How to STUDY When You DON'T FEEL LIKE IT!

Here are some ways to implement it:

• When you tell yourself “I don’t feel like studying” say out loud “so what?" which will snap you out of this limiting mindset.
• Use the word “and” instead of “but” when facing your problems.

When you say “I have to study for my midterm, BUT I’m tired and I don’t feel like studying”, you’re limiting your potential options of action.

However, when you say “I have to study for my midterm AND I don’t feel like studying”, you have two separate phrases and the second one doesn’t negate the first.

1. Create Small Sub-tasks: Once you think you’ve made it small, make it even smaller than that.
2. Decrease the Time Commitment: Use the Pomodoro Technique.
3. Choose Easy Tasks to Build Momentum
4. Lower your Expectations: This one applies to creative works, such as writing an essay. Tell yourself you’re not writing an essay, just one sentence. And you’re not writing for 1 hour, just for 3 minutes. Intentionally tell yourself that you’re going to write something bad.

1. Vary the type of studying or Subject.
2. Incentivize Yourself with Rewards: Find something you’re looking forward to, and tell yourself you’ll be able to do it immediately after you finish your task.
3. Move: It has two benefits. First, physically moving your body around with walking or some light exercise is a highly effective way to reset and get into a better mindset, ready for work. Second, moving to a new location can provide enough of a novel stimulus to get you out of the rut & build momentum.