In his 1932 book, sir frederic bartlett wrote that he viewed memory:

He viewed memory As a problem-solving activity
According to Bartlett, humans would consistently face various type of problems in our life.
When facing these problems we rely on memory to seek on various information that could help us in dealing with this problems (whether it's an experience or general knowledges)

Abraham lincoln gave his 2nd inaugural address on march 4, 1865.-as lincoln prepared to speak, the civil war was drawing to a close.

Basically create a schedule on what you need to study and stick with it