[Link] Enhanced Autodidacticism for the Chronically Lazy and Hyperactive
Takeaway seems to be: stay light on your feet; keep everything in the short term, but build habits that will serve you in the long term; make sure you’re always doing something that holds your interest.
Haha, as a student with ADD, this completely describes who I am. I actually have lots of other tips I’ve gathered over the years—maybe I’ll finally compile them somewhere.
http://matt.might.net/articles/productivity-tips-hints-hacks-tricks-for-grad-students-academics/ is also a really good resource
Yup, that’s how reality does it as well with the principle of least action.
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Yes, make the hour count, but speaking as someone with a ton of experience with juggling I beg to disagree with your example. It is best to learn things in the right order. And yes, sometimes this does include making things more difficult intentionally. (I realize this was probably just a metaphor, but I think the point still stands.)
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This is true, and a good point. Upvoted.
I suppose I should be clearer with my quibbles. My reservations were for the novice learning a complex skill.
Chronically lazy and (mentally) hyperactive autodidact? Hey, that’s me!
A good post. Most of it I found fairly obvious (well, obvious now that I’ve looked back at what has always worked for me and what has always not worked), but it’s useful to have all of these points explicitly stated.