The Perfect Studying Routine
Previously, I explained the difference between learning bounded and unbounded subjects. School is bounded. Life is unbounded. The difference is critical.
In today’s lesson, I’d like to shift from search strategies to routines. What’s the best routine for studying?
The correct answer is that the perfect routine is one you can stick to and will let you reach your goals. Everyone has different personalities, constraints and preferences — so the perfect routine will be different.
That’s true, but it’s also unhelpful. Obviously some routines are better than others, even if we’re all unique.
Instead of specifying an exact routine — let’s look at the ingredients any such routine would have. Get the essential recipe right and the spices are up to you.
Recipe for the Perfect Routine
There are five main ingredients to include in any studying schedule you could dream up:
- Instruction
- Retrieval
- Spacing
- Understanding
- Feedback
There are few subjects where omitting one of these is safe. Conversely, get all five, and the rest is mostly fine-tuning. Let’s look at each:
