For example I want to learn more history or math. But as soon as I start reading or watching video, I start feeling sleepy. Rather than thinking “Oh may be I was not really interested in them” I’m curious to know your approaches to learning. If there is a better way to learn new stuff and keep at it.
Drinking coffee while or before reading helps me personally if it’s not something super gripping (most non fiction lol). Honestly sometimes learning is like working out. Building a habit out of it is difficult at first and it is usually best to start slow but consistantly. Pick any book and just read a set amount of pages or minutes per day, stand up while reading it if you have to in order to stop from getting sleepy, just power through it as best you can. Eventually increase the amount of time you spend on it. Sometimes it happens naturally and you’ll just want to keep reading one day, sometimes you have to say, it’s been a few weeks and I should up my time by some amount.
I really recommend picking a book on a topic that doesn’t just interest you but is important to you. For me, political theory and indigenous history fill this requirement.