Enhance Your Productivity

How to Create and Organize Your Study Space

As finals are approaching, getting a good study environment is essential for you to be prepared for your exams. We all know how motivating it feels to have a good study environment. Here are some tips on creating a good study space for yourself.

Enhance your productivity

A Pomodoro timer: this can simply be a timer, or your phone or you laptop with the Pomodoro app installed. This is going to help you be free of distractions and focus on learning during the 25 minutes study time.

Your study plan: placing your study plan on your desk/wall can act as a visual reminder for you. You may also cross out things that you have studied so that you can visually envisage your progress. It also helps you to plan.

Motivational quotes and pictures: studying can be very stressful, especially with all the deadlines and exams. Keeping a positive mindset is the most important long-term strategy. A great way to instill positivity is by sticking some motivational quotes and pictures on the wall, whether it be a picture of your dream school, or of your family.

Create a comfortable learning environment

Adequate lighting: lighting is essential since it can directly affect your performance. I personally would prefer natural lighting – because it feels more energizing, and that you will have the motivation to complete everything before the evening. Another tip, you may want to place your desk in a way so that the source of light should come from your left hand side if you are right-handed. This way the light won’t be blocked by your writing hand.

Scents: scent can do wonders, and you can alter the scents to suit your needs. For example,

pine, lavender, jasmine can alleviate stress

citrus can make you feel more energized

peppermint, lemon can boost concentration

rosemary can improve memory retention

Snacks: Some people may find it easier to concentrate when they snack while studying. Snacking on brain food, like almonds and nuts, may even boost memory and have a lot of health benefits.

Water: Similarly, water can boost concentration. Try adding lemon to your water, it not only detox body and skin but also boosts energy and mood.

Music: If you are the kind of person who loves studying with music, you may want to get a speaker and play some classical or piano tracks. One thing I love to do is to go on 8tracks and search for study playlists.

Plants: air quality can affect your productivity, too. While some may prefer having an air purifier in your study space, plants are definitely a good and cheaper alternative. Investing in a low-maintenance household plant may be a good choice.

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surviving an ap class can be one of the hardest things to do in high school. i’m here to help you out! i’ll add some general tips at the end of the post.

sciences

biology crash course

bozeman podcasts (incredibly to the point and focused)

huuuuge review sheet

quizlet vocab (1013 terms!)

intro to the bio exam

final reviews (1) (2)

chemistry crash course

notes on all topics

more notes on everything

bozeman podcasts

anion/cation review quizlet

vocab quizlet

environmental science vocab

part 1 of a 6-part final review (all linked through that)

final review sheet

part 1 of a 2-part physics c review

mechanics review

mechanics equation quizlet

TONS of in-depth review

physics ½ cheat sheets

khanacademy review

physics 1 flashcards

physics 2 flashcards

arts

art history notes

khanacademy review

quizlet review

music theory flashcards

course notes

practice exams + tons of review notes

maths

calc ab must knows

cheat sheet

quizlet review

topic review

calc bc final review

cheat sheet

quizlet review

computer science review (part 1) (part 2)

quizlet vocab

stats cram packet

formulas

quizlet review

all languages

english lit course notes

vocab quizlet

review notes

course notes

english lang review

notes

vocab quizlet 

chinese lessons

how to ace the test

food + travel vocab

french lessons

quizlet vocab

acing the exam

spanish lessons

etymology

key vocab

latin review

handouts + powerpoints

nouns

japanese lessons

review

kanji

italian lessons

a teacher on quizlet with extensive ap italian review

german lessons

review

all vocab

history + social sciences

comparative gov + politics quizlet

study guide

this teacher tells you what to study

european history study notes

resources

interactive studying!!!

videos made by an ap euro teacher

human geography quizlet

more interactive studying!!!

macroecon 10 concepts to know

study guide

even more interactive studying!!!

microecon quizlet

so much interactive studying!!!

study notes

psych resource masterpost by my fave

extensive vocab

us gov + politics study notes

resources

tons of vocab

crash course

us history study guides

resource masterpost

crash course

world history masterpost of resources also by my fave

vocab

course notes

general advice

if you made it down here: good job that was a lot of scrolling

do not procrastinate! time management skills are so key to doing well. start a bullet journal (my tag) (sareena’s masterpost), start a studyblr (sareena’s masterpost), and just learn how to schedule your time well (sareena’s masterpost)

get good sleep. i looove sleepyti.me because i always wake up so alert.

take notes. if you don’t think you need to, do it anyway.

and, most importantly, take care of yourself. you can’t do well (or anything) if you’re not drinking water, eating, and sleeping. put your needs first.

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normal print

cursive writing

hope that helps!