Make a study plan

A well-designed study plan is the foundation of a successful learning journey.

Set a goal

Set a high-level goal, and then break it down into smaller, manageable steps. For example, if the overall goal is to understand the Transformer architecture, you might break it down into:

Understanding the attention mechanism
Understanding the feedforward network
Understanding the positional encoding
etc.

But you may also want to add steps that cover the math and statistics needed.

Build a routine

Set a fixed schedule and stick to it. If you end up not sticking to it, adjust it.

Track progress

Keep a daily diary of what you study. Keep track of courses you take and books you read. Have a list of resources you want to use. You will come across many sites, courses, and books and you can't read them all at once.