Living or Studying Environment

The environment in which you are studying is one of the most important factors affecting your concentration and consequently the quality of the work you are producing, therefore it is definitely worth giving it a degree of thought.

Finding the environment in which you are best able to work is generally discovered through trial and error, some people are able to knuckle down amongst a multitude of distractions, whilst others require complete silence. However, finding the perfect conditions for you to personally work at your optimum is essential. The place where you are most comfortable studying may be your bedroom at a well lit desk, or it may help to leave the house and its homely distractions and travel to the library to find a quiet study spot. It’s probably worth experimenting with different areas before you determine your ideal working conditions.

Certain factors are pretty much universal though, the old maxim regarding a tidy desk equalling a tidy mind rings fairly true as it’s far easier to concentrate when all your notes are neat and organised. If your work is buried under a pyramid of confused notes, books and scrap papers the chances are that your work will reflect this. It has also been suggested that you should sit at a desk with a hard backed chair when working as if you are slouched or lying down the quality of your work may replicate this lazy approach. A bright desk light in an otherwise darkened room often works wonders for the concentration, as does some neutral background music, which you won’t be tempted to sing or dance along to.

Most people also find it easier to concentrate and indeed work more efficiently when they have planned out their study time and given themselves deadlines and targets to achieve. Having your time organised generally prevents you wasting brain power on stressing unnecessarily about whether you will finish something on time.

However, some find it impossible to even begin attacking their 2,500-word essay until the night before a deadline -this being especially true with freshers. In this case you should check all your notes are in place already to make this achievable. It is also a clever idea if you are pulling an ‘all nighter’ to stock up on supplies of Red Bull and to set your alarm in the morning so if you manage to get some sleep, you don’t then snooze past your deadline.

Posted by : Norashiela Saiful Bahry
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