Greetings strange people of internet,
I come from distant lands and I seek help. When something is fun and/or interesting to learn I have no problem to study it. But if the subject isnt of interest to me, I can learn it only for limited times and then my attention wanders far away. Anyone has any good method how to learn anything? And please dont say "Just push yourself into it", I am trying that but I am seeking some advice from you, wise people of internet.

Also best tip gets one of following games : Fortix 2, Critical Mass, Bunch of heroes.

The only way I've found to work is coffee and pain.. so much coffee and pain...

Unfortunately all learning theories says that when you are not interested in a subject it is difficult to learn it. It is just how we are hard-wired. You can surface learn subjects of no interest, i.e. memorise facts and data with work (coffee) and mnemonic techniques, but without interest it is almost impossible to internalise them and transform the data into 'knowledge networks', which is usually considered learning as opposed to memorising.

In this case there is a difference between motivation (I like this, I want to learn it) and motivation (I will fail if I don't learn this). The first comes naturally. If you really want to learn the subject, you must find some aspect of the subject which is interesting to you, makes you want to know more, and then try to expend from there.

As long as this holds true, there are two ways out:
1* DO NOT learn things you aren't interested in. Seriously - what's the point ? If you DO see a point...
2* BECOME interested in what you're learning. There has to be something enticing about it. Picture it, drift away for a moment to envision it and study away afterwards.
Assign images, acronyms, anecdotes - be creative. By committing wacky yet unforgettable things to memory ALONGSIDE what you're trying to memorize, you can create a nice "hyperlink" - the former can become a "handle" to reach the latter.

Also - and this might not work for everyone but is really effective - make use of EVERYTHING you've learned in everyday/ordinary life (before you point out that this doesn't apply to topics - it does, trust me).
The good news is - you're unlikely to forget something you've worked into conversations and thought about during breakfast.
The bad news is - people will either conclude you are insane or avoid conversing with you at all cost. Very likely - both ;P.

So, you want to learn how to learn, without knowing how to learn.






this isnt going to end well.

By the way, there may be one way to internalise a subject. It stems from application of appropriated information. Basically, it says that that all information have to be applied in one way or another to become learned. If this is information you want to learn, you therefore must find a way to apply it, this can take many forms, but it needs to be vocalised in one form and self-critically evaluated. If you manage both of this it should be learned.

How to achieve this? You need to find a way to apply the information. If it is practical information, do whatever you need to do, but talk aloud - try to tell yourself what and why you are doing the thing you are doing before you do them. Another way is to try to explain it to somebody else, this can be done in person (a patient family member can be taken advantage of) or you can try to blog it or write a short essay on the subject. It is important that you explain what you are trying to learn in your own words, and not just parroting the text book. If it makes sense to you to read it back, then you are getting there.

Hope it makes some sense.

About learning thing I am not interested in, its for school of course. I am not interested in it, but I need good grades :(

Lmao, precisely.

But I understand where the OP is coming from.

A little tip coming from someone who left high-school early - prioritize what you want in your life and decide your education. I know all i need is a bit of money, a house to live in, food and electricity. (and the spare cash for entertainment.)

I found, by cutting gaming down in your routine you can free up a lot of your brain space. (is that even the right terminology?) \
(Some people are so lucky :P if i cut gaming out of my routine, I would go insane. People think having an IQ of 139 is a blessing. It's definitely not.)

Depends on the subject I guess, but I think what you should ask yourself is
"Why do I want to learn this new thing?"

It could be that you're really eager to nail a job at a software company, which is why you'll want to learn coding. Maybe you'll want to be able to impress and smooch ladies, and therefor want to learn French. Or if you're like me, wanted to learn music in order to recreate and remix classic NES tunes.

Set your goal, acknowledge that it will take hard work to get to your goal, and after you've taken the first steps, consider if what you're doing is fun and worth the effort, or if the payout is worth all the trouble after all. I have never regretted learning music, it's been about 8 years since and today I can re-live small parts of my childhood whenever I feel like it (and some) with nearly 200 tracks to listen to (not all of them are NES remixes mind you :D) And as a bonus, the new-found skills could gradually be used for original projects, such as home-brewed games, and even in my current day job from time to time.

Someone else (important!) needs to put you up for a regimen where you must study or loose a privilege, and vice versa if you do. Like PC time or loose money you put up for safe keeping i.e. you must pay up if you don't put in the effort. This money of course isn't lost, but will be unavailable until you make amends in extra study hours or something. After a while, you should get a hang of it, and will not need your "instructor any more (for the time being of course). The hardest part is giving someone the authority over you and sticking to the agreement.

Okay, prepare for this one because University Students have had it all.

Yes, there's always going to be a good deal that you don't care to get through, or have trouble understanding, or wish to understand. You'll get distracted, you'll want to move away from it, and you'll want to do somthing else. That's human, it's normal. There's a multitude of ways around this however that will make things much easier.

First off, it's good to have at least one distraction going on in the background, preferably one that doesn't require visual attention. That means either a radio, an MP3 player, a CD, or a youtube playlist. If you have something else that your mind can wander back to, it becomes easier to wander back and forth between study and brief relaxation. Also, there have been studies that show that you can tie what you learn to music and sound, so that you can better recall the information when you hear that stimulation again.

Also, make sure you have all possible needs covered near your desk, that way you don't have to leave it. Some dry snacks, water, tissues, book, paper, pencil sharpener, trash can. Bathroom.... well, you're not going to have much option for that one.

If you want to have hard focus on your subject, then you need to also provide yourself with a hard reprieve. Say, 30 minutes of study, and then one round of Plants vs Zombies, something that gets your attention running again and requires thought and skill to accomplish so that you're still in the mood set when you return to study. I recently got Picross for my 3DS, a puzzle game, and that does the job pretty well.

A couple more things: It's best to study roughly 24 hours from the time of your test rather than studying to excess at night, you'll be more likely to retain the information that way and recall it the next morning. Writing down something helps you remember more than just reading, because it gets you involved with what you're working on. Lastly, whatever your subject, you can always find an interesting thing to relate it to. For example, circuitry analysis: How much resistance would have to be built up within a Fallout 2 laser rifle in order to fire an appropriate amount of flesh searing heat? Physics, if body 1 is being met with body 2, and body 1 fires a bullet with mass equivilent to a car, what is the force being exerted against body 2 from a distance of 20 feet? Math, this character is storing one rifle and 2000 bullets at a weight of 1 ounce each, with a size roughly filling a 3:1 ratio box at length of 1.5 inches. Determine an appropriate sized container to carry all of it.

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