How to study from home

Have you wondered how to study from home when we are all trying to work and lead a pandemic life at home? Do you need concentration in this attempt? We give you advice or tip to help your studies bear fruit during this current context.

Check out these 10 tips to study at home!

1. Choose a quiet and light place to study

Noise is always a great distractor. For this reason, one of the main tips is to choose a place in your house that is quiet and has optimal lighting. Also, the temperature is always an inconvenience when studying, so take care to keep your study area warm in winter and cool on hot days.

2. Get adequate sleep

According to a study from the Completeness University of Madrid, sleep affects performance and, of course, the effectiveness of the study. In this research, they indicate that greater sleep irregularity is associated with worse grades and lower performance in cognitive, verbal, spatial, reasoning, and numerical skills. For this reason, try to try to make yourself a schedule that has sufficient hours of sleep (7 or 8 hours) as a strict condition so that the performance and concentration in your studies are optimal.

3. Do not study hungry

Before starting any homework or study material, the first thing you should do is eat what you need to satisfy your appetite. There is nothing more terrible than studying when you are hungry, especially since you are going to lose the concentration that is so hard to maintain. For this reason, it is recommended that you eat before studying, or if you are not that hungry leave an emergency snack near you.

4. Plan your study schedules

Having a specific schedule is very important for you to perform in your studies. Having a plan of the days and precise moments in which you are going to study will help you to concentrate in advance and know the subjects that you will learn.

5. Keep everything you need close to you

Order is an essential issue when studying at home. In this sense, relevant advice is to have a large table that gives you the freedom to have everything you need, be it books, notes, the computer, pencils, notes, or whatever you need.

6. Take a shower before studying

This advice has nothing to do with your hygiene, but rather with avoiding stress, that is, improving your health. It is proven that bathing has a great influence on relaxing your muscles. Experts agree on this. A publication on the Nueva Mujer site states that an optimal shower with hot water relaxes the muscles (29-40 ºC); later, continuing with a warmer temperature (24-29 ºC) manages to reactivate us; while finishing with jets of cold water activate circulation.

7. Use a study method

Various methods work when studying, but it will always depend on the qualities of each student. Here we leave you some ways that can be very useful to perform to the maximum in your studies:

Separate titles with colors decorate folders according to the theme. With colorful post-its next to the computer, or between the books. Create summaries by dividing them into subjects or topics. Invent your way of making concept maps.

8. Take a break

A very good piece of advice when studying is to rest. But what would that be like? The idea is that the study periods you have are around 50 minutes, alternated with 10 rest. In this way, you will avoid headaches, stress, fatigue, and the typical symptoms of lack of concentration when studying.

9. Do not impose several study hours

The most important thing is that you study to the point. Where you can explain the subject accurately and understandably, out loud, and without having to look at the material. In this way, you can occupy 2 hours or up to 4. Everything is proportional to the amount of concentration.

10. Avoid your cell phone and, above all, social networks

Leaving your cell phone somewhere else. Silent or turned off is one of the best options you have for concentrating at home. In this way, neither a call nor a WhatsApp will bother you when studying at home. Another point is to avoid, for a moment, social networks like Facebook or Instagram. We know it costs, but entering these social networks can take away our concentration and lose our dedication to studying.