it's habit, you must get used to it
start studying, like, 20 minutes a day
then increase 10 minutes every week

reading the bible, reflecting on it and praying to be more productive is what got me out of my rut

I did math major too and barely passed because YOU NEED TO STUDY LOADS. YOU CANT CRAM MATH. STUDY HARD OR YOU WILL GET WORSE GRADES THAN YOU EXPECT

>>34101123
Realize there are actual 160 iq geniuses in your class and you are not one of them

>>34101090

Do a little every day and you will catch up sooner than you realize. Treat each subject as a huge puzzle to solve. The theorems and proofs are pieces of the puzzle that you use to put together the puzzle. Do lots of problems this way.

Some books that helped me out are:

1. Burger and Starbird - The 5 elements of effective thinking.

This book changed my mindset on how to approach thinking about progression in any field that I wanna pursue.

2. Daniel T Willingham - Outsmart Your Brain

Comprehensive book on study habits, how to take notes, deal with procrastination etc. Very practical and useful stuff.

3. Barbara Oakley- A Mind for Numbers

Same as above but this has a lot of stories of people in college talking about how they got successful despite their inhibitions.

I have these books within my sight. When I doubt myself or get demotivated, I skim through these and get back into the groove of learning again.

Another resource that helped me:

Colin Galen - Psych Playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDjGkpToBsYDIFOfF13ojutAkCODac9u5

Competitive programmer breaks down how he learns things and solves problems in coding competitions.

Another youtuber that I like to watch is Mathematical Adventures. He posts regularly showing off his math books and how far he progressed on his self-learning undergrad math curriculum.

>>34101129
160 IQ geniuses don't ace 300 level+ math classes by never studying. they might not be leaning it for the first time in that college class, but whenever they mastered it they put in the time

>>34101090
Quit and do STN useful, if you really liked it you'd just study it on your own. But yeah sunken cost just finish it off then, maybe keep above distinction so that you don't need to explain to employers and can bullshit easier. All in all, not worth

Bumpa

>>34101090
I am studying computer science and facing a similar problem. Though I never really had much interest in it.
But the main way I can be motivated to study is actually edits on Instagram, YouTube, etc. I look for edits on the topic I have upcoming exams in and watch them. Then I focus on every part of the edit so I am hopefully able to understand all of it. There are actually some fire edits about math. Pairing that with the dopamine rush I get after a set of some exercise and I am motivated enough to study.

Sometimes tough I have to rely on the good old coffee+vodka in the morning, afternoon and evening. But mostly only if I get too stressed.

>>34101090
I honestly think it’s too late to catch up. Good read:
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/33656/whats-better-strategy-to-handle-tons-of-formulas-definitions/33987#33987

My suggestion is to focus on problems. Homeworks, midterms, past exams. And then either problem books, which can be hard to find for more advanced subjects, or the assigned book’s problems. Skip the text/lecture notes/video lectures, and start with the problem. This actually requires you to have some interest in math, some innate curiosity about the solution of the questions.

If youtube, twitter, etc. are too addicting, delete your accounts. For youtube especially delete and disable your watch history. Get a dumb phone. Or buy a used apple devices. The ios’ built-in parental control Screen time app has a password feature. Ask a friend or roommate to pick the password. Android has no equivalent.

Do everything offline, download everything, print everything out. Or if you must, use the university’s computer. Hopefully you have enough sense not to browse 4chan in public. This is more effective if you don’t have any laptop, throw it away or sell them. Use a password manager, and generate a random password, so that you can’t login to twitter on university’s computer easily.

Obviously do the right thing for your body. As in exercise, eat your vegetables, sleep early.

If you have mental health issues (likely), try a CBT workbooks. It’s a bunch of exercises that you need to actually do, not just read passively. The main ones are: Mind over Mood, CBT in 7 Weeks, David Burns’ Feeling Good or Feeling Great.

>>34101090
Math is boring. Get into something cool like history, engineering, mythology, chemistry.

>>34101129
By how IQ is defined, there aren't enough 160 IQ people on the planet in the right age range to put in each math major class

>>34101090
I'm facing it too. i.e. I'm lazy to study even when I want to.

So for this new year, I have decided, That I'll keep track of things. Like What are my goals for the whole year. Not just vague goals, But specific goals.
Example, I don't say good health. I say, Get abs, Toned muscles, Better circadian rhythm.

So now I have specific targets.
Then I'll have monthly goals, i.e. to achieve it, What must i do in this exact month. So, I need to reduce weight first to go in abs direction. I'll also write what I should do for that. Specific things I can do.

So I have more clear goals and ways to do it for January. Now when January starts, I can track things weekly.


Idk if it's like this or not. I think this is how People in companies use their yearly planner diaries. Having goals and targets and important dates and deadlines and everything.


Obviously most important thing is you start doing it. But All this gives you a clear vision and a simpler task instead of a very big vague goal of getting good. But be realistic in your targets.
I'm thinking of using this for Studies, Health, Finance etc.

>>34106273
>t. the blind leading the blind

Op, it's gonna get harder, and harder, and harder, and keep getting harder if you don't get your shit together now. You got Real Analysis coming up which is gonna make you piss your pants and want to kill yourself if you don't get this shit handled now. Already Calculus 2 was suicide and Calculus 3 and Linear algebra was you surviving fucking D-Day in WW2. So now you got more coming up. You don't need an answer you need to take action. The issue a lot of you NTs make is you go around questioning why and not how. You do an even dumber thing which is convince yourself not to leave your house. Now OP, you're doing the same with the textbook, convincing yourself not to read it.

>>34101106
Agreed when I read the Bible reading got easier. Jesus for the win too.

>>34101090
>I am just so lazy to open book and read now.

You just do it. You'll procrastinate and hate doing it at first. then when you have the reminder thoughts you force yourself to get back to reading. maybe take breaks but you keep doing it. eventually you LOCK IN and wonder why you didn't start earlier but you keep going.

Basically its a muscle. you need to work out. When you start, the connections aren't there and recovery is slow and painful. but then its intuitive