Since sleep is important to learn, I will take that as my first step. Goodnight y'all

I left this video on "watch later" for several days untill now. How ironic

My procrastination is so bad, I can't even finish this video even though this is absolutely something I needed. I really appreciate motivational posts like this.

I’ve always wanted to learn a second language. I finally dived head long into learning French at the age of 31. Happy to say after five months I’m hitting an intermediate level and still learning new words and phrases everyday.

Are you telling me this video *isn't sponsored by skillshare* ?

I put "procastinate" down on my to-do list, so when I try to procastinate, I procastinate by not procastinating and do my work instead.

I’ m a teacher and ı think people tend to procrastinate the things they wanna make or learn because of they think if they dont spend their max effort and time there will be nothing meaningful. For exp if a student wanna learn a lesson thinks like I need to study this subject/lesson for hours, but studying for hours is boring or I dont need enough time for it today, lets try it the other day. And the other day will be just the same. U need to understand that if u dont do anything about something u ll get nothing. If u do whatever u wanna do for maybe a minute, maybe 10, maybe 1 hour doesnt matter it will progress. So u wanna learn chem u can start with 10 min. study every day or every weekend as u wish, finally after a few months u definitely have knowledge about chem. We always think like if i make many hours effort suddenly we will be perfect on it. But reality is if u spent efforts, even tiny efforts like baby steps u will learn how to walk

One of my weaknesses that I want to overcome is sharing my thoughts out like this one. This video just helped me take initiative and engage in the comments section! I get very anxious and I fear how people would reply to me and this video just inspired me to make this year of mine to be full of knowledge and new learnings. Thank you so much!

"The key to learning is sleep" Me: ah yes "Staying inside all day can lead to severe depression" Me: ah yes

"Staying shut in all day is a great way to develop severe depression" *Its corona time*

the taking breaks thing is VERY important. When learning anything, even a sport or something mostly physical, the thing that gets worked up the most is your brain. Oh, you wanna learn bass? Well guess what, your fingers are not going to be your main problem, your brain is. Take breaks, sleep, and when you feel like you can't play right or learn anything for the day, leave it at that. You've reached your limit, and you literally can NOT go over it

Man I love this video because I relate with so many things I’ve overcome on my own which I’m so proud of myself for but I also acknowledge that there are still much more to be learned and to get through which fortunately for me am excited for

Learning things activates the pain center? Cool, I didn't know th- *OW MY PAIN CENTER*

"Just study"

Watching videos about something you'd like to learn (tutorials, informational stuff, literally anything at all related to that topic) is something that always motivated me to start learning that thing! I always get impressed when i see people making videos about it and how casually they approach that thing that seems far away from me as "proffesionals"

This man just read my thoughts and put them into words and explained every single one of them in chapters, thank you, this motivated me to start programming again

"Sleep is extremely important" School: I'm about to end this whole man's career

Video: "Dont Procrastinate." me: *presses watch later*

this is the first video that I've seen on this topic that actually explained to me why I was so anxious about learning as well as the entire process of learning. thank you so much I will make sure to use this advice for learning new things!!

Damn man you're honest about it. It honestly helps a lot and gives a lot of insight

“Oh wait I have 0.1 GB left on my brain” killed me

*oh I have 0.1 gigabytes left in my brain*

This is an incredibly insightful and overall well researched and presented. I want to thank you for putting in as much effort as you have to provide a great understanding of the learning process as well as inspire others

This has been in my watch later for 6 months. Finally got around to watching it, actually very helpful. Thank you

“Sleeping is very important” **Me watching this at 4 am**

*"I'm going to study at 6."* *"I'm going to study at 7."* *"I'm going to study at 8."* *"I'm going to study at 9."* Me talking to myself: why are you like this

This video seems to have the ability to really make me wanna go study, even if I've been dreading it. Sorry for not finishing it but I gotta go and make use of this sudden surge of motivation. Bless you!

Man, this was a well written video, helps a lot how I can get my head together. Thank you for your wisdom.

A trick I use to stop procrastinating is to tell myself that I would do that thing for as little time possible, like studying or exercising for 30 seconds. As soon as I started I would realize that it wasn't so painful and keep doing it

"staying shut is a great way to develop severe depression" sounds great

Lately I have been thinking of actually taking initiative, as mentioned here, but also being motivated by the fact that I feel great after accomplishing something as simple as schoolwork or even making a phone call. This is a great video and I feel like it will help me out a lot. It is a solid reminder to take initiative hahah

I suppose it is the most helpful video i have ever seen about this topic (learning and process of memorised stuff). I've been looking for something like this with the description about brain-work a very long time. And i've finally found it. Thank you a lot!

"Your brain remembers things by importance-" I guess that's why I remember things like what some stranger's hat looked like at Disney World 15 years ago but I don't remember where I put my car keys.. wait a min

“Sleep is extremely important” Me at 4 am having to wake up in 2 hours: *sweating*

Thank you for the content, I appreciate your work because it helps me focus and understand why studying sucks, but has positive repercussions.

Wow. I really needed to hear this, thank you! I've been procrastinating from artwork and college because both have been causing me a lot of stress combined (mainly math is causing it.) I'll keep this amazing video on hand to refresh my memory of these topics when I need it, because I definitely needed it. Sleep is one of the biggest issues for me but honestly all of my issues come down to how much initiative I have to re-balance how I do things and what things I do. 10/10 video.

I swear I’m procrastinating on watching this damn video. It’s so well crafted yet my mind is wandering dammit.

Chapter 1 made me laugh cause of how horribly accurate the description of it is

Been drawing since 6th grade and professionally now for 2 years and I can say that this would’ve been extremely helpful during middle/high school era and one thing I would add is try to have fun or find someone with similar interests so you have someone to relate to

I think this is the best video I've came across when it comes to learning. Very helpful, thanks.

I'm so lazy that I can't even watch this whole video

"Sleep, Exercise, and Socializing are what you need" me: 😶🙁☹️

I really needed this video. It motivated me to push myself that extra step and pick up my studies again

Great video! Trying to learn something new every day as well and even though I knew already many of the stuff mentioned in the video, it is nice to recall all those things and hear it out loud from somebody else as well.

"you have to take breaks, you cant just learn everything at once." me with 17 missing assignments in biology: hm.

Am I the only person that feels motivated to do stuff when it's like 3am

I've been attempting to start drawing recently, and stumbled across this video randomly. Somehow, this video managed to cover every thing I've been worrying about! I'm going so save this, and replay it at least once every week.

The fact I can understand this video without subtitles makes me very happy ^^ Thx for your advice !

Schools should be set up so that we can explore our interests early and then begin learning them somewhere in our teens. Why devote 12 years of your life to that when you could spend 6 years being introduced to a ton of different cool stuff and then another 6 to narrowing down your options. I just hate school- it kills creativity.

Never before have i been so offended by something I 100% agree with

I have been struggling to find the initiative for quite some time now. I have found it today. Thank you for the video :)

This was a very fun and informative video. I learned so much, unironically, in the span of this 11 minute video and I appreciate you explaining it in a way that I can wrap my head around easily. Thanks! I'll definitely use this to better myself and my surroundings.

Brain: *forgets how to breathe* Me: _nOt iMPorTAnt_

2020:“Staying shut in all day is a great way to develop severe depression”

I don't think I've ever watched a video that actually helped besides this one

This channel is one of the best on UKposts and this is a great example why

When you realize your brain is creating synapses from learning about synapses

" Sleep is extremely important" *sweats profusely*

consistent effort is truly the way, and as said, all you need is initiative

The "details get easier to learn as you understand the broad idea" is SUCH a good point that I'd never thought about before. I study economics and the graphs are quite frankly a fucking nightmare to understand, but the more you understand the fundamental point behind them, the more you start to grasp the equations.

*I watched the video so you have no excuse to procrastinate* 1. Don’t wait for motivation, just do it 2. Do big tasks by small pieces 3. Sleep, socialising & exercise 4. Cut out background noise and do it yourself 5. Understand the basics before the branching into more abstract details 6. Practice independently and repeat on what you’ve forgotten. 7. Don’t just learn new information, take a time to process it

I actually procrastinated to even watch this video. I just put it in my watch later list and now months later here I am. Update: Now I’m procrastinating to do what the video is suggesting I should do, at stopping myself from procrastinating.

HOLLY SHIT BRO EACH AND EVERY SINGLE WORD YOU SAID EVEN ABOUT MAKING MUSIC ON A SOFTWARE NEAR THE END, ALL, EVERY SINGLE THING RELATED TO ME. This video is so relatable that it feels like you knew or god showed me this video to remind me to take initiative. THANK you so SO MUCH for this video! great video, cool animations.

watched this once. immediately subscribed after finished the video most helpful video ive seen abt studying something, really useful!! thank u for the video

Here I am, procrastinating with a video about self-motivation.

"being socially active helps your brain" Me to my brain right now: boy.... Do I have bad news for you

Wow this video packed a punch. With alot of insight. With someone with an Anxiety dissorder I can so relate. Thank you. Hope I can utilise these tips 🙏

True! Spent years thinking on starting UKposts, until august of this year I started and I’m motivated to keep going! Initiative, JUST DO IT

Brain: *needs sleep to help learn* School: We don’t do that here

"Wich leg did i kick? Well, that's the dominant leg" Great video man.

Thanks for my buddy for introducing me this. This was really informative :)

thank you, I appreciate that you took time to make this insightful video

1. Sleep 2. Going outside 3. Social interaction 4. Exercise Hah, my worst departments 😎

When I’m to lazy to learn something I remember all of the other people in the world doing learning the exact same thing I want to learn, then I do it because I like competition

thank you so much! i really need this.

as someone learning to draw characters after years of drawing landscape art, that idea of finding the dominate leg in your art was so helpful

"Be socially active" Me as an introvert: ah

Notes for anybody who needs to review: 1. Stop procrastinating, just start doing it. Do it now. The biggest hurdle is putting it off. When you start doing it, there'll be a point when you'll get frustrated because there's no instant reward/gratification, so you'll get distracted and put it off again. To solve this, just start doing it again. Long term satisfaction is worth more than the short term. Take initiative. 2. It takes time to remember things. You can't soak it up everything right away. Learning is about repetition. Don't try to learn everything about a subject all at once. You can focus on certain areas you're really curious about first. For example, you don't have to follow an instructional book in chronological order you can focus on the pages you need now, and then when you come back to the same pages it'll be a refresher. Additionally, sleep lots and exercise. Interact socially with other people. Give yourself a break and let your brain rest. It'll prevent yourself from burning out, improve your mood and strengthen your motivation to continue learning. 3. You have to try it out and apply what you're learning by yourself. Practice what you've learned. Your brain has 2 modes of thinking. The focused mode (logical/left-brain) and the diffused mode (creative/right-brain). You can shift between these 2 modes. When you're learning something new, eliminate all distractions so you have total concentration. This'll increase the efficiency of your memory. When you're just reviewing something, you can listen to music or videos in the background. You can let your mind wander because you're just reinforcing what you've already learned. 4. It will get more difficult as you continue learning something. But it's alright, that feeling is normal. Try to understand the main ideas and not get stuck in the details. Your brain will eventually connect with the more complicated things. 5. Study, review and test yourself on what you've learned. However, don't just study one area. Go back and forth between different things so you give yourself space to repeat and process these things you're learning. 6. It takes time. It's a process. It can be stressful. Learning something new is daunting and that's why most people don't do it and procrastinate. But understand that you don't have to know everything right away. Start off with small steps. Do it gradually and over time you'll be surprised at how much you've learned.

Thank you Mattias

I relly like this video, i feel like it put my thoughts into words but also answered a lot of questions i had on this topic, really helpful!!

“Why would you do the equivalent of hurting yourself?” I genuinely laughed, I don’t know why.

Summary (for future reference): Chapter 1: Procrastination You don’t like the idea of learning something new because it adds a small amount of stress to your life and as a result can cause anxiety. Solution is: JUST DO IT. The pain of learning will go away quickly, JUST DO IT, NOW. Remember this: Long term Satisfaction is far better than short term joy. Chapter 2: Remember what you learned Brain remembers things based on how important they are so make your brain think the things you are learning are important. Reinforce and strengthen the synapses in your brain by doing things multiple times and going over it multiple times. Don’t tackle everything at once and focus on the things you really need to improve on. Most important thing in the whole video: SLEEP, EXERCISE AND SOCIAL CONTANT IS EVERYTHING, PRIORITIZE THESE THINGS, no compromises, you hear that? NO COMPROMISES!! Chapter 3: You are on your own. 2 modes of thinking, focuses and diffused. Focused with 0 distractions is for learning new things. Diffused is for expressing. You must do things yourself, problem solving is part of the process. Chapter 4: It gets tough Get across the major idea, don’t get lost in the details. Your brain will learn easier if it has something to relate to, so try to get to that point. Chapter 5: You must study You have to test yourself to remember things, this is why it needs to be important, because you know that you are going to test yourself on it. Try to do things from memory, mistakes are fine if you correct them and learn from them, this is apart of the learning process. Don’t refuse to learn new things when you get good at remembering things you already learned. Set aside time for deliberate practice. Don’t focus for very long periods on just one thing. Change between things and don’t be scared to mix things up. Set time for dedicated learning and time for free exploration for optimal improvement. Chapter 6: Everything is about the process Procrastination is normal. Unfamiliar things will feel strange and uncomfortable. Don’t focus about everything up ahead all the time, focus on the things RIGHT NOW. It will become easier the more you do it. Initiative is everything, without this there is no learning. Put in some investment of time, you will get something done, no matter how small you did something and that is what counts.

This video is EXTREMELY helpful. Than you sooo much I appreciate you

"Just start doing it" is probably one of the best things I've learned. I always end up not doing things even though some of them are really important. Even before watching this video I just decided to *just start doing it* and It works. I am now a better person just because of a few words. Nice

I grew up as a smart kid, never really trying to do things, just learning naturally and being praised for that. Then I grew up and started noticing that I have a really hard time learning things, specially because I never learnt how to, in fact, try. Nowadays I get both angry and sad with myself for being so bad at everything, specially at learning, and I also started dropping everything midway or never starting something new. My English is my better example, I started learning when I was 8 and after a few years struggling with it I stopped learning, now I have a very bad pronounce, a really strong accent and a terrible grammar, basically, a very broken English. I'm trying to cope with my expectations and trying to lower them, I'm also trying to throw the idea that being bad at something or trying hard is the same as a failure and that this will make my parents less proud of me, what, in fact, happens.

"If you forgotten something, then it probably means that you didn't have a need for it." That explains schools a lot.

This dude really taught me that there are two modes of thinking and then made me apply that knowledge in the second half of the video

I think it's from growing up as a "gifted" kid, but no self-help (I suppose that's what this is) has ever spoken to me so personally. I'll be honest, it made me feel called out more than once, especially at the part where you talk about how some people start trusting their intuition so much that what their intuition says becomes the right thing, but the tone of this video just made me want to do better. Wonderful job!

Holy crap this might actually save my life

"just start doing it" is the hardest thing to do actually. edit: i love how all the replies is everyone sharing their own problems and solutions 😊

Wow this video is really life changing as a student who is very afraid of public speaking, I’m proud to say I’m improving a bit (step by step) thanks to ftf classes, even though people wouldn’t notice or acknowledge it I’m still happy to get out from this bubble(my comfort zone)😌

Thank so much for this information now am back to learning with passion ❤

"If you have forgotten something, it's probably because you did not have a need for it." Then how come I keep forgetting how to do simple math but remember the entire fresh prince of bel air theme

1 - Procrastination: just do it (despite how much your brain dislikes it) 2 - How to remember: SYNAPSES --> make what you learn important / sleep well / exercise / don't be a shut-in neet 3 - Outside help: 2 sides of the brain, use them appropriately. Don't let others "learn for you". 4 - Tough new things: Learn it until you make it relatable, don't get stuck with the details 5 - Practicing: balance the 2 sides of the brain (learning / creating); practice again what you got wrong the first time 6 - The process: don't expect pain of the learning, focus on what you can do with what you have right now to get better Hope this helps! Also, great video, you explain things well with a small touch of humor

Trying to make a career change and there’s a lot to learn and it’s been overwhelming. This helped change my perspective, thank you!

This is brilliant thank you!

I’ve never had to study for school, which has resulted in me not knowing how to do it... I feel like this is going to be a handicap at some point.

Science: Humans are social and physical creatures, and require it to be efficient in mental health. Me: stays inside without exercise and minimal social interaction for weeks at a time Me: Gets lazy and unhappy Me: Surprised Pikachu

A video that I would have liked to see before the beginning of my studies.

I have another one that helps me the most, getting a feeling for things, for example learning how to drive manual, or learning about any new topic tbh, it’s either always easier than it seems, or harder than it seems, so you always wanna have the idea of things being harder than it seems, so when you tackled it it becomes EASIER than it seems, it always happens, and just make mistakes the first time always, IF NEEDED only ofc, so you’ll have more confidence for the next time, yeah, always do things no matter your level of knowledge because the feel for it will fill you with confidence and confidence will fill you with motivation, and when motivation is gone, you won’t need confidence, therefore you’ll just do things on autopilot while you learn new ones