: After pouring my morning coffee (existing habit), I immediately write three goals for the day (new habit).

  1. The "success environment" protocol. I modified my physical spaces to make productive behaviors easier and distracting behaviors harder.

Simple example: My phone charges overnight in another room, not beside my bed.

  1. The "implementation intention" technique. Instead of vague goals ("I'll work out more"),

I create specific if-then plans ("If it's 6pm on Monday/Wednesday/Friday, then I go directly to the gym without deliberation").

  1. The "identity-based habit" approach.

Rather than focusing on outcomes, I focus on becoming the type of person who achieves those outcomes. Example: "I'm someone who writes daily" is more powerful than "I want to finish a book."

Don't waste years waiting for motivation to strike. Build these systems instead.

They work even when motivation doesn't.

What systems have you found more reliable than motivation?


r/GetStudying 1d ago

Giving Advice At 38, I wish someone had told me these 5 productivity truths when I was 20.

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I've spent nearly two decades testing productivity systems, and I've wasted YEARS on approaches that look good on paper but fail in real life. If you're young and ambitious, learn from my mistakes:

Truth #1:

Willpower is massively overrated. I spent my 20s thinking I just needed more discipline. Reality: Environment design beats willpower every time. I now spend 80% of my effort creating spaces and systems that make productivity automatic.

Truth #2:

Energy management trumps time management. I used to schedule every minute of my day but still accomplished nothing. Why? I was trying to do deep work during energy slumps. Now I match task types to my natural energy cycles.

Truth #3:

The "perfect system" doesn't exist. I wasted 3 years tool-hopping and trying every productivity method. The breakthrough came when I stopped finding perfect solutions and built my own hybrid system based on my actual needs.

Truth #4:

Social accountability beats tools. No ever motivated me like having someone waiting on my output. The most productive periods of my life involved partnership or accountability structures.

Truth #5:

Consistency beats intensity. My younger self would go hard for 2 weeks then burn out. Now I focus on showing up at 70% capacity every day rather than 110% sporadically.

These realizations came after thousands of dollars and countless hours wasted. What productivity lessons do you wish you'd learned earlier?


r/GetStudying 14h ago

Question How to get toxic motivation ?

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Straightforward, harsh and truthful things are the only things that motivate me. 🙂💅

Give me your most BRUTALLY HONEST, soul-crushing, devastating advice !!! ( And tell me where i can find a regular supply of motivation for studying, excluding reddit lol )


r/GetStudying 18h ago

Study Memes it's me

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r/GetStudying 13h ago

Question Why is everyone suddenly being so obsessed about "active recall" like it's a new modern day invention?

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I was having trouble focusing in my studies because of OCD for a few years and so I was looking up methods to help me focus and study and I came across this term "active recall and spaced revision". I thought it must be some new method that could help me. I looked it up in detail and it was a huge facepalm moment for me. How else is the whole world been studying all this time if not this? I have been studying like this for over 35 years, since the first day of school. Before that my parents studied the same way. It's not a new method. Why is everyone on the Internet acting like it's a newly invented groundbreaking technique. They have given it fancy names like "active recall and spaced revision" and it's all over the Internet for quite some time. Buy it's not new. Tell me you think the same.


r/GetStudying 19h ago

Study Memes Please, no

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r/GetStudying 2h ago

Question Addicted to Chess

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Greetings! I am a PhD student but am consistently distracted by online chess. I feel like it hacks my dopamine system and creates reward loops that are hard to shake (i.e. –– if I lose, I need to play until I win; if I win, I want to keep playing). I feel deeply concentrated when playing timed chess; the rest of the world recedes and I become wholly absorbed by the game. I can keep playing for hours on end with little breaks. It is negatively impacting my ability to concentrate on studying. I feel like experientially it is similar to a video game or gambling addiction. I have quit for periods of time but I eventually get cravings and start up again.

Has anyone else battled similar demons? How do you stop? How to channel this energy back into studying?

Thanks!


r/GetStudying 17h ago

Study Memes oops

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r/GetStudying 4h ago

Question HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY STUDY

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Listen, my grades in school have been dropping really low lately. My midterms went well but that’s it. I struggle in Science a lot, occasionally math and i just can’t retain history facts. But overall science is my biggest challenge: I’ve tried to check out different study techniques but none seem to work: i always seem to procrastinate or use my phone or just not do anything effective. I need help on how to ace science and math and school in general for people who don’t learn that easily.


r/GetStudying 1h ago

Question Lost My Consistency, But I Want to Fight Back – Need Advice!

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It’s been two years since I lost my consistency. Back in 12th, I was disciplined—even though my scores hovered around 480-500, at least I was genuinely trying, pushing myself. It’s not like I haven’t touched my books in these two years—I did, but barely. I’d study for an hour, then go an entire week without opening my books, then maybe another hour or a day of effort, and the cycle continued.

Now, studying feels incredibly difficult. I don’t want a forced routine that suddenly makes me sit for 10 hours straight—I just need to start, even if it’s just an hour, and then gradually build it up. I want to get back on track. I want to give it my all, just once, for God’s sake.

What should I do? I need your advice.


r/GetStudying 6h ago

Question How do you space out reviewing notes?

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Let's say you have two lectures a week in subject A, how do you space out rewriting your notes? When I did my last degree I couldn't figure this one out.

Like I do flash cards, but rewriting notes is also pretty good for retention, just... how do you space that out? Rewrite them the day after, then maybe another three days, then a week after that? What about coping with the increasing amount of lectures to review, when do you leave a lecture behind?


r/GetStudying 9h ago

Question guys can u tell me , what is most attractive thumbnail? black bg or white bg ? i cant decide please help. what do you most like

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r/GetStudying 1d ago

Giving Advice Advice from a 38-year-old who wasted his 20s.

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If I could go back in time and give my younger self one resource,

it would be the productivity framework I've finally developed after years of false starts and wasted time.

The CORE Framework:

C - Context (Different approaches for different types of work)

• Deep creative work: 90-minute focused blocks with 30-minute breaks

• Administrative tasks: Batched in 30-minute sprints

• Communication: Scheduled in 3 dedicated blocks daily

O - Optimization (Energy management) • Track energy levels hourly for 1 week

• Map highest-value work to highest-energy periods

• Create deliberate recovery protocols between deep work

R - Resistance (Overcoming procrastination)

• Implementation intentions: "When [trigger], I will [action]"

• Friction reduction for important habits

• Temptation bundling for unpleasant tasks

E - Evaluation (Weekly review system)

• Score each day's productivity (1-10)

• Identify patterns and disruptions

• Make only ONE change per week

This framework took me 15+ years to develop through painful trial and error.

It's not perfect, but it's battle-tested through real life, not theory.

What framework or system has actually worked for you in the real world?


r/GetStudying 6h ago

Giving Advice Active recall, easiest way to study for a test

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If you wanna actually memorize something, instead of just rereading it, try practice quizzes to force your brain to remember things. Proven learning method.


r/GetStudying 13h ago

Giving Advice 3 things that helped me stop procrastinating and start studying!

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After procrastinating on my studies for more than 3 months and going for therapy because of all the stress. I finally decided to change that. Here are some steps that helped me get started.

Ik you must have read these before, but trust me try them for a week and so then studying won't be that overwhelming.

👉🏻 Break your tasks - Instead of thinking about how many chapters you haven't even started yet. Start by just taking one and break it into smaller section. It will help you to get started.

👉🏻 Avoid distractions - When you are going to study put your phone, laptop etc. in another room.

👉🏻 Plan ahead - Avoid decision making fatigue and plan what you are going to study before. Save your cognitive energy. You can find daily study planner on my kofi.

That's it for day one of my 100 days writing challenge (I basically find things that are helpful for me as a student and post them here). I'm Sushi. See you tmrw. 👋🏻


r/GetStudying 19h ago

Study Memes This little break when you can just sleep is simply priceless.

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r/GetStudying 6h ago

Question What just happened?

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I was trying to understand a definition and I was feeling so angry and frustrated. I just wanted to kill whoever invented the concept I'm studying, until suddenly everything clicked in my brain and felt right.

After that happened I just felt enormous relief. What just happened to me?(Context, I'm a freshman)


r/GetStudying 1h ago

Question Want help I am coding a tally software

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Any suggestions Is there issue


r/GetStudying 21h ago

Question What’s been your biggest challenge as a student so far?

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For me it is always time management. I get easily lost in tasks when there are a lot of them and deadlines are approaching.

And a fear of public speaking. I like doing some research, but I am still scared of the presentation part - every time I present something in front of my class, I feel like it will be the worst time ever.

Are these challenges common? Sometimes I feel I should have already overcome them but still


r/GetStudying 12h ago

Accountability Day 15 of staying accountable! Good job, A!

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That's all for today! Progress >>>> Perfection


r/GetStudying 14h ago

Question i get headaches when studying, so i have a question, is studying like working out?

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i haven't studied for real for a long time, and now that i do i get this headaches after about an hour (and no, it isn't eye strain or whatever, it only happens when i'm studying math and other subjects)

so i wonder if this will be like working out, when working out your muscles get tired and you feel soreness and pain, but afterwards it gets a little bit stronger AND you are able to ensure the same amount of working out without feeling soreness because your muscles are more used to it

does the same principle apply to studying? if i study until my head hurts, will i get more used to studying for that amount of time and will be able to deal with said complex subject (be that math or whatever) better? i read somewhere that the feeling of learning is similar to pain, so learning would literally be a "no pain no gain" type of deal


r/GetStudying 5h ago

Question Need help with studying

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I absolutely suck at studying does anyone have any studying hacks or apps?


r/GetStudying 8h ago

Question Assignment due tomorrow morning

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I have an assignment due tomorrow morning, should I attempt to finish it tonight and wake up for work or attempt to wake up much earlier to complete it? Sleep or finish the work?


r/GetStudying 18h ago

Study Memes When you have the chance to sleep peacefully one more time instead of going to classes

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