How many hours a day are you doing?

Messi 10

I'm just wondering how many hours every day on average is everyone doing at the moment? I find it hard to decide how much I should be doing.

I know it's quality over quantity and all that but I just want to know how much time other leaving certs are spending at the books every day.

I'm managing about 3 hours most days which I'm reasonably happy with but I can't help but get the feeling I could be doing more.

Mwah

depends of my mood on the day :P
ive done 3today and im taking a break now and i might do another 4/5 later
not sure tho!

zam

It varies from day to day... some days 3, some 9... But most are quite unproductive. If I have a productive day from the beginning I find that I can study for ages without getting distracted, but if I get up and have a leisurely breakfast and am quite lazy in the morning I get distracted for the entire day :P

Seloth

In exactly 3 mins I want to start studying for the day hah


Did like 4 hours yersterday but only coverd 2 things

theowen

8+. Me feels tired...

highlydebased

2 or 3. Anything more is a waste of time generally I find

Cook!eMonster

I find that im sittin at my desk for ages. but i really amnt learning anything

gemxpink

I start at 9am, usually finish around 11pm, taking two 1 hour breaks. Then again I have so much more cramming to do than any of you so it doesn't really count!

Conor108

gemxpink wrote: »

I start at 9am, usually finish around 11pm, taking two 1 hour breaks

respect:eek:

Seloth

Right worked on bio exam papers for an hour hah,now listening to pod casts.

Cook!eMonster

gemxpink wrote: »

I start at 9am, usually finish around 11pm, taking two 1 hour breaks. Then again I have so much more cramming to do than any of you so it doesn't really count!

ive so much cramming to do aswell. Gonna take a leaf outta ur book! As a matter of interest, how do u concentrate for so long?

Finical

It doesn''t really matter how many hours a day people are doing. It will be different for every individual, it depends what people are aiming for etc also some people are just smarter than others.

I'm doing 5 hours day and I'm cramming away. Some of it is so unproductive though, nothing going into the head and feels like I just done nothing. :pac:

Danger781

I start at one and do maybe an hour then I get bored and cook something to eat.

That takes half an hour. Then I eat it - 20 mins.

Then I go out the back and kick around the ball while I digest my food - 15 mins.

I eventually come back in and try to do some more study but I usually get distracted by Boards.ie & facebook - 20+ mins

Eventually I'll sit down for a bit until I want more food All wholesome healthy food though And LOTS of water

Indigo Sunrise

Cook!eMonster wrote: »

I find that im sittin at my desk for ages. but i really amnt learning anything

I'm the same. I spend most of the day at my desk but I only do 1 or 2 hours study. I just end up going on the Internet or daydreaming. Although I've already managed to do over 2 hours today so hopefully I can continue like this. I find that If I do exam questions under time restriction I don't get so distracted. It's easy to get distracted just reading through pages of notes.

Finical

Danger781 wrote: »

Then I go out the back and kick around the ball while I digest my food - 15 mins.

Haha I do that for my breaks, good fresh air.

Ashashi

I have been studying since october, but still starting at 11, finishing at around 7. But I do get a bit distracted.

_Chaos

i dont measure my study in hours, i measure it in how much i got done?
like theres no point in doing 8 hours if your only gonna do one or two things!

Sophsxxx

Ah I'm now really scared..I haven't done more than an hour a day for the past week.......:eek:

brian1991

I have gotten very lazy and am only doing a few hours daily, which is not nearly enough. I think I've resigned myself to repeating in 2011.

kev9100

I work from from 11 to 5 every day with two 20 minute breaks. I could do more, but I just get too tired.

brian1991

Here's a useful study guide which I have been trying to follow but have failed miserably:

The daily rhytm is:
breakfast – learning – snack – learning – big lunchbreak – learning - snack - learning - eveningbreak - review
1 h 2½ h 30 min 2½ h 90 min 2½ h 30 min 2½ h 2 h 15 min
This leaves you about 8 hours of sleep, which you absolutely need with this system.
Now this is important: Breaking up your day into four learning sessions like this is a must. You cannot study
efficiently all day for many days without proper breaks. You’ll be dead exhausted after a few days.
In the middle of your 2½ hour learning-sessions you also take a short fi ve or ten minute break - to stretch,
walk around, get a glass of water, and then back to studying. If you fi nd 70 minutes of study a bit long, then
experiment with two quick breaks inside each 2½ hour learning-session.
The productivity of this exact daily routine will blow you away. You are welcome to use it for other purposes
as well (like work). I challenge anyone to give me another daily routine that delivers better results than this
one, without ruining your health.
Where do we fit exercise into this schedule? Into one of the learning sessions... You just take your MP3 player with
some audiomaterial with you and go for a walk, a run or to the gym.
Ok then, what about family time? Into the meal breaks - 1 hour for breakfast, 1½ hour for lunch, 2 hour
eveningmeal break. If you spend that time with your family members, I guess your time together might actually increase?
See, I’ve thought about everything! (Actually I learnt this from others who had gathered lots of research behind
it, tested it myself, and it works magic.)
And in case you wondered, ‘snack’ up there might be a healthy mini-meal, like eating a fruit, a youghurt, some
nuts etc. I never gave you license to eat only chips, cholocate and cookies. All that sugar might actually make it
harder for you to sustain effective learning. So study hard, stay healthy, and be amazed at your results.

Hope this helps,
Brian

CantStandMeNow

kev9100 wrote: »

I work from from 11 to 5 every day with two 20 minute questions. I could do more, but I just get too tired.

Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one whose brain is fried because of work :L

The_D_Man

I have some amount of cramming to do between here and the ninth...I'll definitely have to pull an all-nighter for Physics and possibly Biology...life is tough!

xxmeabhxx

I've been going to the library to study which is good because I get loads done and there's less distractions, did six hours today Only problem is I'm wrecked when I come home which isn't that late (5 - 6 o'clock) and only do another hour maybe.

gant0

I aim for 6 or 7 but usually fall short to around 4 or 5....next week and during exams it's gonna be anytime I can,I study!!:D

dazco

I felt so good on sunday 'cause i got 7 hours of really productive work done and thought this week would play out similar to that....... it hasn't ......got no more that two hours work done each day

zam

I find that I do more when I think about how scary the exams will be if I don't know everything.

aine92

8-12 hours usually, so so tired every day but sure look its only for a short while!

MagsK93

I'm going to try that timetable and see how it works out, right now im doing about 4 hours but it takes me ages to learn stuff and i get very easily distracted definately cramming physics and art the nights before!

telephone

Generally about 12 hours minimum a day. Fingers crossed it all pays off! Got 500 in the mocks but want to increase it to 560!

unknown13

4-6 hours per day