In the first part of this blog series, we covered the essential foundation: knowing yourself, setting clear academic goals, and listing/ranking your subjects based on importance, difficulty, and exam relevance.

 

Now that we’ve laid the groundwork, let’s dive in deeper!

 

4. Choose Your Study Blocks Wisely

 

Avoid studying for 4 straight hours with no break if you’re just starting. 

Instead, try reading in blocks.

Pick what works for you. 

The goal is consistency, not punishment.

 

Read about breaking your study into bits here!

 

 

 

5. Decide Your Study Days and Time Slots

 

Use a weekly planner and choose how many days you want to study (be honest!).

 

Then assign time slots per day:

• Block out fixed, non-negotiable activities, such as school hours, classes, meals, rest, and any regular commitments. In doing this, you’ll see where your free time lies.
• Fill available slots with study periods. 
• Don’t cram all your reading into one day; spread it out.
• Aim for 2-3 study sessions per day, i.e, morning and evening, or morning, afternoon, and evening. 
• Assign tough subjects to times when you’re most alert(e.g., mornings) and lighter subjects or revision during your low-energy hours.
• Be consistent with those reading times. It helps your brain get used to focusing at those times.
• Don’t forget to add short breaks.
• Leave one or two flexible slots in your week to catch up on missed study or rest if needed.

 

6. Mix Difficult and Easy Subjects

 

Don’t study two hard subjects back-to-back. You’ll burn out.

 

Instead, pair hard subjects with light ones.

 

This balances your mental energy and keeps your brain from overheating.

 

Of course, reading alone doesn’t guarantee retention; practice is the game changer, so add practicing past questions to the studying.

 

7. Make It Visible and Flexible

 

Post your timetable somewhere visible.

 

Have hard copies as well as soft copies.

Relying only on soft copies can be dangerous when they are inaccessible due to either a low battery for your device, the software crashes, or you’ve been using so much screen time, and for eye care purposes, you need to avoid the screen for some time, but you still have to read.

 

For hard copies, post the timetable on your room wall, and also have a printed A4 version on your reading table.

 

For soft copies, you can save the timetable as your phone wallpaper.

 

This is a good reminder that you have to read, and you get used to seeing the timetable that you become used to it and have it live rent-free in your head. 

 

I know the story of a crazily smart university student (this isn’t fabricated) who swore that he never read, but nobody believed him because he had excellent results. Until people decided to closely observe him because they were just curious to know his study tactics and noticed that he was fond of looking at a book concerning a subject he was learning, probably a topic just taught by his teacher, in intervals. Revisiting just to have a glimpse for few minutes, let’s say 30 minutes in every 3-4 hours. 

 

If it were a diagram (let’s say, the diagram of the heart showing how blood travels), he’d draw and paste it on his wall in an area where his gaze always falls on it. He does this until he is sufficiently convinced that he has mastered the topic, or section, or whatever it is that is his target.

 

That is to say, this activity requires patience and consistency.

It isn’t necessarily the conventional READING, but it is reading in a sense, and it sticks too because it is not cramming.

 

You can try practicing this reading method and let us know how well it works for you in the comment section…

 

But also make your timetable editable. 

Life happens. 

If you miss a day, reschedule. Don’t quit.

 

Here are some digital tools to help:

 

• Google Calendar to schedule reminders
• MyStudyLife, a student planner app
• Trello or Notion to track subjects and tasks

 

 

Whatever tool you use, make sure it works for YOU.

 

 

Click here to see how to prepare your personal study timetable part 1…

 

8. Weekly Reviews and Adjustments

 

Set one day a week (like Sunday evening) to:

 

• Review how your week went
• Adjust time slots if something didn’t work

 

 

Common Mistakes to Avoid

 

• Overloading your timetable with 5 subjects a day: It is unrealistic

 

• Not scheduling breaks or sleep: It beckons exhaustion and loss of interest. 

 

• Copying someone else's schedule: It looks like wearing a shoe that isn’t your size. You are unique, no matter how similar the properties.

 

• Ignoring your low-energy days: Low-energy days are not foreseen, but when they come, take a break, speak to a friend, outsource advice, and help. Doesn’t mean you should quit reading whenever you feel low. It may turn into a habit. Click here to build your grit

 

• Studying only your favourite subjects: it seeks outright failure for other subjects.

 

Discipline > Motivation

 

Angela Duckworth, author of Grit, once said, “Discipline will carry you when motivation fails.”

You won’t always feel like studying. But when you’ve created a smart, realistic timetable, you don’t need to “feel like it.”

 

You just follow the plan, step by step, day by day, until your results speak.

 

Creating and following a timetable isn’t easy. But the results? Worth it.

 

APPLY THESE STEPS AND SEE MAXIMUM RESULTS!

 

 

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