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Combating Anxiety & Overstimulation

Combating Anxiety & Overstimulation

It wasn’t until after finishing my first semester when I realized that I had been overstimulating myself. I rarely took a day off and I was mostly managing my stress with distractions like Netflix, podcasts, or YouTube. As a result, it took me almost the entire first week of

My Study Strategy for Medical School

My Study Strategy for Medical School

Meta-Macro My study strategy is intertwined with my time management system. I use a fixed-schedule productivity approach, only allowing myself to study between 7 am and 5 pm every day, except Saturdays (rest day). Leveraging Parkinson's Law, this forces me to find ways to get work done within

My Time Management System

My Time Management System

This article is inspired by Cal Newport’s Productivity Funnel Framework [https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2021/04/20/the-productivity-funnel/] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recently, I’ve discovered Cal Newport through a Tim Ferriss podcast episode [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1F3WsugZtMfK6D4nTAF07R?si=b6a59af9d681450a] and I cannot get enough of this guy. His

How to Connect JoyCon Controllers to Anki for Medical School (MacOS)

How to Connect JoyCon Controllers to Anki for Medical School (MacOS)

1. Go to the App Store and download the free app JoyKeyMapper [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/joykeymapper/id1511416593?mt=12] and open the application (Figure 1). 2. Go to System preferences > Bluetooth 3. To make your JoyCon discoverable, press and hold the sync button on your JoyCon

Anki Tutorial & Guide for Beginners | 80/20 Medical School Anki

Anki Tutorial & Guide for Beginners | 80/20 Medical School Anki

Intro If you want to use Anki, but don’t know where to start, then this guide is for you. The 80/20 Rule, or Pareto principle, states that 80% of the desired outcome is a result of 20% of the input. For example, 80% of the World’s wealth