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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
rest 10-15 minutes out of every hour.
cramming for endless hours just makes you stupid
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This is really, really good advice. Surprisingly, given how simple it is. If it's good enough for aeroplane control towers...
I like to have a plan. I don't have enough time to waste on bits I don't need. Of course, it depends on the subject area. So if I'm having a history day, you can scan through to get dates, names, places, times and those fiddly details that aren't very interesting but are necessary. Once you're warmed up you can get into the historiographical bits.
Literature is generally easiest, just because you can get away with skimming a bit (but if you've not taken anything in for a while, it's worth making a cup of tea)
Philosophy/ science-y stuff I find needs concentration; I find that summarising episodically really helps - especially with really dense stuff like Adorno or Derrida. Also, it's important to know what is and what isn't useful information - I know someone who lost 4 months of his PhD to one article in Wittgenstein's Tractatus... when it would've been more beneficial to move on and come back to it later (it was, of course, explained better 50 or so pages on).