Anyone use it to their advantage when studying?

[Josh]

I'm new here and was wondering:

Anyone ever use day dreaming to their advantage when studying for exams? I recently graduated university and am now in a professional designation, and I've found with both if I can study for about 45 mins and day dream for 15 an hour, I can study all day in this routine. Anyone else notice that?

Sometimes it doesn't work out, and I just end up day dreaming all day.. But when it does, I find that I can retain quite a bit of info, and was just wondering about other peoples study habits.

[debbie downer]

daydreaming distracts me from studying; it never helps me concentrate on anything :/ i relate strongly to people with ADD even though i know that's not what i have.

[GME]

Don't worry, you're not the only one. A few years ago, I noticed that whenever I needed to prepare for a test, I had a much easier time remembering information if I just quickly looked over my notes and then went to daydream or take a nap. I've actually read a few articles that explained that daydreaming can help us retain information even when we're not focused on a specific task, so this might be why.

[Laura]

Sometimes I study as one of my characters... Sounds weird but it makes it more entertaining and I'll do it more often. So I act as if my character is the one studying or working on a project, not me.

[Josh]

That's actually really smart, hmm, I should try it sometime.

[debbie downer]

this is a really really good idea tbh i should try it

Laura said:

Sometimes I study as one of my characters... Sounds weird but it makes it more entertaining and I'll do it more often. So I act as if my character is the one studying or working on a project, not me.

[Vendela Collins]

It's easy for me to begin studying because if I'm daydreaming as my alternate self, she would always study.

[Gwenevere]

When I study, I do it imagining that I'm preparing for conversations with the people I often daydream about (all academic types), and imagine what questions they'll ask in response, what I will say back to them, etc.  And when you're pulling all-nighters, it helps to imagine yourself as the eccentric artist type with a touch of bipolar who is staying up nights in a row on a creative streak.  "Tired?  Of course I'm not tired!  I'm on Day 3 of a manic episode--I'm just getting warmed up!"