 Alright guys what is going on Lux here from the empty journey helping you succeed on your medical journey with less stress this video I'm super excited because it is a topic that I'm a super geek about which is being productive and planning your day for ultimate efficiency Now get this question from a lot of my students and readers and subscribers, which is Lux How do you stay so productive in medical school or if I'm a pre-med? How do I Structure my day to become as efficient as possible without becoming overwhelmed with everything that's tossed at me and I get it But what I want you to understand is I'm not an anomaly, right? Like I people act like I'm the only one that can do many things and kind of have control over my day I know you guys can too if you just understand the the proper habits that you need to do to structure your day To reach ultimate productivity So I was gonna make a video where I gave you the spiel and give you the tips But I recently did make the video where I show you my own Schedule on my Google Calendar and how I structure it and I did it for my video course for the pre-meds that I've been making Which I'll link down below but instead of making a whole another video I thought I'd just give you a sneak peek of that video So understand that it is in the context of the course But I think that regardless if you're a pre-med or if you are in med school I think that the video will be super helpful to help you understand how I structure my day how I Recommend anyone structure their day and you're going to be able to not only have time to study But you're gonna have time for you and I think that's really what everyone's kind of wants out wants to have time for So hopefully you guys enjoy this if you did I mean obviously check out the course down below if you are a pre-med But otherwise use the tips from this video to help you become more productive. No more babbling Let's get to the intro and then you will see me on the other side of my computer talking from the course What is going on guys? This is going to be the first video and how to be productive as a pre-med This is the second time I'm recording this video So let's fingers crossed that we get it right on the first or the second try now But the first video is going to be kind of how to create your foundation What principles do you need to know in terms of being productive and scheduling your day? That way the rest of the principles I give you throughout this course are going to be effective So what I'm going to show you is I'm going to show you I'm going to go back to when I was a college student How I was structured my day and then now I'm going to fast forward to today I'm going to show you kind of what my day looks like and they're pretty similar So that means I use the same principles I use as a college student even now as a medical student to do a lot and do a lot of different activities without being overwhelmed So I use Google Calendar because it's very versatile and it's also very portable I can put it on my laptop and then have it on my phone if you guys want to have a physical calendar That's totally fine I still recommend doing it on the Google Calendar because you could do a lot You know, it's a lot quicker to but whatever you prefer but Essentially what you should do is let me let me go to the month first and show you there The first thing you should do is open up your month on your calendar or your you know Your planner and add in everything that you know is going to be there So those things include like important deadlines So this is when I was you know getting close to start sitting for the MCAT So when I needed to register for the MCAT all your FISC your exams So I have some tests here as well as important meetings doctors appointments things that you just can't miss out on Or you don't want to be late on so put those into your monthly calendar You know at the start of the semester what I like to do is I pulled out my syllabi for each class you know for each of my classes and I would just quickly add in all the quizzes and all the tests that way I would know That's an exam here and then you know as I'm going to go over in the study section But I would start structuring my reviews the week before very strategically because I knew the exam would be next Friday So put these in your monthly and then go to your weekly. I Know this looks a little bit overwhelming, but it actually has a very clear structure to it And it's actually the biggest Trick that I used to stay as productive as I am So the first thing is similar to your monthly add in all your required things that are repetitive on a weekly basis So like your classes are a great example, you know what your time your classes are going to be Generally, so you're just going to add them at the time slots that they occur and then Google calendar is great This is why I love it is that you can go in and if you know you have a class on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the whole week From 9 30 to 11 You can just replicate the process to where it shows up weekly and that way you don't have to make it every single day Or every single week you can just say weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays until the end of the semester so That's that add in all your classes and then The next step is to add another kind of weekly recurrent activity. So if you're in organizations and you have meetings You know, those are things that you definitely want to add so I had a meeting down here pretty late So this way I would block off those times and make sure I wasn't trying to be productive, you know Going to another important activity. These times were blocked off for me And I didn't study or anything there in those slots. So add your classes add your meetings And then add in on the weekly basis add in anything important for example something that just may come up So again since I was applying for medical school My school was doing a personal statement workshop. So I went there between 1 and 2 or I knew it was coming up So I added it at the start of the week to this time slot to make sure I didn't do anything else during that time The rest of the time is what I like to call your repetitive structure time. So Excuse me guys This is the time of the week where you know, you want to work during those hours But you may not exactly have a task just yet. So for example, I know on Wednesdays I wanted to work during these time slots and so I would just call these my work time and During, you know, this week I didn't specifically assign myself a task during that time But for example on Sundays, this was also my work time But what I did is before the Sunday I replaced this work time with specific tasks that I wanted to do and what hours I wanted to spend doing them That way I knew, you know, okay, you have physics homework that you need to work on on Sunday morning So wake up at 6 and get ready to start your physics homework from 7 to 8 30 I gave myself a time slot and we're going to go over these principles later But where I had to work and be efficient during these periods because I knew at 8 30 I needed to move and start working on something else. So this kept me efficient I always knew kind of what the end was versus like working on this forever and then realizing I still have homework for other classes Um, so use your work time and then when the week comes or when you're planning it replace them With specific activities that you want to work during those time slots That way, you know, it's starting to finish So I've gotten my work time. I've added, you know, other homeworks, you know, I was studying for my MCAT So I also made this my work time slot right here And I made the whole block just for the MCAT nothing else And then the final thing is to kind of add in your I guess this comes before your work time is you want to put your repetitive like personal sanity things And you can see that I kind of called in personal sanity here Is that things like working out and spending time with friends a tv show like those are totally fine for you to have in your schedule Just make sure that they're blocked off Um, that way you don't schedule yourself to study during that time And also if you're spending like eight hours on a monday watching tv, then that's probably not personal sanity time It's also very visual and I like that. So I knew I wanted to work out on, you know, thursday evenings and I'll fast forward to When I'm a med student right now you can see kind of how I scheduled my workout time So this is guys a great structure because then all the time slots that are open for me to do other things I can add an extra work time. I can add in, you know A fun activity if I say yes to a dinner with a friend I'll block it off here and make sure I don't schedule myself to study Um, so this is kind of how I would structure my day. So every day I knew what time I needed to wake up What time I needed to start, you know, I could sleep in on a monday not so much on a wednesday and the sunday So creating the structure is huge. Now, let me fast forward to Today or this coming week and I kind of already scheduled my Next week. So I'm going to kind of show you now what I do as a med student and again, it's not that different I have repetitive tasks. So I'm on an anesthesia rotation and these are the hours I usually show up To be in the lr and then I have other tasks. So for example I'm doing the empty journey and currently since I'm Um, still making videos for the course that you guys are watching I have it structured and I wake up at ridiculous times. Most of you guys know that And so I wake up and I do a lot of these video contents in the morning Um, and then, you know, I do youtube videos aside from the course So I have a specific time of the week. I like to do those Um, other things that I like to do for the blog is obviously creating my content writing the blog Post and so this kind of tells you like there's a lot of hours spent in it. It can be really overwhelming I'm not going to easily quit but I have structured times in my medical school life Where I do them and I'm not like, you know, studying for other medical school stuff then Similar, you know, my workouts are scheduled. I know what times of the the days on different, you know What times of the days throughout the week I'll be working out So I don't structure anything during these time slots And that way it's great, you know, for me to make sure I get my workout get my fitness in Without impeding on medical school stuff And then other things that, you know, I'll add so like my sanity time I Go to church every sunday or every other sunday depending on what week it is So I make sure I block that time that way. I'm not booking myself for anything else And then this coming week is huge because I have a board exam all in friday. So I'm going to add specific work times that I want to make sure I'm reviewing for it. So I don't fail So you can see that like my schedule isn't that different than when I was a pre-med different things are there But I'm doing, you know repetitive tasks Personal sanity tasks and then I'm adding in time blocks So that way if I wanted to do something next thursday or next saturday evening, I have time to do it if you know Everything else looks correct. So this is my basis on how I recommend you guys go ahead and schedule your day schedule your months Schedule your hours because you're going to be much more productive. You know what's going to come. You know what you have to do It's not as overwhelming, you know, the calendar may look overwhelming But each day you have a plan of attack, you know from 9 to 10. I'm doing this from 10 to 12 I'm doing this I'm taking a break and then get back to work at 2 o'clock Being this productive really has its benefits. I hope these videos help you out But if you guys have any questions put it on the facebook group, I'm happy to answer them But I'll see you guys in the next video. Take care friends All right, guys, so I hope that this video is helpful even if you don't plan your day The way that I do or the month or the week I hope that you're gonna take at least one or two nuggets from the video and try to apply them into your own schedule And seeing how they help you and I'm really interested in understanding how you guys stay productive So comment down below And let me know what tips that you have for me as well as the people In the community on how you stay productive because I'm not perfect. I'm still looking to get better So I'd love to hear y'all's tips and as you know people that comment to subscribe to the channel are always eligible to get Some of my paid resources for free Which include my books on my video course But if you did enjoy the video and you are a pre-med I do recommend that you check out The video course and I'll link that down below and there'll be many helpful videos that my students currently have been enjoying just like this one So that's it for this video if you did enjoy it give a like Comment down below again with all your productivity tips subscribe to the channel and keep helping the community grow And you will see more videos just like this one and no more babbling as I always do at the end of the video I'll see you guys in the next one. Take care guys