The College Info Geek Podcast: Study Tips& Advice for Students   /     5 Questions: Video Games, Language Learning, and Thinking Out Loud (Ep. 184)

In this 5 questions episode, we talk about video games, language learning, Anki, thinking out loud, and what to do when you don't like your major.

Full show notes

Things mentioned in this episode:

• The College Info Geek Community
• Thomas and Martin on Twitter
• College Info Geek on Twitter
• The Code Book, by Simon Singh
• Martin on Goodreads
• RecUp (iOS)
• Dropbox
• Anki (iOS | Android)
• How to Remember More of What You Learn with Spaced Repetition
• The Most Powerful Way to Remember What You Study
• Dear Hank & John podcast
• So Good They Can't Ignore You, by Cal Newport
• Cal Newport
• College Info Geek's essential books for students
• Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One, by Jenny Blake
• Pivot (Jenny Blake's website)

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Timestamps:

• 0:05:45 - How to submit questions for the podcast
• 0:06:50 - Balancing video games with productivity
• 0:12:23 - Having a backlog of things you want to read, watch or play
• 0:18:42 - Learning several languages, or other skills, all at once
• 0:27:37 - Thinking out loud without someone to talk to
• 0:34:15 - Putting everything into Anki or similar systems
• 0:43:30 - Switching your major down the line and pivoting
• 0:54:15 - The 3 elements of having fulfilling work
• 0:57:06 - Conclusion

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