How Can You Effectively Study at Home?

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The discussion revolves around strategies for effective studying at home, contrasting it with studying in libraries. Participants share personal experiences, suggestions, and challenges related to creating a conducive study environment at home.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests that dividing study space from leisure space is crucial for effective studying at home.
  • Multiple participants emphasize the importance of a clean and distraction-free study area, proper lighting, and communicating with housemates to minimize interruptions.
  • Some participants mention the need for breaks and personal preferences for background noise or snacks while studying.
  • One participant expresses anxiety about studying at home, fearing a lack of material to learn or running out of assignments.
  • Another participant contrasts the structured environment of formal education with the more forgiving nature of self-study, highlighting the motivational aspects of competition.
  • A participant shares their inability to study in libraries due to distractions and suggests alternative locations like coffeehouses or bookstores.

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Participants present a variety of strategies and experiences, indicating that there is no consensus on the best approach to studying at home. Different preferences and challenges are acknowledged, leading to multiple competing views.

Contextual Notes

Some suggestions may depend on individual preferences and living situations, and the effectiveness of proposed strategies remains unverified for different participants.

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Hi,
I have no problem to study at the library, but there is no way I could study at home.

Does anybody have any ideas besides the obvious ones?

Sincerely yours,

igorronaldo
 
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You should divide your time as you should divide your working place.
Let me explain. If you have fun were you work the two you'll get mixed up and you won't be able to fully work because you use that space to play video games for instance.
That's why you can study easily at the library.
 
Clean off a space to study - a table or desk. No distractions allowed, it has to be *clean*.

Get the proper lighting.

Let everyone you live with know you will be studying and ask them to not interrupt you unless the house is on fire.

No TV or radio. Wear earplugs.

Take 5 or 10 minute breaks every hour.

If this works, I'll be amazed, because it never worked for me :biggrin:.
 
lisab said:
Clean off a space to study - a table or desk. No distractions allowed, it has to be *clean*.

Get the proper lighting.

Let everyone you live with know you will be studying and ask them to not interrupt you unless the house is on fire.

No TV or radio. Wear earplugs.

Take 5 or 10 minute breaks every hour.

If this works, I'll be amazed, because it never worked for me :biggrin:.
I had to have the TV or radio on in order to study, and snacks. The break for 5 or 10 minute breaks every hour worked for me. I'd go to the kitchen and get a snack - or coffee. I need frequent coffee breaks.

In the winter I enjoy hot eggnog, with milk, and flavored with nutmeg, or cool eggnog with rum or Scottish ale aged in a rum cask.
 
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lisab said:
Clean off a space to study - a table or desk. No distractions allowed, it has to be *clean*.

Get the proper lighting.

Let everyone you live with know you will be studying and ask them to not interrupt you unless the house is on fire.

No TV or radio. Wear earplugs.

Take 5 or 10 minute breaks every hour.

If this works, I'll be amazed, because it never worked for me :biggrin:.

I'd have to add something... Whip up a warm beverage that you love. It really helps.
I tend to drink hot chocolate or some green tea, it really sets the mood for studying for me, maybe worth the try:approve:?
 
I am afraid to study at home thinking that I might not have anything to learn or that I may finish all assignments and there will be nothing left to continue...
 
It's easy in school, learn the material or pay the price of an unsatisfactory grade. In self study, the teacher is much more forgiving. Formal education teaches you the value of success in the face of competition - an important life lesson.
 
lisab said:
Clean off a space to study - a table or desk. No distractions allowed, it has to be *clean*.

Get the proper lighting.

Let everyone you live with know you will be studying and ask them to not interrupt you unless the house is on fire.

No TV or radio. Wear earplugs.

Take 5 or 10 minute breaks every hour.

If this works, I'll be amazed, because it never worked for me :biggrin:.

Nice one =)
 
It's funny because I could never study at the library. The silence was deafening and people trying to be quiet, thunderous. Too many cute distractions too.

What specific problems do you have studying at home?

Have you tried a coffehouse? Bookstore?
 

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