Planning
* tasks
Put down your tasks and evaluate them according to importance and urgency, complexity and according to how time-consuming they are. Define reasonable time limits for their accomplishment.
* initial knowledge and skills
Evaluate your knowledge and skills before you get down to new tasks.
* aids
Get the necessary literature and teaching aids.
* simplicity
Develop a realistic and unsophisticated plan.
* concreteness
Consider what, where, when, and how you want to do.
* regularity
If possible, plan your study at a regular time of a day.
* independence
Plan what depends on you.
* immediateness
Plan what you can start immediately or soon.
* implementation
Put your plan into practice.
* check-up
Evaluate how you managed to meet the plan.