Why I’m able to study 70+ hours a week and not burn out (how to stay efficient)

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: Watch my exclusive companion Morning Habits Video (only ever on Nebula): Hey all. I don’t pull all-nighters. I don’t miss the gym for any reason. I don’t skip out on four things no matter what. These four essential things help me maintain my focus and efficiency when studying 70 hours every week in medical school. When I begin my dedicated period to study for the USMLE Step 1 exam I plan to push this number even more to around 80 hours a week. 📜 Write Up - 📸 Instagram - 🐧 Twitter - Here are some of my other videos: How I Study For Exams in Medical School | 9 Day Plan: How to use Anki like a Pro | Med School Guide: My Medical School Essentials: The Best Daily Workflow for Medical School: Day in The Life of a Medical Student (Vlog): Medical school finals week (Vlog): Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:02 Sleep 4:52 Exercise 6:39 Environment 9:58 Mindset 12:28 Outro Sources: - Ribeiro, S., Goyal, V., Mello, C. V. & Pavlides, C. Brain gene expression during REM sleep depends on prior waking experience. Learn. Mem. 6, 500–508 (1999). Stickgold, R. Sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Nature 437, 1272–1278 (2005). - Wagner, U., Gais, S., Haider, H., Verleger, R. & Born, J. Sleep inspires insight. Nature 427, 352–355 (2004). - Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, PhD - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo - Irit Wolach, Hillel Pratt. The mode of short-term memory encoding as indicated by event-related potentials in a memory scanning task with distractions. Clinical Neurophysiology 112, 186-197 (2001) - How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Who am I: My name is Zach. I’m a second-year medical student in Philadelphia. I make videos about medical school, entrepreneurship, and other cool things. I love trying new things and often mess up. However, every time I screw up I usually learn something. Whatever I learn I post either on YouTube or my website 🌐 (). I write a weekly newsletter 💌 () linking the best things I read, watched, and listened to that week. Not a single person has unsubscribed from this list (yet 😬). The Gear I Use to film videos: #_YouT… What I’m Reading: #_Books