How I Consistently Study with a Full Time Job: My Scheduling Formula

[2:29] So, the first part of every single day is reserved for activities that are high energy and high temptation. These are the tasks that require a lot of brain power or physical power and also that I can be very easily be tempted to do something else. (High Energy + High Temptation)

[10:49] I've made it a rule to force myself to do activities that are fun, either by myself or with other people, every single week.

[6:10] In a study doe by Fishbach, it found that if you are continuously doing things that you don't enjoy, or forcing yourself to do work when you're finding it unenjoyable, it can lead in the long term to procrastination or failure on these tasks.

[5:45] Getting comfortable with not accomplishing tasks and using a calendar more as an inspiration and a guide as to what I want to spend my life with tends to be really, really helpful, and I found that going from not putting things in my calendar if I'm afraid I won't complete them because it will really bother me, to actually putting them in my... See more

[3:04] The second part of the day is reserved for activities which are high energy because I'm still buzzing at this point, and also activities that require a little less resistance to do. (High Energy + Low Temptation)

[6:22] Once something is too painful or not fun or not enjoyable I just stop... we're done, we're taking a break, we're moving on.

[6:50] The PR Rule

[1:18] The 3 Part Split

[2:11] I keep in mind that I'm going to have less energy throughout the day and things are going to get more and more tempting throughout the day, so it's going to be much harder for me to resist things as the day progresses. Keeping these two things in mind, every single day of my week from a macro standpoint gets divided into three main parts.