02-15-2006, 02:26 AM
What I've heard is that it's best to "set up" a study area from scratch. It's sort of a subconscious deal. With Instantcert that's hard, because you already more than likely have that area set up for casual browsing and fun, etcetera.
However - if you have a laptop with wireless connection or somesuch that you can take elsewhere - you should find a quiet, peaceful and secluded place within your home that you can go and set up a non-intrusive light for your study, and if possible, only study there.
This has a lot to do with subconscious association - for example, if you try to study in bed, or in the couch you watch TV, or in the chair you eat food, etcetera... Your mind wanders because it is not accustomed to the focus you are trying to give in THAT area and wants to do what it likes to do instead.
Basically just helps to have an area that you HAVE to go to in order to study, so that your mind knows it's set in. A whole bunch of subconscious stuff that might not benefit you if you don't believe it, but hey.
PS: I only listen to music while I study in order to drown out the music of others (I live in a barracks where people love to blare their music), but when I do it's classical. While I like classical, it's not interesting enough to actively catch my attention and distract me while I'm focused on something else (whereas music I like a lot better I'll find myself singing to before I realize what I'm doing).
However - if you have a laptop with wireless connection or somesuch that you can take elsewhere - you should find a quiet, peaceful and secluded place within your home that you can go and set up a non-intrusive light for your study, and if possible, only study there.
This has a lot to do with subconscious association - for example, if you try to study in bed, or in the couch you watch TV, or in the chair you eat food, etcetera... Your mind wanders because it is not accustomed to the focus you are trying to give in THAT area and wants to do what it likes to do instead.
Basically just helps to have an area that you HAVE to go to in order to study, so that your mind knows it's set in. A whole bunch of subconscious stuff that might not benefit you if you don't believe it, but hey.
PS: I only listen to music while I study in order to drown out the music of others (I live in a barracks where people love to blare their music), but when I do it's classical. While I like classical, it's not interesting enough to actively catch my attention and distract me while I'm focused on something else (whereas music I like a lot better I'll find myself singing to before I realize what I'm doing).
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