у меня слишком много интересов. я нашла решение

After graduating from university, I realized I could live without studying at all, but it had the opposite effect. Now, on the contrary, I want to learn everything: from mythology and Buddhism to space and neuroscience. And that's not even a complete list. The problem is that you start wanting to learn everything. You start thinking, "So, where should I start? I want to tackle everything at once." And in the end, you do nothing. So I decided to develop a system for myself that will help me learn something new, a kind of personal university. And I want to make this video for people like me who want to learn so much, who are really interested in delving into new topics, but they either don't find enough time, lack the desire, or generally don't know how to organize it all, to organically integrate it into their lives so that it doesn't take a lot of effort, but still has the effect of actually learning and remembering something. Hello everyone. My name is Nastya. I'm so glad you stopped by this video. Today I want to share with you a personal system for a kind of personal university that I developed for myself to learn as much as possible without burning out or falling out of it. In today's video, I want to explain how my system works, how I came up with it, how I organized it, where I keep it, and help you build a similar plan if you want one too. In the meantime, if you like this video, I'd love to subscribe to this channel. I'm also on TikTok, where I chat a lot about neuroscience and other cool stuff. And my Telegram channel, where I mostly share what I'm studying, reading, watching, often sharing useful links, and just chatting about my life. So, if you're interested, head on over and watch. Let's start by saying that I keep track of my entire system in a paper notebook. I'm so tired of having almost everything in electronic form on my phone or computer that I wanted to somehow transfer at least that part of my life to paper. This might not be the most convenient option, because you need to carry this notebook with you all the time. And if that doesn't suit you, I can recommend good old Excel, Google Docs, or Notion. I've used all of these systems, and they're generally great for this. If you have any recommendations for other apps, please share them in the comments. The very first thing I chose for myself was the time period I would study. Of course, I won't stop after it's over, but I just like to limit myself to certain periods of time. My current semester lasts from September to December. During this time, I've planned to take two full-length courses and three additional or elective courses. I'll discuss how I basically identified these disciplines for myself in more detail in the second chapter, when I tell you how to build your own plan. So, that will be in the second part. Within each of these disciplines, I identified specific points by which I described them. First, this is the main goal of the training. Here, I basically answered the question: "Why am I doing this? Why do I need it?" This could be a goal, for example, to understand a specific scientific field or to learn how a specific mechanism works. In other words, I described to myself what I would spend my time on this for, because we need to know why we do it. Any aimless activity is not the most enjoyable thing for our brain, because it will quickly give up and not do it. The next step was to identify the main tasks by which I would achieve this goal. Specifically, I wrote down which courses and lectures I wanted to attend, which books or textbooks I wanted to read—that is, what would directly lead me to my goal. Next, I selected sources. This topic is closely related to the objectives, because in the objectives, I list specific textbooks, specific videos, and specific lectures that I will watch. And this is precisely what gets worked out at this stage, the source stage. Here, I tried to create a specific database that I would refer to during the learning process. This can be conveniently collected in one place, for example, with links—that is, links to lecture courses, links to individual videos, textbooks, research, and other materials that might be useful during the learning process. And then, of course, I need to understand how I will generally evaluate how well I've mastered a particular subject. I generally remembered something; I generally achieved my goal. For this, we have a fourth point, in which I selected key metrics for success in each course. First, I defined metrics for myself—that is, some kind of interim results, such as when I take a test on the topics I've already covered—and final grades, a final exam, to determine overall whether I've achieved my initial goal. And according to these four points, I worked through each of the disciplines I've identified. I have five such disciplines, as I mentioned earlier. First, there's introduction to neuroscience. That is, here I broadly integrate neuroscience, neurobiology, and neurophysiology, since this is such a primary area of my interest now. My content is very closely related to it. I constantly need to learn and delve deeper into this. And I lacked a system in my knowledge. That is, I have some selective knowledge that I learned here and there, but there was no system, any foundation, that would make it easier for me to understand other things. Therefore, this discipline is essential for me. The second is the scientific method, or scientific literacy. The essence of this discipline for me is to understand how research works in general, what research design is, what kinds and types there are, how they are classified; how to generally understand that you have research in front of you that you can trust; by what signs I should recognize this; in general, how to search for valid studies on the topic I am currently studying, and, in general, how scientific thinking and the scientific method are structured, because, again, I think I lack this foundation. The next block is a whole mix of, in my opinion, different disciplines. I dubbed it simply "content creation" because I'm a blogger, I shoot videos, and very often I need to learn a lot for my videos, come up with a lot of ideas. I decided to separate this out as a separate area and structure it. Any improvements to my content go into this discipline. This includes filming and editing, how to set up lighting, how to work with sound, how to create more interesting scripts—that is, simply mastering some great storytelling skills and the ability to work with information at the level required for social media, so that I can, for example, succinctly and clearly present information for TikToks or how to write good, detailed scripts for the videos you're watching right now. So, this includes all the skills I can hone to create better content. Next is literature and art. This is a fairly extensive block because I have a lot of disparate interests in culture, art, and literature. I'm interested in everything. I'd come across some random topic, and I'd be like, "Okay, I need to get to the bottom of this." So I couldn't narrow it down. Mine is quite broad. And that gives me, on the one hand, freedom. I can include absolutely anything here, from ancient Greek mythology to understanding how Japanese literature works. But then again, because the subject is so broad, it's difficult to define any metrics for successful completion, but we'll talk about that later. Overall, I added this subject to learn more about this area, because I feel like I'm undereducated in it, I don't have enough knowledge, and I'm genuinely very interested in it, so I want to catch up and learn as much as possible. And finally, there's physical activity, or PE, or sports. We know that universities and schools, and generally educational institutions like these, have sports and physical education, with dedicated hours. So why shouldn't they be at my university? A healthy body is one of my top priorities, so

everything. You start thinking, "So, where should I start? I want to tackle everything at once." And in the end, you do nothing. So I decided to develop a system for myself that will help me learn something new, a kind of personal

university. And I want to make this video for people like me who want to learn so much, who are really interested in delving into new topics, but they either don't find enough time, lack the desire, or generally don't

know how to organize it all, to organically integrate it into their lives so that it doesn't take a lot of effort, but still has the effect of actually learning and remembering something. Hello everyone. My name is Nastya. I'm so glad you stopped by this video. Today I want to share with you a

personal system for a kind of personal university that I developed for myself to learn as much as possible without burning out or falling out of it. In today's video, I want to explain how my system works, how I came up with it,

how I organized it, where I keep it, and help you build a similar plan if you want one too. In the meantime, if you like this video, I'd love to subscribe to this channel. I'm also on TikTok, where I chat a lot about

neuroscience and other cool stuff. And my Telegram channel, where I mostly share what I'm studying, reading, watching, often sharing useful links, and just chatting about my life. So, if you're interested, head on over and watch. Let's start by saying that I keep track of my entire system in a

paper notebook. I'm so tired of having almost everything in electronic form on my phone or computer that I wanted to somehow transfer at least that part of my life to paper. This might not be the most convenient option, because you

need to carry this notebook with you all the time. And if that doesn't suit you, I can recommend good old Excel, Google Docs, or Notion. I've used all of these systems, and they're generally great for this. If you have any

recommendations for other apps, please share them in the comments. The very first thing I chose for myself was the time period I would study. Of course, I won't stop after it's over, but I just like to limit myself to certain periods

of time. My current semester lasts from September to December. During this time , I've planned to take two full-length courses and three additional or elective courses. I'll discuss how I basically identified these disciplines for myself in more detail in the second chapter, when I tell you how to build

your own plan. So, that will be in the second part. Within each of these disciplines, I identified specific points by which I described them. First , this is the main goal of the training . Here, I basically answered the

question: "Why am I doing this? Why do I need it?" This could be a goal, for example, to understand a specific scientific field or to learn how a specific mechanism works. In other words, I described to myself what I

would spend my time on this for, because we need to know why we do it.

Any aimless activity is not the most enjoyable thing for our brain, because it will quickly give up and not do it. The next step was to identify the main tasks by which I would achieve this goal. Specifically, I wrote down which

courses and lectures I wanted to attend , which books or textbooks I wanted to read—that is, what would directly lead me to my goal. Next, I selected sources. This topic is closely related to the objectives, because in the

objectives, I list specific textbooks, specific videos, and specific lectures that I will watch. And this is precisely what gets worked out at this stage, the source stage. Here, I tried to create a specific database that I would refer to during the learning process. This can be conveniently

collected in one place, for example, with links—that is, links to lecture courses, links to individual videos, textbooks, research, and other materials that might be useful during the learning process. And then, of course, I need to understand how I will generally evaluate how well I've

mastered a particular subject. I generally remembered something; I generally achieved my goal. For this, we have a fourth point, in which I selected key metrics for success in each course. First, I defined metrics for myself—that is, some kind of interim results, such as when I take a

test on the topics I've already covered —and final grades, a final exam, to determine overall whether I've achieved my initial goal. And according to these four points, I worked through each of the disciplines I've identified. I have five such disciplines, as I mentioned earlier. First, there's introduction to

neuroscience. That is, here I broadly integrate neuroscience, neurobiology, and neurophysiology, since this is such a primary area of my interest now. My content is very closely related to it. I constantly need to learn and delve deeper into this. And I lacked a system in my knowledge. That is, I have some

selective knowledge that I learned here and there, but there was no system, any foundation, that would make it easier for me to understand other things.

Therefore, this discipline is essential for me. The second is the scientific method, or scientific literacy. The essence of this discipline for me is to understand how research works in general, what research design is, what kinds and types there are, how they are classified; how to generally understand

that you have research in front of you that you can trust; by what signs I should recognize this; in general, how to search for valid studies on the topic I am currently studying, and, in general, how scientific thinking and

the scientific method are structured, because, again, I think I lack this foundation. The next block is a whole mix of, in my opinion, different disciplines. I dubbed it simply " content creation" because I'm a blogger , I shoot videos, and very often I need to learn a lot for my videos, come up

with a lot of ideas. I decided to separate this out as a separate area and structure it. Any improvements to my content go into this discipline.

This includes filming and editing, how to set up lighting, how to work with sound, how to create more interesting scripts—that is, simply mastering some great storytelling skills and the ability to work with information at the level required for social media, so that I can, for example, succinctly and

clearly present information for TikToks or how to write good, detailed scripts for the videos you're watching right now. So, this includes all the skills I can hone to create better content. Next is literature and art. This is a fairly

extensive blog because I have a lot of disparate interests in culture, art, and literature. I'm interested in everything. I'd come across some random topic, and I'd be like, "Okay, I need to get to the bottom of this." So I

couldn't narrow it down. Mine is quite broad. And that gives me, on the one hand, freedom. I can include absolutely anything here, from ancient Greek mythology to understanding how Japanese literature works. But then again, because the subject is so broad, it's difficult to define any metrics for

successful completion, but we'll talk about that later. Overall, I added this subject to learn more about this area, because I feel like I'm undereducated in it, I don't have enough knowledge, and I'm genuinely very interested in it , so I want to catch up and learn as much as possible. And finally, there's

physical activity, or PE, or sports. We know that universities and schools, and generally educational institutions like these, have sports and physical education, with dedicated hours. So why shouldn't they be at my university? A healthy body is one of my top priorities, so we have physical

education. I added it again for the sake of consistency. I go dancing twice a week, and the rest of the days I'd like to fill with some kind of physical activity: yoga, Pilates, some home workouts, or just walking. These are

the courses I've identified as my core courses for this semester, which runs from September to December. So, Introduction to Neuroscience and Scientific Method are my core courses, and the other three are electives. But that doesn't make them any less important. I just called them that

because they deviate slightly from the classic understanding of academic learning. They're much broader for me. Let me use one of my courses as an example to show you how I've written a step-by-step plan for the points I outlined earlier. Let's take, for example, the introduction to

neuroscience. My goal is to gain a general understanding of the main areas of neuroscience—brain structure, brain chemistry, the basic framework of this science—and to learn about its various fields in general, because it can all be summed up as neurobiology, but in reality, there are many. As you

can see, my goal here is rather vague. It's not very specific, not very limited, and it doesn't include any specific metrics. And I did this consciously, because my main task now is to build a solid foundation upon which all other knowledge will be built . So, I'm not really aiming for some

super-specific, measurable result here, but rather to build a system in my head that can then work with the rest of the knowledge I'll acquire along the way.

The goal of the course. Here, I'll take courses and lectures on brain structure and brain chemistry from Vyacheslav Dubynin. I sincerely adore this lecturer. I'm ready to watch any videos he's in. And I really like his lectures . They're very clear, very structured, and presented in fairly simple language

, so you really understand what they're trying to convey. Overall, I adore them , so I have two goals. By the way, I've almost finished the course on brain structure, and I'm genuinely eager to start the course on brain chemistry. I

think that's also very interesting. Also, one of my goals here is to take a course on neurobiology from the Higher School of Economics. I also came across their lectures. I found them quite interesting. I'd like to take and

listen to them too. And I found one textbook on neurobiology that I found quite interesting. From what I've learned about it, it's quite fundamental, so I think that will also be useful. The sources I'll be using are the lectures and textbook I mentioned above, as well as more

specific sources, such as meta-analyses , systematic reviews, and individual studies that will help me study a particular topic. Again, this doesn't mean I have a strict list I'll follow. If I stumble upon a really cool, interesting course, a compelling video, or a compelling lecture during my

studies, of course I'll include it. It's just that I haven't outlined them yet. The success metrics I've identified for myself are, firstly, a minimum of 80%attendance. Yes, I do track my own attendance, because I know that if I don't, I'll endlessly reschedule classes, reschedule them,

and ultimately end up doing nothing. That's why I have separate sheets of paper where I've written down the dates for what day of the week I'm supposed to have, what class, and what subject.

I also write down what I did, what topic I studied, so that, well, again, at the end of the semester, I can track how much I actually attended my own classes. Furthermore, the goals here also include passing metrics—tests,

for example, when I complete a specific course or a textbook. Or if the textbook, for example, has a lot of topics, some separate sections, I have to cover them with some kind of test to understand whether I've learned

anything or whether I just read it. I mainly do these tests using various neural networks. For example, the GPT chat. I upload the textbook or my own lectures that I've recorded, and ask them to create test assignments for me

strictly based on what was said in the textbook or the lectures. Again, I then check the accuracy myself, based on the lectures, because artificial intelligence can certainly make mistakes, and it's better not to trust it 100%. And also during the learning process, if a question seems

particularly important to me, or a particular point is particularly crucial, I make a note of it, formulate a question from this information, and then add it to the final test or to the same metrics I plan to ask, so that all

these questions are somehow in one place and don't get lost. And that's how I worked through each of my subjects. Obviously, this template isn't super universal, because it's not very relevant for physical education and sports, for example, because I didn't describe it so specifically

there, but I worked it out a little differently there. But the essence remains the same. If you have any academic subjects where you study something, this plan will fit them well . Next, in my system, after I've determined the time frame—that is, the time of the academic semester—I

determine which subjects I want to study. Then I create my schedule. I literally, like in school—I don't know, like at university—spread my courses across the days of the week. Personally, I find it more convenient to have one course per day. Again, that doesn't include content creation or

sports. Those are just part of the background for me, practically every day. But for me, it's hard to switch gears within a single day and find enough time for two or more courses.

That's why I have this ironclad rule: only one course where I need to study and learn something new. For example, on Mondays and Thursdays I have introductory neuroscience, and on Tuesdays I have scientific method. And all the other courses are included in one way or another in almost every day.

And this schedule, as it turns out, is quite effective. When I know for sure that I have to watch the new part of a neuroscience lecture on Monday, I'm more likely to sit down and do it than if I just have a thought somewhere

during the week that I need to sit down and watch a lecture. For me personally, that doesn't work, but when it's strictly tied to a day, I almost never miss a beat. Almost every time, according to the schedule, I actually

sit down and study. As I said earlier, I really do mark my attendance. I have separate sheets of paper for each subject, where I tick off or write down the topics I focused on that day or, for example, completed a certain test.

This somehow helps keep me on track. Because when I see that I've been doing well for, I don't know, a few weeks in a row, I've been working out regularly, and then today something just isn't clicking—I seem to have the energy,

but I just don't feel like it—I see that I haven't missed anything and I'm even motivated to go and do something. So, that's basically how my system is built now, and it really works because I'm following it, I'm learning, and

this past September I've learned so much new stuff, and so structured and systematically, like, well, never before. Well, maybe I had that kind of structure when I was in school or university, but I definitely haven't as an adult. Now let's move on to how to build a step-by-step plan for you. I'll

share my experience and maybe give you some really useful advice. First of all , this whole system grew out of the fact that I have a ton of topics I'd like to study, and I just stored them somewhere, just kept them in my head so

I'd like to learn more information about this, and this, and this. That's where this system came from. Because I have a ton of interests and, as a result, I don't do anything, I end up studying nothing. So, at the very first

stage, I suggest you sort out all of these interests. Sit down and write out a list of everything you can remember that you've ever wanted to be interested in. That's actually what I did. I started writing out this

mile-long list. I really had everything on there: ancient Greek mythology, Buddhism, neuroscience, the scientific method, the same one I study, Japanese mythology, the Japanese language, space . God, how I love space, how it interests me. And this is just a small part of what just came to mind. I'm

sure that if you sit down and think about what interests you, you'll come up with a pretty impressive list. But if you're having trouble with that and feel like you're not interested in anything in life, I probably won't

believe you. If nothing immediately comes to mind, then go to a search engine or the GPT chat and type, "Give me a list of interesting topics I can study." I'm sure you'll find plenty of things in that list that will interest

you. You might not even know you were interested in it, but you'll find out it exists and will be interested. And from those topics, you can build your own list. In the second stage, once we have a list of our interests, we need

to define the hierarchy a little bit: which of them really interest us most, and which can wait until later in our training, when they become even more interesting. Here, I still recommend choosing two or at most three serious

areas that are very different from each other, because I think it's physically difficult to combine more with the rest of your life. This doesn't mean you should limit yourself super much. I understand what it's like when we're interested in a lot of things. Again, we can take more than two or three

subjects, say, four or five, but some of them will still remain additional, elective, and we'll devote less time to them. Because, again, if we take everything seriously, we might simply not have enough time for it, and we'll get frustrated. We don't need that. So, the most interesting topics, one or two

, will be your main subjects, to which you'll devote the most time, and, for example, two other subjects will be optional. This is all decided purely based on your interests. So, if you're looking at a topic, and you want to go

and look something up on it right now, read something, that's a clear sign that you should consider it in the first category, the core disciplines.

But if there's something that, well, it would be nice to know, something that's generally quite interesting, then great , that would fit into the second category. And now that we've decided what interests us and which specific disciplines we'd like to study within our own personal home university, we'll

build a system. This, essentially, is what the first chapter was about. I just told you how I did it for my disciplines, and you need to do the same for yours. That is, we need to set a goal for the course. The most

important thing is, why do we want to do this? So that our brains have a clear motivation, that we're not just wasting our time on some nonsense. We have a goal. Even if that goal is just a trivial interest, and we'd just like

to figure it out. That's a good goal too. Based on the goal, we set the tasks that will lead us to it. We find resources, such as textbooks, lectures, and, again, some specialized materials on the topic you want to understand, as

well as success metrics. By what criteria will you know that you've successfully completed your task? If you're having trouble constructing all of this—I understand that not everyone will likely find this easy: sitting down and creating such a rather impressive system from scratch—then

you can literally try asking artificial intelligence to lay it all out, and it will help you somehow structure and logically construct your learning plan if you're having trouble doing it yourself. Again, there's nothing wrong with that. But if you really want to take the trouble and think it all

through yourself, let me give you some advice, as I did. First, please make your goal specific and measurable. Yes, this contradicts my own goal, but I've already explained why I have it this way. I'd like to advise you to make it

a little more specific, a little more focused, a little more measurable, so that it's easier for you to understand later how far you've achieved it. If you understand it abstractly in your head and don't need such clear metrics,

okay, fine, then that's how it will work for you. And most importantly, please don't make the goal too ambitious. It will ruin it more than any ordinary goal, I assure you. After all, you won't be able to build a

nuclear reactor in two weeks of watching nuclear physics lectures. What physics lectures should you watch? Well , you get the idea. In general, don't set overly ambitious goals. I understand that you want to achieve something significant when you sit down to study something. Believe me, you can

do it, but not in such a short period of time. Now we're setting something a little more realistic, because if the goal is too ambitious, that's great.

We'll strive for it, and we'll be more likely to achieve an even better result . But, most likely, we'll be even more disappointed that we didn't achieve it.

Now, regarding sources. I understand how difficult it can be to find them when a topic is completely new to you, a new field, because you don't yet know who to trust, what verified sources there are. I understand that this can

be quite difficult. Here, I think it would be useful to find an expert in the subject, a teacher or researcher, a scientist who bases their knowledge on something concrete, on some research, on some fundamental knowledge, for example, if we don't need to prove it.

Basically, someone who, behind their words, stands for something, and this something can be verified. But again, we don't choose a role model for ourselves and blindly believe everything they say, because people can make mistakes. Even the smartest, most well-educated people can make mistakes.

So, I think the antidote to this is different researchers, different scientists, different, I don't know, science pop bloggers. That is, consider as many different points of view as possible. This will protect you from a one-sided picture and from some, well, super-wrong conclusions. And here's

another very useful life hack that I often use myself: if the discipline you've chosen to study is taught at higher education institutions, at universities, you can try to find open-access programs at these universities. They are often available on university websites. That means you

can find the program that real students use to study this discipline and simply copy it. Also very convenient. So, there are people there who have been developing the overall teaching methodology for years, they've prepared it for you, and you can adopt it effectively. They'll find the resources

for you and create a plan for specific topics and the sequence in which they need to be studied. So, I think this can be very useful. Next, in the fourth stage, as I said, we create a schedule. Here, the most important thing is to

take a look and analyze your time, your workload on different days of the week.

You can conduct a full-fledged time audit, see which days you have more time, which you have less, or just look at what you do each day in general. And it's perfectly logical that on the least busy days, we can allocate more

of this study time, and on the busiest days, either nothing at all or just the bare minimum. Well, just to physically deduce this, because there's a lot that can be planned. But when this collides with a reality you hadn't thought

through in advance, you'll obviously get upset and think it's most likely because "I don't have enough motivation , I don't have enough energy, I'm just lazy." But this is simply physically impossible to achieve, because otherwise you'll have no energy or time left for your life. And we, of course,

aren't working towards that goal. That is, just like I did, I looked at which days were busier for me, which days were freer, where I could fit in more hours, where I could fit in fewer. But again, this isn't some super-strict

system, and if on a day when I have a class scheduled, I don't have the time, I don't have the energy—well, no big deal: I'll reschedule it for tomorrow or the day after. Again, the world won't collapse, nothing terrible will

happen. We're striving to create a flexible system, not some new, super-scary obligations we'll have to adhere to, which will become an additional burden, additional stress. We're not aiming for that. As I said before, I generally focus on one discipline per day, supplemented, for

example, by content creation and exercise or reading. I definitely read every day, but I don't combine neuroscience and the scientific method in one day. I have them on different days. And on weekends, strictly speaking, I don't do anything except read for pleasure and exercise for

pleasure. That is, I don't schedule serious study on weekends. I want to rest on weekends, and I advise you to do the same. But then again, if you absolutely can't squeeze in study time during the workweek, you can, of course

, move it to the weekends. The main thing is just not to push yourself too hard. The fifth stage, in my opinion, is one of the most important, because structure, system, and plan are all very well. But to avoid dropping out

after just one week, to avoid burning out, to avoid hating it completely, we need vibe. Because I can already feel how you listened to what I advised you there and thought, "Damn, this is so much work. I need to do so much, so

much planning." I'm already tired while thinking about it. I understand you perfectly. And here vibe will really save us. Now I'll tell you what I mean.

In general, what motivated me to study was largely the discovery of such a wonderful genre, such a wonderful, I don't know, aesthetic, when I was at Arkademia. Previously, it didn't interest me at all, but this fall, for some reason, I found it very interesting. I started reading The

Secret History, maybe that also influenced me, and I watched Dead Poets Society. Basically, I'm totally hooked. Plus, autumn is super conducive to wanting to live in this vibe. So, I've incorporated everything I know, aestheticized and romanticized my studies as much as possible. I've

prepared a mood board for my diary, where I actually keep track of my study system, completely built in the style of Dark Academy. I also found myself some cool music playlists. They have funny names, like you're sitting in a

library, you're an Oxford student, and so on. It sounds funny, but it actually creates a certain atmosphere. And you just want to sit down, put on headphones, turn on this music, I don't know, light candles, and actually study

something. I've even worked out these specific moments for myself. They're created purely for the vibe. These are like library hours, or rather, hours. I don't physically go to the library because I'm too lazy to go there. I sit

at home, but I try to create that atmosphere for myself. I mean, I sit at my desk, light candles, turn on music, and try to immerse myself in that atmosphere as much as possible, so I want to study and do something. Because

when your everyday reality doesn't really resemble the Dark Academy, it's kind of hard to romanticize it. But when you create moments for yourself where you sit down and immerse yourself , it really helps. It might sound a little cringe-inducing, but who cares if it works right? And believe me, it

really helps me stay focused, because I have something more interesting going on. Besides the fact that I want to understand this specifically—to find out: "No, I imagine myself as someone in some specific image, exactly that, I don't know, version of myself that knows this. And that's where it exists,

in this Dark Academy story." I'm telling you, we can't do anything without romanticization, without this aestheticization. And I don't see anything wrong with it if it really works and helps. If you're not drawn to the academy, you don't like it, I've come up with some other cool ideas.

Maybe some of these will work for you. For example, you could imagine that you're studying at some kind of magic school, that you have some specific lessons, I don't know, magical ones, and that you're some kind of witch.

Sounds pretty interesting. Or you could imagine yourself as a scientist from the future. And your task is to find out what people of the past were interested in, what kind of science they had, what kind of culture they had

. And you, from the perspective of a scientist from the future, try to figure it out. This adds a new layer, beyond the fact that you're simply interested in studying it. Or if you're studying some kind of natural science,

you could imagine yourself simply alone , some kind of hermit, a herbalist in a hut. So, you're sitting in your own, I don't know, magical forest, and you're studying all this. It's also a vibe. Basically, you can create this vibe and

aesthetic yourself, based on your interests, based on what you like. And it will truly motivate you and help you learn. Everything you need to create a vibe goes here. This includes candles, garlands, music, and themed playlists.

I absolutely love YouTube for this, because you can find a themed playlist there, I think, for anything, for any aesthetic. You can also decorate the stationery you plan to use daily to match your aesthetic, your VAB, to regularly remind yourself that you're learning because you're who you are.

And the sixth stage, a very important one, is revision, because the goal of this self-education isn't to complete everything you originally planned at any cost and not take a single step away. As you study, your priorities may change. This is simply because you'll gain more knowledge and become more

educated in the subject. Your development vector may shift. You can change sources, add new ones, or remove old ones. And that's absolutely fine.

Your plan should be flexible. If you initially planned to take certain courses or attend certain lectures, but now they're no longer relevant and you're interested in something else, there's nothing wrong with changing that. This system should be convenient for you. It should work for you. That's

what it was created for, not for you to adapt to it. From the you who, I don't know, planned this a month or two ago. And now you must strictly adhere to it.

No, regularly recheck whether I'm still interested in this and whether I want to change anything. This will be much more effective, and you'll be less likely to burn out because you won't have to strictly adhere to some set

plan. And voila, we have a structure, a plan, some kind of well-developed system, and a V-beep, of course—we can't do without it. By the way, I forgot to add that you can add, for example, some kind of motivational

system for yourself. If you're motivated by financial purchases, then, for example, at the end of the course, you can promise yourself to buy something cool. This is also a good source of motivation, I think. And now the only thing left to do is to turn this entire plan, what we've planned,

into real life. But again, given that we've developed a schedule, a motivational system, and added some kind of V-beep, this will be much easier. But again, I don't want you to turn this system, if you develop it for

yourself, into another obligation that you have to incorporate into your life and start strictly following. Frankly, I don't like that kind of movement. I don't like actively, furiously forcing myself. So I want to remind you that this system is flexible. It's designed to maintain your curiosity, to allow

you to continue learning new things and integrate them organically into your life, not to add additional stress or unnecessary responsibilities. I can't always stick to this system myself. I might get sick, I might get tired, I might have more important things to do, and I might shift classes or skip

something. And there's nothing wrong with that. And I think if you design this system so that it's both disciplined (meaning it helps us create a clear plan and strictly follow it) and flexible: sometimes we can skip something, sometimes we can reschedule it, sometimes we can adapt something to

our workload, then that makes the system truly amazing. An addition to our regular lives, a great way to truly systematically learn something new and develop ourselves, without burning out or hating learning anything new at all.

You couldn't study today, maybe you were in a bad mood, had a lot of extra things to do—no big deal. Study tomorrow or, I don't know, maybe in a week. You just need to maintain interest, genuine joy in gaining new

knowledge. It shouldn't become a chore that will eventually kill your desire to learn anything new. If you don't like tests in general, well, replace this system of testing with something else, something you enjoy more, like writing an essay or sharing this topic with someone close to you. Basically,

you can comfortably adapt this entire system to suit your needs. I've simply given you a framework that I follow, one that works for me, but that doesn't mean you should blindly take it and repeat it, because something might not

work for you. What works for me. So I encourage you to adapt everything to your own needs, to your level of workload. Maybe you don't have much time at all, and I'm not even talking about five different disciplines; you

should at least implement one. And that's not bad. It's fantastic that you're moving in this direction at all. So if you only have the time and energy to study one thing, and even just something purely, like watching popular

science lectures, without any complex academic sources, that's good and excellent. And with the third and final section, I want to answer questions I've been asked on this topic in my Telegram channel. And maybe you'll find it interesting too. It will be such an interesting addition to everything I've

said above. Where do you find the materials? I love searching for cool, free, interesting educational materials . I'm sure that almost everything, if not everything, can be found freely available online. I'm talking about open lectures, open courses, textbooks, and methodological guidelines. There's

a wealth of information. And if you want to understand something, I'm sure you can find everything you need without spending a dime. What advice can I give? I mostly search YouTube. I'm looking for gems, like those with 2,000-3,000 views. These are mostly academic lectures, like those where

actual, well, university professors give their lectures. And it's such a joy for me to find these lectures, to listen to these one-and-a-half-to two-hour lectures. I'm telling you, it's a thrill for me; it's a joy. And usually, they have very few views, and you won't just stumble across them in

your feed unless you're specifically looking for them. And after I find one, say, a diamond, I go to the channel and look for other playlists and other lectures there, because they often contain other funny topics that I'm also interested in, and I save them for later, for example. One of the latest

things I really like is the Postnauki channel. It has a lot of interesting, cool lectures. The Nekrasov Library channel is also amazing, with lots of interesting lectures. And I've also found quite a few different lectures on YouTube from the Higher School of Economics on various topics and

disciplines, which are also easy to listen to. And here, perhaps, is my key advice. If you really want to thoroughly understand a topic, I recommend looking for academic lectures from teachers and professors. Yes, they're not as interesting as note-pop videos. Yes, it can be long and tedious

, but it's right there, a real foundation, a real base, and you really feel like a student. By the way, Vybik also supports this. You really feel like a student in this subject. But if I need any additional articles,

additional sources, I usually search for skolorikh on Google. It's all pretty convenient there; you can organize the search. And the question is, how do you guys find the time for all this? Well, maybe it's quite difficult, but I find it. For context, I have a full-time job. I work 5-2 in

the office. So I don't have a lot of free time. Most often, I try to study during my lunch break, at work, if possible. If all the work is done and I have, I don't know, half an hour, an hour of free time at work, I can look

something up at work, read something, or, well, on rare occasions, I move my studying to the weekend. I usually do it in the evenings after work. If I haven't found a spare minute during the day, I'll sit down in the evening. It's

harder for me, of course, but I can still find time, especially on topics that genuinely interest you. Also, if you have any questions about my system, if you don't fully understand something , or if I haven't explained myself

clearly enough, please write them in the comments. I'll definitely help you, give you some tips, and explain what I meant. So, let's have a real dialogue.

I really love that kind of thing. Now, let's move on to the conclusions. I initially developed this system for myself because I really love learning new things. I get a lot of pleasure from learning something new. But I

still needed a systematic, plan-like approach that I could follow. I'm not very fond of grabbing something here or there, because then I feel like I'm not developing at all. But at the same time , I didn't need an additional source of

worry or stress. I didn't need an additional source of new responsibilities that I wanted to burden myself with. I have enough of that in my life. And from this, I developed this system that disciplines me sufficiently, but at the same time remains flexible enough that I can

seamlessly weave it into my daily life, without burning out or slipping into terrible emotional states, and which will, on the contrary, work to my advantage. Therefore, if you adopt this system and begin implementing it for yourself, I will simply remind you once again that it should work for you. You

shouldn't adjust your entire life to it , otherwise it won't be very fun. This is not some strict system, not some new obligation where you have to be perfect , strictly follow the rules, and so on. We have enough of this as it is. All

I'm suggesting this system achieves is to maintain your curiosity, or rekindle it if it's already completely absent from your life, and give you the opportunity to regularly learn something new and gain insight, even if your formal education has long since ended. I'll be very happy if this

system works for you and you want to implement it. If this video was generally helpful to you and you apply some of the advice in your life, I'll be very happy. That means I made this video for a reason. Again, I remind you

, you can subscribe to my other social media if you like what I do and what I say. I'd be happy to see you there. Even though this video was released four months after the last one, I hope to appear here more regularly. So, yes,

see you in the next video. Bye everyone .