Learning at your best brain time

Learning takes energy. Like a laptop, when you run out of battery for the day your brain will deliberately reduce performance to conserve energy. This literally means you will understand and remember much less of what you learn, regardless of any fantastic tools or processes you use (e.g. Dendro!).

If you’re not careful and deliberate about the time of day you choose to learn, not only will you learn less, but you could transform it from a daily joy into a daily chore. On the other hand, 30 minutes at your best brain time can be as good as several hours when you're low.

So when is your best brain time?

In general, your best brain time will occur earlier rather than later in the day, whether you’re a morning person or not. The reason is that from the time you wake up, many short term memories are formed and stored. By the end of the day, your brain is saturated with information, which needs to be unloaded over the night sleep for learning the next day.

Therefore, on the condition that you regularly get a reasonable night’s sleep, you will find that 20-60 minutes of regular learning in the morning or mid-morning will supercharge your learning and leave you with long lasting memories.

Naturally, various lifestyle factors can get in the way of setting the ideal time for learning. However, if there's any way you can experiment with morning learning you should try it for at least a week. That may mean going to sleep a bit earlier so that you can wake up fresh and early (without an alarm clock). Keep in mind that there is such a thing as too early, so try and find the right time for you.

If for some reason you try mornings for a week or so and find that it doesn't meet your expectations, try some other times in your schedule. At the end of the day, it's about what works for you. However, the important thing is to be keenly aware of just how much difference the time of day will affect your learning.

Supercharge Dendro with a regular morning routine

While we believe that Dendro’s tools will give you superior results, you can set yourself up for success - or failure - depending on when you use them. To make sure you're getting the best results, put a reminder in your calendar for the time of morning (or other time of day) that you intend to learn each day.

Think ahead about what other things might get in the way, and see if you can move those activities to another time of day. Once you've found the time that works for you, you'll never want to miss that special window!