Sometimes you just need to stop yourself. It’s easy to get excited about what you’re learning and get carried away. You understand enough to keep moving, but at some point your retention suffers.

It’s like eating a good meal. You have to stop when you’re full even though it tastes devine.

Smoke weed...ha. Seriously, just remember to take one step at a time. For me, just looking at the overwhelming options for courses(progression paths, overlaps, languages) gets me sometimes. In life, the finish line is death. There's no hurry. Enjoy what you're doing.

Could it be that such premature amnesia kognitive?
When this happens will make excessive stress, will certainly have an effect on health

@cryptoctopus we live in a society of constant information overload! SOmetimes it is hard to deal with it... Thanks for sharing this post! :)

wow great tips you have discussed @cryptoctopus  sir,Generally I use break of 30 minutes gap whenever I want to learn new things in coding,It increases my memory and I understand in a better way..Thanks to share with us upvoted and resteemed

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eLearning helps a lot, but may need a lot of willpower. I tried learning Markdown and Jekyll through a Udemy course, but I failed. I didn't set enough deadline, so there was no follow through. Hence, I suggest to fellow eLearners to set a good pace but mark a deadline to ensure we'll meet the objectives.

a hard work worth thumbs up for, this world needs hard work. because there is no spoils of war, without war, expecting something without hard work, it is impossible

A time-consuming but worthwhile approach is to try and create little projects for yourself using new information that you just learned. It's easy to code in the exact same way as the examples or exercises,  but what other situation could you use that new functionality? What other project could you create,  or what problem could you solve with it. 

I really struggle to learn for learnings sake... but when I can see a direct application towards something I'm interested in,  I'm veracious!

wowo great post this is so good learn many things nice one

very intaresting post. I learned a lot. Thanks.👍

This is all generally great advice.  Looking forward to more!

@cryptoctopus Focusing on screens can be really tiring sometimes. But e-learning is a great was to accomplish gaining new knowledge. Just like how I've gained a little more knowledge from your post. 
Thank you
@berylwills

If I don't watch myself I'll get involved and sit for hours.  It's why I have a cheap kitchen timer on my desk (it's magnetic so it doesn't take any top space).  I set it for the appropriate amount of time and when it goes off I promptly get up and walk around for at least 5 minutes.  Doing nothing except perhaps annoying the dog.  He's just adorable when annoyed.

Thanks for another great post in the series and more really good real world solutions.

And congratulations on your (unannounced) baby.  Too cool by about a factor of 10.

Thanks for sharing this with us. The tip you gave does not apply to e-learning only but also to other form of learning .Sometimes presurre from learning can usually cause brain overload.i remember when my professor  in school gave us a very short time to prepare for an exam, believe me my brain was overload  With information to the point that during the exam I was misapplying the information  I learnt. My reading that day was counter productive.

Great post and tnx for sharing your insights. I had often similar problems, where I just get overwhelmed. Learning like crazy, but actually not learn at all. It takes time for brain to absorb new information. For me it works best when I make "baby steps".

Learning have no limit no age no time it cannot old or new one everyone have to learn the things which is new to them & nothing to shy in this @ any age of life.

Woah..you must have really studied alot about how the brain works due to its cognitive development and sure you are very right especially in the aspect of reading more and tending to forget still but without a brain break to digest what you absorb brain fatigue comes in and thats when you start feeling dizzy .but what i feel is that on the brain development, it works many way,some is through jotting down what they capture and some is underlining the points and sure much load on learning process without revision leaves the brain empty but I believe brain development must begin from the cradle when we are much tender so when we grow as adults it wont tend been a fatigue because from what I heard,the brain expands. So thats my point and thanks alot for these great information.

It is very important to talk about this topic, sometimes we want to fill our brain with so much information that we do not know what to give more importance and we think that our memory is always long, and it is not like that and we do not rest it is always good to rest our mind to Let the ideas flow and always write down the most relevant words in the subject so that when the retentive fails and we have something written, healthy eating keeps the mind healthy for the moments of great mental overload, excellent subject

my life as, too tired to learn, I think I have to break for a short time, and then went back, in order to my brain painless. "short break but often it is better than the old working seldom break.

Thanks @cryptoctopus. This post reminded me of this Far Side from long ago.  I look forward to hearing more about the little one coming soon! ![cc1d10f10629131cbe16645cfd2a240f.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXq5Mrgbn6LVZk1KNSaQC8bGbgJhFJnCU4WVyFKuxhimX/cc1d10f10629131cbe16645cfd2a240f.jpg)

I have definitely found pacing to be the primary problem when I tried to elearn python. But that's my nature in general - I tend to dive a bit to hard, a bit too fast into topics and then burn out if I'm not immediately successful at them.

Learning as fast as we can is not always the best. It’s better to take our time even if that means going slower because the important thing is not how much time do we spend learning a certain lesson, but how deep and established does that knowledge remains on our brain.

Fantastic read especially since we are sailing in the same boat. Although I already went through the self-teaching in web development, I am finding it a tad difficult learning how to develop applications for the Steem Blockchain. I will be taking a look at that course you recommended to see if I can learn something new. All the best in this @cryptoctopus.

Cognitive overload is an issue learners generally encounter  during intensive learning(not only peculiar  to elearners). It not only result in loss of information at times, but can also culminate in headaches and dizziness. 
I simply go with the step one above any time. 
Showering often  proves a great relief. Then I indulge myself in some activity that doesn't involve mental strain before returning to study.

I have never had much luck with coding, but sometimes while troubleshooting IT related issues you get to a point where nothing seems to help resolve the issue any faster.

Then leaving the issue for a bit doing something else more fun and when you return to the problem afterwards, it's almost like the solution basically jumps out at you.  

So yeah I can agree with taking breaks is a good thing when you are doing  things that requires a lot of attention and mental focus.

That would be dependent on your brains plasticity...

Start small and master the basics before going on more ambitious programming quests :)

Yes absolutely correct , This is the best way to complete the project. Starting doesn't mean much until you reach the end. Struggle hard till you reach and learn well is the key to success. 
Nice points you shared . Thanks

@cryptoctopus..really  a  very nice tips you discussed ..i am also present learing java scripts and web page applications development...thank you for sharing with us..

You look like you're on your way of becoming a developer. I didn't have online universities when I started learning programming.

>Cognitive overload creates a situation where you have a diminishing return on what you are able to absorb in your memory bank. The more you keep learning while in a state of cognitive overload, the more chance you have at completely forgetting what you've learned.

I've been following your coding lesson and tips and I must say you've really impacted a lot in my life.

I suspended coding for a long time till I stumbled on your post which made me to have a rethink and now I'm learning coding again.

Your today's post is really important because as a newbie to coding, you'll always want to learn and learn until you're sure that you know how to code effectively without even thinking about the effects it has on your brain's ability to store and remember all what you've learnt.

I must say today's tips is really eye opening and I'll try to follow the advice and work on myself.

I'll be using this format: Eat well.. Read and learn.... Practice.... Rest or sleep... Start again.

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Thanks once more for this post. I really appreciate