Trying out “ANIMEDORO”study method-New study technique(?)

What's up? It's me, Durie. Welcome back to my channel! I'm a first-year medical student here in Turkey, and today we're talking about a new study method from Josh Chan called Anime. As always, everything that I mentioned will be timestamped down in the description below so that you can skip to the part that you're interested in. So, let's get started!

Before explaining the Animedora method, I want to explain the old school Pomodoro technique so that you guys can understand better. So if you're interested in study techniques, productivity, and all that stuff, I think you might have heard of the Pomodoro technique. It is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each interval is known as a Pomodoro, from the Italian word for tomato, after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo used as a university student.

There are five steps when it comes to the Pomodoro studying technique method.

So, the first step is choosing the task. Choose a task that you want to concentrate on.

Step two is to set a timer for 25 minutes. There are so many apps and websites that you can use, but my recommendations are Forest app and the Ponder timer app.

Step three is to work until the timer beeps. Concentrate on that task only! Do not check your phone or procrastinate; do only work.

Then, step four is to take a break of about five minutes, no longer than that, because you don't want to lose your concentration.

Now, step five is to repeat the cycle four times, and after four times, take a longer break of 15 to 20 minutes.

Okay, so there are lots of opinions about the Pomodoro technique, but I will firstly explain why the Pomodoro technique works. Studies show that most people can only concentrate for about 25 minutes. So, during these golden concentration hours, you concentrate on one task at a time so that you can fully focus on the task. There are tons of studies showing the Pomodoro technique is very good—like, awesome and all that stuff.

But I'm not a personal fan of 25-5 minutes; I usually do 50-10 or 90-20-30, like longer periods of Pomodoros. The reason why I do longer periods of Pomodoros is that I don't have any problems with concentration. So like when I sit down and study, I can easily study for about one hour to one and a half hours or so. But the real problem that I have is actually starting the studying session; for me, it's the hardest part.

So when you do the 25-5 methods, you have to enter your study zone multiple times, and it's not suitable for me. Because when I study in a day, I usually like to study for about four to maybe six hours in a day—usually four. So like I have to do 10 Pomodoros or so. I have to get into the study session for 10 times, and it's freaking hard for me. So I don't stick to 25-5 minutes.

Okay, so now moving on to the Animedora method. We'll summarize it. If you want to learn it in a very detailed way, then I would recommend you to watch Josh's video.

So basically, the Animedora method is, you will do 40 to 60 minutes of work and then watch one episode of anime, but ending and opening skip. The technique itself is very basic, but you will follow your natural flow. What does it mean? For example, if you have done work but it took you only 35 minutes, then you will start another work until hitting 40 to 60 minutes so that you don't break your natural flow.

No extended breaks; this is very important. When you watch an anime or a TV show, you exactly know that it's gonna take about 19 to 20 minutes. It's very important because you know when to start, you know when to end. And I loved actually the idea of following your natural flow because, as Ali Abdaal says, don’t be a slave or prisoner to a technique.

So let me explain why you should try it. It is because rewarding yourself is very, very important, especially if you're doing tasks that you don't love and that you don't enjoy. Usually, when it comes to studying, I mean, some of us of course enjoy it, but generally when we talk about studying, it’s not so much fun thinking. So after completing one task, you get a reward. If you love anime so much, it will motivate you to do more work because you know that after a study session you are allowed to watch anime without any guilt.

Let's talk about the pros and cons of this method and my opinions about it. I kind of felt much more motivated to study because I know that I can watch one episode of anime. So it made it much easier to push myself. I also made myself a rule, which is I will only watch animes during my break sessions. In that way, I know that I can't watch anime until I get some work done. So if I wanted to watch anime, I have to get work done.

Okay, so let's talk about the cons. I think the hardest part when it comes to this technique is not to click the next episode. It kind of created the urge to study, but at the same time, I was so thinking about the next episode. I don't know, it's kind of like in the middle way.

So when it comes to this method, we have rewards, but I think it is very likely for you to click the next episode. It would be great when you create some sort of punishment before the times you click the next episode. It can be like giving money to someone else, can be your siblings, your mom, or a friend—whoever. So like creating some sort of punishment keeps you away from the habit, in my opinion.

So let's rate the technique. I think it's about 8.5 out of 10 because, as I said, it’s good to follow your natural flow, but it's hard to click the next episode. But again, it's good that it motivates you to study. But again, it's hard to study again because you're likely to click the next episode. But yeah, creating a punishment for yourself is, I think, a good way to kind of like make this technique a better one.

I would like to hear about your opinions. I will link Josh's video down in the description below so that you can go there and watch his video as well. I guess that was it for today. I hope you liked this video. Let me see you in my next video. [Music]