Originally Posted by
housez
Tons of experience with this. I did a post bacc for about 3 yrs and then my masters all while working full and part time respectively. You need to find what works best with you so take my advice with a grain of salt because the only person who knows you best is you. I cant focus for shit during long periods of time so I learned to do everything in chunks. Read a page or 2, take a 5 min break, read another 2 pages, take a break and so on. I used to be that person that waited last minute to do everything but that was not gonna fly with my work schedule and i could not afford to fail any of my classes. I took 5 courses and worked full time and volunteered every saturday morning as a teacher and managed to pull off a 4.0 for 4 quarters straight. I dont know what subject you are learning, but if the material overlaps great, use it as a 1 up to get ahead on other classes. most importantly, take time to create non negotiables for yourself, things you NEED to do maintain a healthy mental state, physical state, relax, whatever it is, if its running, playing neo for 30-1hr or whatever. mine was dodgeball (healthy projection of frustration and anger haha but in good fun haha) but you know try to Keep yourself accountable,its ok to lose track here and then but make dont over do it and punish yourself for it. Its highly stressful yes, but be good to yourself in the end.
my schedule ran 9-5 and right after id go to a local starbucks/coffeeshop for a few hours because I wasnt a person who studied at home. I would I try my best to separate my work and leave my apartment to be only for rest and food. Thats amazing you are being proactive to put things in your calendar so thats awesome!
some others thing to think about is, i worked best in groups so if you are like me, reach out to your classmates via zoom/canvas/discord or whatever portal you have for your classes to create study groups. They can also help in keeping each other accountable too and even share quiz answers or what not. feel free to contact me if you are on a pre-med track or just for any advice i have a ton of resources and stuff to help out.