I never liked studying. Or rather, I was never really good at it. It boils down to my inability to retain attention for too long at a time. But as I grew older, I figured out how to work around that.

Use Post-it Notes!

Pictured above is my desk. It is usually messier than this but I had the opportunity to clean it over the holidays, but notice the stack of Post-It notes in between the box of Cards Against Humanity and camera. During my employment with a think tank back home, I learned a method called Design Thinking which uses copious amount of Post-it notes, utilising the same method designers use to conceptualise and execute ideas. You first define your issue, research on it, ideation or brainstorm, prototype, choose, implement and learn from your experience.

Please don’t think design thinking is only for prototyping – being able to systematically organise your thoughts lessens the stress, whether you’re sitting for a test or writing a paper. There is no point in cramming everything and end up remembering nothing!

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