Hello lads,
I recently returned to University after working for the last 7 year. (I'm 26 now)
I'm having issues motivating myself and starting to learn. I have my first exam in 10 days and just started 2-3 hours ago.

I always had troubles motivating myself in school, I never did the homework or learned for the tests and yet always passed them. I don't think I'm smart or have some high IQ, I just had an easier time picking up the fundamentals when I was younger.
My biggest problem is that I never learned to learn.
Does anyone here have/had the same problem? Any tips? I'm making some research about effective learning methods. But it all seems like pseudo science shit.

This is how I tried to learn:
- turned smartphone off
- created another user account on my computer and only used it for research
- ate well before (not too much)
- drinking water / tea
- no music or any source of sounds

And yet after every 5-15 minute some random shit pops up in my head. I think all the media consume fried my brain + my vivid fantasy = a loser realizing that he is struggling.

I know that started to late but I still believe that I will pass. I just want to make the next days as efficient as possible.