How to be more disciplined

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Prioritise what your goals are

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Journal any wandering thoughts that you might have so 1) you can get it out of your system 2) you can come back to them later

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Reflect on whether you enjoy the subjects that you study

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Try to engage in conversation about the topic

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Instead of just passively reading, try to analyse and annotate what you read

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Meditate for 5-30 minutes at the start of every day - whilst promoting general health, it also helps you to develop focus

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Have a study buddy. who is only there to study and talk about what you study

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Active notetaking - it doesn't mean jotting down everything that the teacher spoke about, but it's about reorganising your notes once you have everything, and putting it in some sort of useful and workable structure

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Practice speed reading - this is a more active approach to reading i.e. reading for a purpose

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Use the pomodoro technique and only take breaks after a certain amount of time - people divide their time into 30 minute segments, but I go by 2 hour segments since it's more in line with the circadian rhythm

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Develop a routine; it usually sets you up to do certain tasks within an allotted time

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Ask specific reflective questions about what you read or studied

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Gym - it's kind of funny how it works; resistance training is said to help you develop a certain mental discipline whilst running helps with cognition. No more than 45 minutes a day though.