Reflection on Learning and Studying Habits

Credit to Big Brother Blog 42

So im going to keep this brief but i kinda want this post to serve as a reminder for myself and a lesson for others who have the same bad habits as me.

I recently realized that i have been practicing deduction at least in some capacity for around 8 years now.

And in that 8 years I thought about deduction just about every day.

Researched countless areas that would be helpful with improving deduction.

Came up with countless ideas for potential study’s that i could do.

Hell most of my interests either is the result or stems from deduction.

HOWEVER even with all that said i quite frankly suck at deduction. Im terrible at observing people or situations, Im awful at profiling people, Im terrible with simple logic and reasoning and frankly i have no one but myself to blame.

I thought about it for awhile and realized about 3 main reasons why.

1. I have a habit of putting things off and assuming ill learn or do something in the future when im better prepared, have better resources, in a better position to learn, and so on.

2. I get overly interested in new things and rather than focusing on the basics like i know i should ill jump to a new topic and repeat the same awful process. So eventually i have a bunch of random trivia or partially useful information but since i lack a deep understanding of the subjects to actually make it useful or applicable to deduction.

3. Im just not a very consistent person.

So one way to rectify my mistake is to start completely from scratch and do things slowly and methodically this time around. Which i mean i knew i probably should have done years ago.

I knew for about 4 years now that i should start over but for whatever irrational reason i thought “i would get behind in my Deduction progress” or ” having a routine would only slow me down and be boring”.

Which even at the time i knew was irrational and i would come to regret not starting over. Which i indeed have.

So while i plan on what series of things i should focus on and learn i plan on going over any and all deduction related content that i can and adding it to my mental web of knowledge (Which is a legitimate note taking method and knowledge storing method that i have been VERY much looking forward to showing people how it works. I dont mean to make outrageous claims but i really do think that it could very well rival the memory Palace in terms of usefulness. Not necessarily to replace but to enhance it.)

So just in case I didn’t make it clear in my post here are some take aways that i want people (Especially newbies) to know

1. Its easy to give yourself the illusion of progress. especially when you mindlessly consume information without a solid end goal or a way to quantify and track your progress.

2. There’s no harm in going back to basics. But it’s going to bite you in the ass later on if you don’t have a solid foundation

3. Plan how your going to achieve or learn something rather than passively waiting until a ideal moment. Which in my experience never comes.