Start Studying - Seems like a no-brainer but this is probably the most common problem with students out there. Starting is the hardest thing to do. Just settling down, and opening up all of your books that you need isn't enough. Often times, you just know that you have a long way of mind numbing work ahead of you. You know that once you start, it's all downhill. You're going to have to think, read, think again, read again, pull out some hairs, maybe even cry a little. If you're like me though, usually once you get started, it doesn't seem so bad anymore. For me, as long as I understand what I'm doing, I'm good to go. The moment something even remotely confusing comes up though, I start to get frustrated, and that's when I take "breaks" from studying.

I'll get on to the breaks in a bit, but let's get back to starting. Just sit down, and start your work right away. Don't beat around the bush by checking your Facebook one last time or organizing all your books or anything. Just take out what you need, and start. Ten minutes into it you'll have officially switched into "study mode". Trust me, that's all it takes. The first ten minutes is all you have to get through, afterwards you can successfully stay on the study train for a good hour or so at least.