How to make a habit of studying

Tomoharu Tsutsumi
2 min readFeb 3, 2024

Studying takes us much time. In particular, I’m a software engineer, which requires tons of knowledge. Besides, I have to learn English. Yes, there are many tasks to deal with. However, I can keep on learning both of software engineering and English. I think that there are some tricks to make a habit of studying, so I’ll introduce them.

short-term studying

Those who are poor at making habits try to train their muscles for 3 hours on the first day. It is the beginning of failure. I guarantee that the habit will not continue. What about training your muscle for only 3 minute, if you start something?

Don’t be too strict

If you keep learning everyday, you sometimes don’t feel studying on some days. If you feel so, you don’t need to stick to your habit rule. Take a rest. However, the most important thing is that we need to study a little bit, not nothing. If you don’t do anything, you will feel disappointed. It has to be avoided.

Outputting what you learned

This article can be included. Outputting can motivate us to work and study. Of course the platform doesn’t matter. It can be posted on Medium, Youtube, X and so on. If you get some responses, you’ll be motivate to do more.

Wrap up

These are my tricks to make a habit of studying. The strategies can be used for other types of habits like jogging. I’m glad that you make use of the methods.

Feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn, which you can find below. Looking forward to connecting!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomoharu-tsutsumi-56051a126/

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Tomoharu Tsutsumi

Senior Software Engineer at two industry-leading startups ( Go | Ruby | TypeScript | JavaScript | Gin | Echo | Rails | React | Redux | Next)