Creating Your Personal Study Space
The last thing that you probably need when you’re at college is another place to “hang out.” Most students have plenty of those. What you need, instead, is a good place to study. Let’s look at how you can take the small area you have in your dorm and turn it into an effective study zone.
Your first step in creating the ideal study spot is to identify its location. If you’re in a dorm room, this choice is probably somewhat limited. If you stay in an apartment, you have more flexibility. Make sure it’s a place that works no matter what time of year it is or what time of day (So for instance, there should be adequate light for night study as well as day). Also think about where it is in relation to the apartment traffic. If people are constantly walking by and brushing against your chair, maybe you should reconsider it.
In fact make sure your study zone is away from as many distractions as you can manage. If you do lots of studying in the daytime, this means to avoid locations where you’ll be tempted to gaze out the window and daydream. Some people go so far as to create a sign that says something like “STUDYING: DO NOT DISTURB.” If you have a fairly private room, you can put the sign on the door. If not, putting it on your desk will at least alert visitors to the fact that you need to be left alone.
Consider the idea of music in your study area. Some people must have total silence when they study. This means you should avoid having the temptation of music near you. Others, though, actually prefer to have something playing softly. You have to know which type you are and set up or eliminate the music accordingly.
Also, set up your study space at the perfect comfort level. What is perfect? Comfortable enough that you don’t mind sitting there for a few hours as you study–yet not so comfortable that you’re likely to doze off.
Are you the type who makes several trips to the kitchen when you’re studying for a snack? Then either put your study area near the kitchen, or even better, bring the kitchen to you. Keep snacks on a shelf near your study space, and if possible, either a mini-refrigerator or at least a cooler.
And finally, keep your study space organized. A cluttered study zone makes it more likely that you’ll lose important notes, or worse, that you’ll spill something onto that paper you had looking so crisp and clean.
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thanks alots.
The last point was HUGE for me in college and still is to this day. A cluttered desk is a cluttered mind!