[sasha_fishter]

I think everybody is struggling with this. I found very good example and that is Duolingo, it forces you to take lessons every day. And after month or so it's just in your mind, that feeling you need to finish something, no matter if it's 2 minutes, it's just that you are doing it each day.

I.e. I started learning Data Science lately (frontend developer here), and I just picked one course and learn each day few lessons. More and more, I'm convinced that these small steps are once that moves you forward whether you are learning something new or going to gym, what ever. Just show up, and do that small step each day.

Everything else will come together. You will need to do some research anyway if you want to 'finish' some task, so I don't bother with that. Just go, and learn.

[sujayk_33]

I can vouch for that, Duolingo is a very good example, it creates that urge to complete the lesson so that we don't break that streak.

It also helped me in habit stacking, which led to better productivity too. routines help.

[lamroger]

The big icon with the streak and it turning red toward the end of the day really helps. Recognizing that some days you won't want to learn but just getting through it is ok. It's a really slow process if you're not deliberate but slow is better than none IMO.

[authorfly]

A great experiment to do would be to sit people down and have a quiz application like Duolingo randomly choose answers, them seeing if the answers are right/wrong.

I suspect, much like experiments showing how people prefer/like (Familiarity effect) art they have seen in a previous session (even if months later and they don't remember and can't explain why they like it more than other art!), that students would pick up some correct/incorrect answers, because they can't help but read and notice any interesting differences from their mental model.

I have built an app which prepares exercises for you based on your subject and uses LLM-chosen emojis to represent each exericse. It notifies you with the emoji for each lesson each day with the idea of a visual cue but now you mention it using a dynamic icon for the app might be more important of a visual cue (to get the daily cadence/habit), rather than something recognisable

[sasha_fishter]

Exactly!