英文版

Methods don't need to be complicated to work! In recent years, I've noticed a trend of increasingly complicated methods and techniques. porodomo technique, language learning, note taking, you name it.

I remember making a video on the basics of immersion based language learning, and seeing a comment criticizing my video for having no substance. Sure, there are a lot of details that go into language learning. So much so that I can make an entire course about it. But the reality of it is, as long as you commit to it you WILL see results! That's how simple it is.

As another example, how I manage time is extremely simple. Every morning, I make a checklist of tasks I want to complete that day, and tick an item off when it's done. And I only do this when my mind feels cluttered. On days when I have clear priorities or just one main objective, I skip the planning altogether.

If you are spending more time learning how to do things than actually getting stuff done, there may be something wrong.

To clarify, this is not to say there is no value in these techniques. For example, I researched how cholesterol affects the body and made a big change to my dietary habit and I'm already seeing a lot of results. To my own surprise, my pimples started to go away as an unintended effect. This shows that diving deep into a topic can be valuable when necessary.

Bottom line: focus on what you want to achieve and seek out methods when the situation demands it. Too much information is as good as no information.

中文版

xx時間管理法、xx學習技巧、xx筆記法。現在做各種事情的方法越來越多，把很多事情複雜化。

記得之前做語言沉浸式學習的基本介紹，有人覺得是廢話，好像什麼都沒說，沒有實際的「技巧」。的確要講細節很多細節可以講，甚至可以整理一個課程，但事實就是，只要你把時間花下去，就會有結果。語言學習就是這麼簡單。

再比如說，我平常基本上不太安排時間。只會早上起來把今天要做什麼稍微列一下。然後就開始逐項完成，根本不需要什麼技巧。而且這是我在腦袋比較雜亂的時候才會做的。如果當天的方向很清楚，我連列事項這件事都不會做。

當你花更多時間在學「新方法」，而不是把事情完成，那可能重點搞錯了。

要澄清一下，並不是說深入鑽研方法不好，而是「需要」的時候再去研究就好。例如前陣子我鑽研和飲食、膽固醇對身體的影響，並用了這些知識做調整。很快就看到效果，而且意外皮膚也開始變好，不太長痘痘了。

總歸一句話：專注在要達成什麼結果以及行動，自然會知道什麼時候需要更多資訊跟方法。當然被動吸收資訊也要做，但看太多沒實操就變成垃圾資訊了。