Good Study Habits: What Makes Them So Desirable in the Context of Personal Growth?

This post talks about the essence of good study habits and why it is a desirable trait to develop and how it can affect a person’s personal growth.

Success is not an inborn gift. It is deeply rooted in the good daily habits that shape it. Yet, not everyone has enough knowledge and will to develop them. Still, the importance of good habits is hard to argue. What are they? How to develop them? Let’s find the answers.

A Few Facts to Begin With

Everything we do regularly can be called a habit. As a rule, we wake up, brush our teeth, go to work/school, and do many other routine actions. We never ask ourselves why we do them. Moreover, we cannot even find out when we began to do these things regularly.

40% of everything we do is our habit. According to research, 18 to 254 days is enough to develop a new habit. 66 days is the average period for habit automatization. Yet, not all habits are healthy. And, unfortunately, they are easier to develop than healthy ones.

So, Why Are Good Habits Important?

When we regularly repeat something useful for our body and mind, we become better, literally. Good habits to have means a successful person to become. Our habits are like threads that a spider makes. One thread means nothing, but together, they create a web that helps a spider to catch food, crawl using the way it has created individually, and rely only on things it knows.

When people develop habits, they also create their own path to the assigned goal. For example, healthy lifestyle habits strengthen human bodies, providing the required energy for work. With the help of proper habits, people can achieve a lot as they develop such essential life abilities as:

• Staying persistent even when under pressure.
• Following the goal without changing the route.
• Focusing on daily duties that are a part of the desired achievement.
• Avoiding chaos and disorders that are the best fuel for losses and failures.
• Managing time to cover more responsibilities without burnout.
• Staying devoted to the goal.

So, they are our light in front of the doors to yet unknown but desired destinations.

What is the Role of Bad Habits for Personal Growth?

Quite the opposite can be said about bad habits. They are easy to obtain and hard to break. Besides, they always distract us from the goal. These are the most destructive habits for our self-realization plans that we can develop:

• Procrastination of the performance of vitally important tasks;
• Negative self-presentation to other people;
• Going to bed and waking up late;
• Gaining unhealthy eating habits;
• Taking substances or participating in activities that cause dependence;
• Poor prioritizing and performing tasks without outlining.

Most people who had good chances to achieve something lost because of failed deadlines, disorders in everything they did, exhaustion, and dependencies. Speaking about the last one, alcohol, gambling, and drugs take the first place in the rating. However, there is another hidden enemy – social media. People devote too much time to useless scrolling through Facebook or Instagram and, as a result, lack time to manage other significant tasks.

How to Develop Good Study Habits

If good study habits are so desirable, you should know how to acquire them. The best way to demonstrate their value is to provide an example. Let’s discuss the path of habit development for students who write a dissertation.

Start Slow and with Tiny but Regular Portions

It is impossible to note all the required information overnight. The best variant is to divide the needed sources into parts and read them gradually. Students can start with 10 minutes of reading, but do it daily. However, the required literature must be at their fingertips.

The best variant is to have an eBook. Yet, it needs the EPUB format to adjust all sources to the screen size. For that, they can use a PDF to EPUB converter. As a result, they will be able to read even on a bus or at the bus station. This will become their first healthy habits of consistency and persistence.

Plan and Outline

These will become their first healthy habits of consistency and persistence. So, if students need to write their dissertation, they should outline each step of its creation, from data collection to the final proofreading.

Each step must be scheduled. For example, they can choose their “waiting for the bus” time to read something and then continue reading on a bus. If something goes wrong, it is necessary to find another time but on the same day to finish reading without changing their “route.”

Set Accurate and Real Goals

If students have never read more than 10 pages per day, it is a bad idea to start with 11 pages. To develop a habit, they must devote a week to reading five pages a day and gradually increase the number. Finally, they will be able to read more as reading will become their habit, which will increase their reading speed. So, they will be able to collect the required information for their paper effectively.

Stick to the Plan

Finally, it will be necessary to accomplish each outline point on time. If the theory part of the assignment must be done before May 1, then it must be finished by that time, no matter what. This approach will prevent procrastination.

Give a Promise

Finally, they require strong motivation. They can promise someone or even themselves to get an A for the task. In case of a failure, there must be a punishment. Of course, the punishment here is obvious – a failed thesis that will lead to a low rating and bad perspectives for future career prospects. However, the already acquired persistence can help them overcome future challenges.

Start Good Study Habits Now

So, the systematic performance of something develops a habit. What are good habits to start? Well, wake up and go to bed early, eat healthily, plan things, and meet deadlines. Yet, set clear and manageable goals to avoid disappointment and failed expectations.

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