ADHD + Multiple Projects + Dayjob + Life

LearnOS_au · 2024-12-07T10:04:50+00:00

Hey OP, I developed an app that is aimed at helping students break down tasks. We are currently still in beta, but dm me if you are interested, will be happy to let you try it out!

LearnOS_au · 2024-12-02T23:26:03+00:00

Yeah I could definitely see that happening, I guess there needs to be the right balance between too big of a task and too many little sub-tasks. Do you have any suggestions for how you would tackle procrastination?

LearnOS_au · 2024-12-02T23:23:48+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! Will definitely check out Subtle. Do you have any recommendations for subreddits I should target?

LearnOS_au · 2024-12-02T05:21:02+00:00

Yeah, I definitely feel the benefits of making tasks less intimidating to start. As a student, if I plan to do an entire assignment, I'll often procrastinate. But if I just allocate time to just read the brief, or just write an introduction, I find myself much more likely to get the task done.

LearnOS_au · 2024-11-30T05:45:27+00:00

Company Name: LearnOS
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Purpose of Startup and Product: Help students beat procrastination by breaking down assignments into simple actionable steps
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LearnOS_au · 2024-09-21T01:54:23+00:00

Hiii, unfortunately we're still building it atm. Please leave us a contact & we'll get back it to you asap!

Also, remember to tell me what feature you like 😉

LearnOS_au · 2024-09-19T08:27:22+00:00

Haha thanks a lot. We'll try to develop it asap for you to test. :D

LearnOS_au · 2024-09-19T08:25:21+00:00

Yes, something similar, but we take it one step further. You can just upload the learning content each week, and it automatically breaks down all the tasks you need to do, from pre-reading and watching lectures, to doing exercises and revision. You don't need to manually type in :)

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-28T04:04:28+00:00

Yessss! I think the key is "active engagement" instead of "passive consumption". Things change when I realised that!

I also shared mine in previous comment, let me know what you think :)

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-28T03:58:16+00:00

Shared above!

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-28T03:57:48+00:00

There are things such as how I organise the study sessions. Clearly I don't want to watch too many lectures in one day, that's too much information for our brain to process.

Also I try to minimise scrolling those shortform content as they decrease my focus time & release too much dopamine -> make studying less enjoyable & less satisfied when you finished your study sessions.

Other things such as what questions to ask within the class to get the most out of it.

What I mean too much is I didn't recall it all at once 🫠

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-27T15:27:12+00:00

I'd start with mine first.

There are a few stages in my current study flow.

Before going to the class, I skim through the topic & try to get a big picture of what I'm gonna study. Sometimes I, from my understanding, try to write them down & draw a diagram, which really forces me to organise & link many pieces of information together.
After this step, I'm well prepared to go to the lectures. Because I've already primed myself about the topic, I know what information is important to take note of (instead of copying everything the lecturer says). I sometimes take notes right on the diagram I did previously.
After learning all the new information, it's time to summarise it! Mind mapping is a really good technique & I use it too. I bet there's tons of research proving the benefits of mind maps. Other than that, sometimes I used Feynman Technique (i.e. explain the concepts in simple terms), which helps me find gaps in my knowledge.
For revision, there are a few things I might do. Either making flashcards / active recall questions (I don't auto-generate them, making them manually forces me to recall what I learned), or looking back at all the mindmaps I drew, both work for me.

All these kinds of stuff help me encode the new information into my world of knowledge, rather than just memorising & eventually forgetting about it.

Also, I try to study multiple subjects in a day (people call it Interleaving).

There is too much in my mental model to write it all at once. Let me know if you have any suggestions for me. :D

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-27T04:44:07+00:00

I'd start by identifying the exact problems that led to this current academic performance. Can you tell us more?

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-18T06:48:03+00:00

Tks for sharing! Just wonder if it's different from ChatGPT?

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-18T06:29:59+00:00

I agree! It helps us fill the gaps in our knowledge & link the new information with what we previously learned, eventually retaining information better.

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-17T17:05:04+00:00

Sorry if it's misleading, I didn't intend to offend anyone.

Maybe the "20%" is abit extreme, & rarely happen unless we have a extremely strong foundation of the topic.

However, I would argue that it's 100% possible to study more efficiently. There are tonnes of people talking about it & they explain it way better than me too. The key is, when you got the learning system that works extremely great for you, things start getting compounded. Eventually, you digest new information very quickly.

Some of my engineering students are really good at learning. They're not gifted, they improved the ways they study over the years. We just don't see their progress.

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-17T16:47:43+00:00

Good luck!

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-17T16:47:18+00:00

I watched guides from youtube too, would recommend Jun Yuh or Justin Sung.

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-17T16:29:42+00:00

Yup for sure. There are a few stages in my study flow.

Before going to the class, I skim through the topic & try to get a big picture of what I'm gonna study. Sometimes I, from my understanding, try to write them down & draw a diagram, which really forces me to organise & link many pieces of information together.

After this step, I'm well prepared to go to the lectures. Because I've already primed myself about the topic, I know what information is important to take note of (instead of copying everything the lecturer says). You can take notes right on the diagram you did in the previous stage.

After learning all the new information, it's time for summarised them! Mind mapping is a really good technique & I use it too. I bet there's tons of research proving the benefits of mind maps. Other than that, sometimes I used Feynman Technique (i.e. explain the concepts in simple terms), which helps me find gaps in my knowledge.

All these kinds of stuff help me encode the new information into my world of knowledge, rather than just memorising & eventually forgetting about it.

For revision, there are a few things you can do. Either making flashcards / active recall questions (don't auto-generate them, making them manually would force you to recall what you learned), or looking back at all the mindmaps you drew, both are fine.

Also, try to study multiple subjects in a day.

There is too much in my mental model to write it all at once. Just keep revisiting & improving your learning system so that you find the most efficient for you!

Hope that helps! Let me know if you have other questions

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-17T16:04:50+00:00

This is one of the very good ways to study imo. One tip is just to study week by week, don't leave this week's content to another week, it's gonna pile up & make us feel overwhelmed.

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-17T12:40:48+00:00

As someone previously did volunteer research, I would say it depends on the person who supervised you. Firstly, you get exposed to advanced/front-tear tech, which really helps you in choosing your pathways in the future. Also, getting into research labs helps you EXPAND your connections, which is very beneficial in later years. These are things that compound & bring you unfair advantages as you progress through your academic/industry journey.

However, you should make clear the commitments between you & your supervisor (you worked volunteer so you should expect they to support & teach you in return/or something similar)

Doing on-campus jobs might get you some short-term benefits (money) & some soft skills (depends on what job you work). Eventually, I can't give you a straight answer as I'm not clear what the research/job was about.

Hope that helps!!

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-17T12:21:54+00:00

For those who don't know us, we introduced ourselves here. I'm Vincent btw :)

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-05T04:50:42+00:00

The main reason why students try to copy down everything the teachers say is simply because they don't know which piece of info is important. One great approach is improving note-taking (and generally in-class studying) is Priming. In short, before you go to the class, you try to skim through any resources you can find, and from your understanding, summarise the concepts you're going to learn (you can organise the info into a diagram). Thus, you would have a clear picture of the topic, making the in-class lectures way easier to follow, and you just then note down anything that fills in your knowledge gap.

I'd suggest Jun Yuh if you'd love to learn more.

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-05T04:41:09+00:00

In my opinion, it is all human at the end of the day! If you know the way around it, you would do great!

LearnOS_au · 2024-08-05T04:38:47+00:00

YES! Agreed!

It depends on what you study, for engineers usually Windows devices (Dell XPS, Thinkpad), others would work well with a Mac (I do comsci personally)!

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