Comments on: Adventure Studying: An Unconventional New Approach to Exam Preperation http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/ Demystifying Sustainable Success Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:06:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: nXqd http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-10520 nXqd Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:49:32 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-10520 I absolutely love adventure studying . The different always interests me :) Just go to somewhere else, get your job done. People just care about your result. Don't mess around with their stories, gossips :) Thanks so much Cal I absolutely love adventure studying . The different always interests me :)
Just go to somewhere else, get your job done. People just care about your result. Don’t mess around with their stories, gossips :)
Thanks so much Cal

]]> By: Playing in the Blogosphere « BePlayful.org http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-7825 Playing in the Blogosphere « BePlayful.org Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:28:24 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-7825 [...] any students struggling with end of year deadlines, I recommend Cal Newport’s recent post on Adventure Studying. If you are still in your first couple of years at university, I recommend spending a couple of [...] […] any students struggling with end of year deadlines, I recommend Cal Newport’s recent post on Adventure Studying. If you are still in your first couple of years at university, I recommend spending a couple of […]

]]> By: Kare http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-7445 Kare Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:00:20 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-7445 This sounds like a really great and refreshing idea! I really have to try this out sometime, I find that studying in the same two places (in my messy room at my desk, and at the school library) is starting to get boring... and even worse, more distracting than ever!! I'm not really sure as to where else I should study. Whenever I study somewhere else out of my comfort zone, I feel like I can't do all of my studying in that one place, but only in the my designated two locations. This sounds like a really great and refreshing idea! I really have to try this out sometime, I find that studying in the same two places (in my messy room at my desk, and at the school library) is starting to get boring… and even worse, more distracting than ever!! I’m not really sure as to where else I should study. Whenever I study somewhere else out of my comfort zone, I feel like I can’t do all of my studying in that one place, but only in the my designated two locations.

]]> By: The Library - Why go? What's really in there? | University Scholar http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-6737 The Library - Why go? What's really in there? | University Scholar Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:39:44 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-6737 [...] You should always be studying in the library(or somewhere very similar), unless you are doing some Adventure Studying (which I highly [...] […] You should always be studying in the library(or somewhere very similar), unless you are doing some Adventure Studying (which I highly […]

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » 5 + 2 Things To Try This Semester http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-6689 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » 5 + 2 Things To Try This Semester Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:18:32 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-6689 [...] Adventure Studying Just because everyone else studies in the library doesn’t mean you have to as well. The adventure studying philosophy says you should decamp to the most exotic possible places — from the beach, to the forest, to art museums. (See also this case study of adventure studying in action.) [...] […] Adventure Studying Just because everyone else studies in the library doesn’t mean you have to as well. The adventure studying philosophy says you should decamp to the most exotic possible places — from the beach, to the forest, to art museums. (See also this case study of adventure studying in action.) […]

]]> By: Playing in the Blogosphere: beplayful.org http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-5788 Playing in the Blogosphere: beplayful.org Thu, 15 May 2008 14:13:35 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-5788 [...] any students struggling with end of year deadlines, I recommend Cal Newport's recent post on Adventure Studying. If you are still in your first couple of years at university, I recommend spending a couple of [...] […] any students struggling with end of year deadlines, I recommend Cal Newport’s recent post on Adventure Studying. If you are still in your first couple of years at university, I recommend spending a couple of […]

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Bonus Post: An Adventure Studying Case Study http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-5761 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Bonus Post: An Adventure Studying Case Study Tue, 13 May 2008 22:07:29 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-5761 [...] the conclusion of last week’s post about adventure studying, I asked students, who were so inclined, to share photographic evidence of their most adventurous [...] […] the conclusion of last week’s post about adventure studying, I asked students, who were so inclined, to share photographic evidence of their most adventurous […]

]]> By: Rare Hero http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-5647 Rare Hero Mon, 05 May 2008 18:25:26 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-5647 shark, funny! shark, funny!

]]> By: Study Hacks http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-5645 Study Hacks Mon, 05 May 2008 13:53:42 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-5645 @Eric: Excellent! As I might imagine, the experience is completely different when you substitute a luxury hotel or the beach for the first-floor study lounge of a library. @Eric:

Excellent! As I might imagine, the experience is completely different when you substitute a luxury hotel or the beach for the first-floor study lounge of a library.

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Monday Master Class: How Two Extra Hours Can Make Your Paper Two Times Better http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-5641 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Monday Master Class: How Two Extra Hours Can Make Your Paper Two Times Better Mon, 05 May 2008 13:47:15 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/02/adventure-studying-an-unconventional-new-approach-to-exam-preperation/#comment-5641 [...] Allow the first, obvious thoughts — the type that fuel writing-centric papers — to come and go. Then push deeper. Keeping asking hard questions. Dig out a tiny gem of thesis that fits your personal take on the material. It doesn’t have to be brilliant. But it should be both: honest and nuanced; something you actually believe. This might take a while. Let it. Enjoy being outside and spending time with your mind. (This is a good step to combine with an adventure studying expedition.) [...] […] Allow the first, obvious thoughts — the type that fuel writing-centric papers — to come and go. Then push deeper. Keeping asking hard questions. Dig out a tiny gem of thesis that fits your personal take on the material. It doesn’t have to be brilliant. But it should be both: honest and nuanced; something you actually believe. This might take a while. Let it. Enjoy being outside and spending time with your mind. (This is a good step to combine with an adventure studying expedition.) […]

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