5 study habits you should start now to help Future You

hey guys! i hope this video on 5 of my favourite study habits that you should start now before it's too late in exam season will help Future You be less stressed as the academic year goes on!! whether you're studying for gcses, a levels or uni, simple habits like creating study systems and understanding the science of learning are SO helpful to make your life easier in the future 🦋

Timestamps:
00:00 Why it's important to create new habits NOW.
00:56 Create your Systems.
3:17 Find your Favourite Revision Methods now.
5:17 Create your Study Resources now.
6:15 Understand the Science of Learning.
8:26 Develop the Right Academic Mindset.
10:17 my book :)

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What are YOU grateful for today?

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How old are you? ~ 21
Where are you from? ~ The UK! Near London.
Where do you go to university? ~ Minerva Schools at KGI
One of the best decisions you ever made? ~ Taking a gap year!

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if no one has told you today, you are enough. 💛

[UnJadedJade]

Let’s fill the comments section with what motivates you to study!! 🥰🧠💐✨ you might inspire someone else <3

oh my god ALSO DID I JUST REACH 700K!?? I adore you guys, thank you for being here!!

[stephaniekorbee]

What inspires me to study today is because I want to overcome the fear of not directly understanding a topic, to step over this threshold of fear and looking my study goal directly in the face, I know I am capable of understanding.

[newdawn_draws]

I’ll be graduating this year, shortly after turning 40. I’m a mum of 5 and for so long I felt that’s all I was but that I wouldn’t accomplish anything else. My motivation is the show my family that I’m actually smart and determined and passionate about learning and also show my kids that if I can do it so can they!

[DoctorAzmain]

In my experience, med school had SO much content - doing active recall with flashcards and practice questions was MUCH more effective than re-reading notes! Trying to do some habit chaining currently like Duolingo before bed - new habits aren't easy, but starting is the hardest part! Whoever's reading this, you got this 🙌😊

[Mariacristina_Greco]

Notes

1. **Set up your systems**
Habits can give you good results without effort
“Task dump”; write down everything you need to do, either those things that you are really going to accomplish and those you are not. This sets your mind free from worries.
You can chain a new habit onto an existing one.
Combine your new habit with something already in your routine and it’s more likely to stick.
Journal, Notion, to-do lists...

2. **Practice revision methods now**
If you don’t know how to revise, this is the perfect time to learn how to do it. Try things now while the stakes are low.
- *Flashcards*
The process of creating the flashcards forces you to understand your notes first
- *Blurting*
Take out a topic that you are learning and blurt out everything you remember about it; drag out as much as you can from memory and put it on paper. After you’ve done it, check out with your notes what you remembered correctly and what you missed.
It’s a very active process.
- *Try teaching someone*
Explain it to someone who has no previous knowledge of the subject.
It forces you to break it down into bite-sized chunks.

3. **Create your study resources**
Create *now* what Future You is going to study from.
For example, make your flashcards *as you go.*

4. **Understand the basics of the science of learning**
- *The more active, the better.*
Teach yourself active revision techniques & get in the habit of using them.
- *The forgetting curve.*
You can reset your memory by going over the same information at regular intervals.
Spaced repetition.

5. **Create the right mindset**
*Write down now: What motivates you & why?*
You can create a vision board or daily affirmations.

[sushimaster]

what motivates me is myself looking at a topic and being confident about myself being able understand it despite how long I might have taken to learn it properly because it gives me that sense of achievement that the topic that I was feared so much is simply just a topic that needed me to spend a little extra time and effort to understand it better :)

[ruthagnihotri]

What motivates me to study?
1. I LOVE Statistics and I find it interesting. So I feel motivated to study statistics.
2. When I've studied something, I feel confident before my exams.
3. A good study session gives me a fine sense of satisfaction.
4. I feel happier when I've had a productive day.
5. Studying improves my general knowledge and I feel smarter and more intelligent after I've learnt something new.


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Tysm for the likes!! :')

[emryswalton]

What motivates me to study:

My whole life I have been told that I have so much potential. Then I was diagnosed with ASD and people started saying that I'll never achieve anything and that I'm limited.

I want to prove to myself that I am capable, and that if I change my approach, I can reach my potential! I just have to use different approaches than most, and be more careful about burnout.

I've also always been very scared of the idea of wasting my life and my youth, so I have motivation from that haha


Just wanted to say thank you, Jade! I've been at some terrible schools and went into my A-levels having no revision skills and having taken no tests exams since year 8. Thanks to your videos and your book, I have become quite good at revising! I think it helped to not have any revision skills, good or bad, because I didn't have to unlearn any bad habits. I was a blank slate, and now I feel like my future has opened up again!

[itada]

Fun fact: I just realized I made it a habit to watch one of Jade's videos before studying because it genuinely puts me in a study mood and motivates me.
For me, studying was always something horrible. It gave me a lot of pressure, stress, the feeling to study and do well for the appreciation of others. Now I feel like I am doing it for myself. I am learning to learn, learning how I work and I think these are the first steps in order to do well.
To be honest, Jade helps me so much in the process of loving to learn. She is showing me a new side of the learning process, the academic life, loving yourself, and learning about yourself.
I am so grateful for her content. She is such an amazing person

[jisoo]

What motivates me is how good it’s going to feel when I open that paper and know I did it all by myself. I know how hard it’s already been for me and thinking about how amazing it’ll feel when I get my results and know I pushed through all those hard times really keeps me on track.

[elisabethvonhalasz]

For me, what motivates me is just learning, talking with others about what I learn and when I understand - its AMAZING! Being able to use my learning in life, talk to people about it. Also thinking about my future. I just want to say thank you SO much Jade, you have honestly been such an AMAZING help these past few months, you always give off such positive energy and make me feel so much more confident in myself and you are really an inspiration in how you go about life. so thank you.

[YumnuP]

As cheesy as it sounds, what motivates me is to see the look of joy on my parents' face when i finally achieve the unachievable.

Thank you jade for this video! I am once again motivated to get back to studying :D

[lane.a.p.]

I was accepted into my dream law school today, and I am overwhelmed with joy; however, I haven't been a student in 6 years... Jade, you make me so ecstatic about returning to academia! Thank you!

[randomchild]

opening that piece of paper on results day and seeing the smile and joy in my friends and family (and myself) is what motivates me!

[chiemerieorizu]

What motivates me to study is just basically the fear of failure, not being able to live the life I want or having bad grades, disappointing my parents, or even disappointing myself.
Thanks, jade for this amazing video, you have no idea how helpful this is ❤

[arumostafiz]

I've been detached from the process of learning all my life, mostly because I've had teachers that only spoon fed us bulks of information to spit out in exam halls. It was suffocating. And watching videos like this years later got me to realize that I actually love learning, building my systems and being productive.
Honestly, everything motivates me to study, the fact that i love doing it, that it makes me feel super productive, takes me a little closer to my dream university and career. The learning I've found for myself is just soo peaceful, its like therapy. I only wish they actually taught us how to learn in school.

[Jk-pcyj]

It motivates me to think about how many people fought for my right to go to school as a girl and how it is a privilege that no one should take for granted :) Loved the video by the way you helped my out a lot!

[nazmoonnahar]

As this year started I swore to learn sooo many things but didn't know where to start! So, I started studying how to study first, that too from your book, and just ended chapter 05 before clicking on this vid. I seriously don't know how to thank you enough for this! sending tons of love to you Jade! You are inspiring!

[radhatanwar]

The school year started real strong, and now the sudden change of weather and more stressful school environment because its midterm season is making me sad and anxious. I really am questioning why i'm here. I feel lonely, homesick, and uncapable. Thank you for your video, Jade. I really want to incorporate these habits and it's super inspiring to see that you learned all of this because of your own passion for education and becoming a better you and student. What is currently motivating me to study is the fact that it will pay off in the future and equip me with the knowledge of the world so that I can do what I want to do. It's really hard in times like this, but trying is what matters. I just need to show up to a study location and not let the anxiety of work get the best of me. What is really preventing me right now is the overwhelming amount of work i need to catch up on. But it gets better by doing, so that's what i'm gonna do. <333

[zofyv]

I took a gap year and I want to improve my learning system so when I start university I can enjoy learning without associating it only with anxiety and negative emotions.
Plus I love the sensation of having your mind full of knowledge and stuff you like to talk about so you can have deep conversations with people and your own opinion about things. Learning makes me feel so independent and powerful :)