Distractions are common, especially when students are studying(it used to happen with me too). In today’s internet-friendly world where Facebook, Whatsapp, Mobile, etc have become an integral part of our lives the chances of getting distracted easily are even more. To overcome all such distractions while studying, you can follow these tips.
- Put your phone on silent mode
- Switch off your Internet access.
- Get yourself 8 hours of sleep every night.
- Take a deep breath just when you’re getting distracted.
- Make use of Asana.com to prioritize your tasks.
- Take complete privacy.
Be Creative and Develop Smart Study Habits:
This is by far the most important rule for effective studying for long hours. Boredom is the biggest enemy of long hour studies and can hinder all your efforts. You can’t control being bored as it is involuntary but you can follow certain tricks to involve creativity into your learning and eliminate boredom. Here we will discuss different creative ways of learning. These are the few clever ways.
1. Create visual pictures:
The idea here is to create visual or abstract images of the theory that you are learning. We remember things we see and hear better. A simple example is if you want to remember
Newton’s second law of motion which is force = mass*acceleration
i.e F= ma^2
Just visualize a fat man running fast and pushing a boulder. The man is mass, the speed in which he runs is acceleration and the movement of the boulder is the amount of force.
2. Rote only the stubborn ones:
Rote memorization is the method in which you continuously repeat information and cram it up inside your brain. This results in temporary memory and often things learnt by rote are forgotten after a day.
3. Be curious:
Be like a curious baby who constantly asks “why?” and “what?” to anything and everything. This has 2 reasons.
Firstly, if you keep asking why and what, your study material forms an interesting logical pattern and the portion starts to seem more obvious.
Secondly, we fail to differentiate between important and unimportant. By asking “why?” you are questioning the importance of the matter. It will help you to strike out the unimportant portions.
4. Be an artist:
You can easily make complex things simple by drawing out diagrams. A simple example is if you need to learn all the parts of a human body or anything on a more complex level, just draw out the parts or look at diagrams. You remember it better. This is just an advanced form of visualization. Works best for Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Physics etc.
5. Be your own teacher:
Teaching someone or even yourself is an effective way of learning. If you don’t find someone to teach to, pretend to be a student yourself and try explaining things out loud.
6. Find your favourite spot and stick to it:
If you find your favourite spot for learning, half the job is done. It will help you stay focused, relaxed and not get bored for very long hours. For some, it is the desk, for some, it is the sofa and for some it is the bed. It can be anywhere you feel the most relaxed. A good familiar and relaxed spot is important for studying for long hours.
7. Test yourself:
If you have enough time left or even between chapters conduct a small test. You don’t need to write down everything. Jot down the information in points from which you can elaborate in your mind later. This way you will be confident about your progress which in turn will facilitate more learning. The job of listing important information for quick revision later will also be done.
8. Enjoy yourself to avoid depression, nervousness and unnecessary tension:
You can socialize, meditate, exercise, eat, party; whatever you need to do to relax just. Some get nervous when they are relaxing before an exam. Those people can just sleep. Different individuals get relaxation through different things. Find out your relaxation pill and indulge in it to keep yourself tension free the day before an exam.
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