Imagine this. You are out for dinner and when the server brings your meal, instead of eating it, you wrap it up and take it home and put it in the fridge. Then, the next night you go out again for dinner, wrap up your food, and put it in the fridge. You do this for 3 weeks, wrapping and storing. Finally, you get ravenously hungry and make a dash for the fridge, to find 3 weeks worth of old and unappetizing food. How much can you eat at one time? Can you eat 3 weeks worth in one night. I hope NOT.

Now, imagine that you are a student and every day you go to class and take down all the notes from your teacher or professor. You tuck those notes into your binder and store them for later. You do this every day for 3 weeks. Then, you realize that there is a big exam the next day. Out come 3 weeks worth of notes. How much can you learn at one time? Can you learn 3 weeks worth of material in one night. Probably not!

Your brain is much like your stomach. It prefers to be fed everyday, a bit at a time.