Hey Students (and learnees of all kinds)! Studying in the early morning for one hour is equivalent to studying in the evening for 3 hours. Why? Because the mind is empty in the morning and it’s ready to absorb information! In the evening after a full day, we may have difficulty concentrating because of the day’s events racing through our minds. It might feel like our minds are already full, and that’s because they are! Studying in the morning also gives us the opportunity to review the information throughout the day. And in repetition, there is learning. Yeeha!
So avoid the pitta trap of staying up past 10:00pm and studying late. Your clock will be backwards. At about 10:00pm pitta comes in and cleans house of all thoughts, emotions and food from the day (while we sleep), so that we can wake up empty. Therefore your hard work from the night before just left the building. When the mind is fresh we will spend less time studying and get more out of it. Three cheers for studytime!!
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1 Janice // Dec 14, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Hi Monica,
I have followed your blog off and on for a year, but as of October 2010, I have been a college student. It’s rough returning to college after a 25 year absence and also working a full-time job with increasing responsibility. I don’t have the energy I once had and burning the midnight oil just results in poor work/study productivity. But I’ll give your advice a try and see how things go.
2 Monica // Dec 17, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Yes! Give it a shot and let me know how it goes. I really think it will help you. Study before work, just for an hour – I bet you’ll retain so much more and can do a light review in the evening. Then you won’t have to burn the midnight oil!
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