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[–] 18151256? ago 

I have found that the mind works like a muscle. Heightened periods of FOCUS and ATTENTION is like when we strain the muscle. Nobody can do "heavy lifting" overnight. As with what >>13158753 says, breaking things into small chunks make even large amounts of material manageable. You arent going to move a pallet of boxes by picking up the whole freakin pallet, would you? No, you have to have a plan to go about it, how to break it into manageable chunks. Most importantly, you have to give your mind time to relax, become unfocused and calm during the breaks. Make the most of your breaks. Find out what works best for your own personal memory retention.

As time goes on, you will find yourself better at planning, and better at focusing hard. Your memory will improve if you put in good effort towards absorption and recall. Work your way up.

Procrastination is a feedback loop. When presented with a hard task, I made things even harder by putting it off (therefore giving myself less time to complete the task). A few years back, I turned the nasty habit of procrastination on its head. In my senior year, I would plan my work as soon as something would be assigned. Have a framework up as soon as possible. The details will fill themselves in as long as you put in good honest efforts at regular intervals.

Good luck in finding out what works best for you.