6 tricks to stay focused while studying

So now you know what you are about to study, you also have a perfect place and time to study, you have also gathered all your stuffs and started studying. you read for a few minutes but suddenly you find yourself thinking about your friends party, then you start thinking about the dress you are going to wear, you stand up and check your wardrobe, trying dresses and realizing you don't have a good dress to wear, leading you to start window shopping, after about an hour you are done and then you again start studying, suddenly you start thinking about the makeup you are going to wear and end up going to you tube watching makeup tutorials.Now you have already wasted 2-3 hours and you are tired so you head towards your bed with a thought of waking up early and finishing rest of your studies, but it never happens and the cycle continues.

Every student including me goes through this cycle, I always go through this cycle when I first start studying a topic or a subject, but with time I started realizing the amount of time i waste every time i start a new subject or topic, that's when i decided to put a few habits back and break this cycle by taking control over myself. so i used following tricks that worked for me very well, now even if I study for 2 hour day i can make the most out of it. so sharing these tricks here with you, keep reading to see if it helps.

1- THOUGHTS CLEANSING BEFORE STUDYING

Try to fill clothes in an preoccupied wardrobe, you will face a cloth flood similarly, when your brain is occupied with several useless thoughts how can you fill in new things properly so it is important to clear your thoughts and brain before you sit and study. 

Meditation is the best cleanser for your brain, sit relaxed for 10-15 minutes in a silent area of your house, close your eyes and just breath, once your thoughts are cleared and brain is calm your focus will increase automatically.

2- SELECT and DIVIDE

when we have a whole new chapter or a subject to read, we give it a start and gradually looses focus in the middle, so what i did to stay focused is dividing chapter or questions into minutes.

Suppose i have 10 questions to cover so i will give myself approx 2 hours for those 10 questions and then divide those 2 hours in to minutes like 10-12 minutes for each question.

Following this step my speed automatically speeds up,and i complete my target in given period of time.

3- DO NOT study for more than 45 minutes continuously

even if i decide a target to complete it in 2 hours, i study continuously for 45-50 minutes, then take a snack break for 10-15 minutes, then again sit back to continue. 

This way speeds up my study because the temptation of taking break after a short period makes me read without thinking of anything else.

4- FLOWCHART READING 

Sometimes we loose focus simply because the material bores us to sleep, to avoid this you can make your boring reading interesting by jotting it down in an interesting manner in your note-book .
Make notes after reading 2-3 paragraphs or an answer that too in a flowchart manner. 

 Grab your color pens, markers, sticky notes, highlighters  and make flowchart of things you read. Now you have notes of your own styled by you in a way you find it attractive.

This way you will keep seeing your notes and now you already have idea of what was there in that boring paragraph , you can now read your content without loosing focus.

5- PLAY  STUDY FOCUS MUSIC

There were times when i couldn't maintain focus because my brain is not in a calm phase. so to calm myself i obviously meditate, but when i sit to study i play some focus music for myself and that helps me keeping focused .

Try a non-disturbing background music without any lyrics, you will find many on internet.

6- DISTANCE FROM GADGETS 

When you really want to focus on your studies your phone and laptop becomes your biggest distraction. so whenever i study productively i give up my cellphone, either i keep it in another room or switch it off for a particular amount of time to avoid any kind of distraction created by my Whatsapp notifications or any phone call.


I hope some of these tricks of mine help you study with more focus and eventually improve your grades!
so what are your tricks to keep yourself stay focused ?