Studying when you’re exhausted

Real talk: you will rarely study fresh. You’ll study after conditioning, after a bus ride, with your legs aching. So the plan can’t depend on energy you don’t have. It has to depend on systems.

• ●Lower the bar to START. “Just open the book and read one page” beats “study for two hours” every time. Starting is the hard part.
• ●Do the most important thing FIRST, before you sit down, before the phone. Tired-you has limited willpower — spend it on what matters.
• ●Move a little. Five minutes of walking or water wakes the brain up more than scrolling does.