Whole brain super learning ability

Chapter 11 Efficient Time Management (2)
3. Fill in your daily work and rest time

Before you start filling your calendar with time for writing reports, making plans, doing homework, reading, etc., fill in the "best available" time - the time you need to sleep, eat, work, go to class.Even if you don't have consistent times for eating and sleeping in your daily life, you still assume that you will sleep eight hours a day, eat three normal meals, and build the time into your schedule.You may have surprised yourself with how much time you have left to get everything done. (Although we know people who sleep only three hours a night and eat a simple and unnutritious diet and still get a whole row of A, most experts still advocate that regular life, healthy diet, adequate nutrition Sleep is the key to the success of any method of reading.)
Now transfer the items on your work priority list to your daily schedule table, first list the items marked with "H", then list the items with "M", and then fill the remaining blanks with "L" project.

According to this procedure, you can ensure that the highest priority work will be completed in the required time, and you can also give the most efficient time to the most important work, and then use the gap to intersperse low priority work.In addition to the importance of the work and the time it takes to complete it, there are other factors that affect your daily schedule, some of which are beyond your control: working hours, appointments with professors, tutors, doctors, etc. Wait.However, most of the factors are predictable and must be taken into account when you organize your daily schedule into a weekly schedule; You're exhausted to the point of "burning out," especially when making long-term plans.Everyone's habits are not the same, but for most students, the best reading time is 1 hours to 3 hours each time, depending on the subject.You may find history quite interesting, and you can read continuously for hours; conversely, you may not be able to do calculus, and you must read it in 2 half-hour to 1-hour segments.

Don't overwork yourself, break up your reading time into chunks, space work out with short bouts of recreational activity, and formalize these activities into your timetable, you'll find these short breaks go a long way , they will allow you to come back to work clearer and more creative.

Even if you prefer longer reading sessions, plan your reading "marathons" carefully -- six or eight hours in a row.The longer the intervals you schedule, the more you have to fight sloppiness.Because when you think that you are really studying hard, it is easy to regard time-wasting chores as normal, and you will arrange a longer rest time for yourself, and you may give up before the time is up.

Every night (or before you start your day early in the morning), look at your schedule for the day ahead.How much free time do you have?Is there any "emergency" event that may not be on the list but must be done?Are there any "inconsistencies" that were not discovered at the beginning of the week?Check your schedule every day so you can cope with these changes.

Strategic Point: Make it a habit every night before you go to bed to get ready for the next day.Believe me, starting each day with a plan for the day in mind is a wonderfully grounded feeling—especially important if you’re oversleeping.

Some people are thinkers, some people are doers.There are also people who think a lot in order to implement it.

Getting organized in your life involves actually utilizing your planning board, term planning day calendar, work priority list, and daily schedule.Once you find the reading habit and method that suits you, don't stop, continue to use it and hone it.Be flexible enough to learn new skills at any time, and change schedules that don't work as circumstances change.

Daily Schedule/Date
hand in homework
Biological experiments
FrenchChapter 4

work to be done

Call Mary back: 9876123
library book return

go to bank

Go to the mall

homework
1) Chapter 3, Sections 1-4 of Physics

2) Draft History Report

scheduled plan
9 history
10 Anthropology

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12 lunch
1 Read Math Chapter 5
3French classroom
4 commuting
6 chemistry homework
7 Basketball
make good use of time
The level of learning efficiency does not lie in the length of time, but in whether it can be fully and effectively used.Numerous experiences have proved that only by knowing and being good at using time can we get twice the result with half the effort.Good use of time is mainly reflected in three aspects.

First, make good use of the whole time.

In terms of planning time, one must be good at concentrating a whole period of time on the main and urgent matters, and avoid artificially cutting the whole period of time into fragmented pieces.As soon as you take over an important thing, you just leave it to do other unimportant and unurgent things.For example: doing homework at home in the evening, tidying up the drawers, drinking water and eating fruit, going to the toilet, and watching TV again. If this goes on, the time will pass by every minute and every second, and the task will not be completed until I go to bed; morning reading time reading [-]. The effect of reciting is better. It is possible that students will sell pencils to find erasers for a while, look for reference books for a while, and organize notebooks for a while, wasting golden time in vain.

There is a lot of trivial time in life, such as pinning pencils, tidying utensils, organizing desks and bookshelves, etc., which are tiresome. If they are all crowded together, it will definitely take up the whole time.A better way is to use sporadic time to do trivial things, that is, to use the gaps in learning to complete them in batches, which not only saves time, but also is a kind of recreation and rest, killing two birds with one stone, why not do it?

Second, make good use of sporadic time.

Many accomplished experts, scholars, and professors in the world are very good at using their spare time.The famous mathematician Su Buqing said: "I call the whole period of time the whole piece of cloth, and the bits of time as the fragments of cloth. It is good to have whole materials for making clothes. If there is no whole period of time, try to use the sporadic parts as much as possible. Two, three, and 10 minutes a day add up to a considerable amount.” Einstein’s special theory of relativity was calculated, drawn, and deduced with small pieces of paper during his short time in the office when he was a clerk in the Berne Patent Office. .The world-renowned mathematician Cole demonstrated a mathematical problem that no one has overcome in 200 years. People asked Cole in amazement: "How long did it take you to solve this problem?" Cole replied: "It took me nearly All Sundays for 3 years."

Tips for making the most of your spare time include:
1. Enrichment method
For example, Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Song Dynasty, used the "three times" of "immediately, on the pillow, and on the toilet" to write "abdominal drafts" and recite poems and make articles. ]
2. Splicing method
That is to connect the sporadic time to the whole time.For example, instead of going directly to the cafeteria after school, read a book for a while, and then buy food when there is no need to queue.

3. Parallel method
For example, read the content to be memorized and record it by yourself, and play the recording while eating and washing your feet; do exercise, clean up, brush your teeth and wash your face while listening to news broadcasts; look at the scenery on the roadside and speak English on the way after school; go out to play When you go to school, take the task of observation and describe it to the parents when you come back.

There are many things to do in life, such as shining shoes, sharpening pencils, repairing door locks, writing letters from home...the list goes on and on. Although these trivial tasks do not take up much time, they add up to considerable amounts of time and are tiresome.If they are all crowded together, it will definitely take up a lot of time and affect study and work.The only way is to use trivial time to complete it in batches.For example, using the study gap to sharpen pencils and polish shoes will not only not take up normal study time, but also make people relax.Because doing these things diverts attention, emotions are adjusted, and the effect will be better if you continue to learn.

In short, there are sporadic time available when queuing for meals, when the report is not on time, when the phone is busy, when the power is out for self-study, on the way to school, waiting for the bus, before and after meals, etc.

Third, master efficient time.

Good use of time must pay attention to the quality of time.The "quantity" mentioned here refers to the amount of time, and the "quality" refers to the degree of effective use of time.

The exam is about to come. Many students stay up all night and read at night with the lights on.There are also some students who eat when they eat, sleep when they sleep, and work and rest as usual. When they enter the examination room the next day, they are full of energy.

Why do the latter kind of people spend less time but do better than the former kind?The reason is that they know how to make full and effective use of time, learn when they study, and rest when they rest.If you force yourself to study hard when you really want to sleep, it looks like you are using the time, but in fact it is a waste of time, because the time is spent but the effect is not.Instead of reading drowsily, it is better to simply take a nap.Sufficient rest can make full preparations for study, and only when you work hard in the examination room can you be full of energy.

The same goes for recess.Some students would rather "waste" these ten minutes and go to outdoor activities, while others continue to immerse themselves in their studies until the next class.However, those who have a clear mind and good effect in listening to lectures are often those who often carry out outdoor activities between classes.

To master efficient time is to find out the best time pattern for your own learning, and do the right thing at the right time to maximize the efficiency.

There is a "biological clock" in the human brain, which controls the time of various activities of the human body, and makes people's mental, physical and learning efficiency present a certain rhythm.Generally speaking, in a week, Monday is not the highest efficiency, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday maintain the highest level, and Friday and Saturday gradually decrease; in January, the intellectual cycle is 23 days, the emotional cycle is 28 days, and the physical cycle is 23 days As far as the four seasons are concerned, spring is the most efficient, followed by autumn, winter again, and summer is the lowest tide.

Biological rhythms are not the same for everyone.If some people are full of energy in the morning, their energy starts to decline in the afternoon, and they are the worst in the evening, which belongs to the "lark" type; some people are just the opposite, they are full of energy at night, and they can study and work late without feeling sleepy, so they go to bed late If you get up late, if you get up early and go to bed early, you will have poor energy, which belongs to the "owl" type.You can use the method of recall, recall, what time of the day in the past was the best time to use the brain and the highest efficiency.You can also choose a study or work task that takes a little longer to complete, and deliberately compare when you are most concentrated, clearest, most efficient, and least fatigued at different times.After several experiments, you can roughly figure out your best brain time.

According to the research of physiologists, the morning is often the prime time for memory, and using this time period to memorize English words and recite texts will have a better effect.Around 10 am to 11 am (3 to 4 hours after waking up) is the time when the mind is clearest and the best time to study in a day; 2 to 3 pm is another peak. The effect is very good.These two periods are exactly the school hours.Therefore, it can also be said that school class time is the best learning time.For primary and middle school students, 8 to 9 pm is another golden time for learning. At this time, the human brain is very clear, and it is the best time to review what they have learned in the day and preview new lessons.

Primary and middle school students should pay attention to abide by school rules and regulations while knowing their own golden time slots. The time arrangement does not conflict with the school timetable, and strive to adjust their "biological clock" to the best position.

Grasp the rhythm of time
Divide the subjects to be studied or the books to be read into several grades according to the priority, and arrange a detailed timetable according to the principle of taking care of the key points while taking into account others. This is the basic element of making a study plan.

Formulate study plans according to the "level distribution" method, which can enable you to grasp the key points and obtain the effect of drawing inferences about other cases from one instance.

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