Originally created in the early 2000s, monk mode is an intense period of retreat. Retreating from the world to focus on one or two meaningful things and make massive progress.
You don’t want to go into it unprepared, thinking, “I’ll start today and see how long I can stick to it.” Of course, we all know how long that will last.
The only way you’ll have the time, and mental energy to focus and make massive progress on your goal is to remove all the other distractions from your life.
let your friends and family know ahead of time that you have some serious study to do and won’t see them for a couple of weeks (or however long you decide.)