Creating a Study Space

1. Find a study-friendly spot

If you designate one room or area as your study space, over time your brain will catch on. You’ll enter into ‘study mode’ sooner upon entering the space, which is especially valuable before tests or whenever you’re crunched for time. 

2. Get comfortable—but not too comfortable

Wear comfortable clothes but try not to stay in your sweatpants! It's essential that you feel comfortable while studying but make sure you put in some effort to change out of your pajamas so you can remain productive. 

3. Look for natural light

Humans love natural light. It can make or break a space, as anyone who’s worked under fluorescents for nine hours a day knows. Even a little natural light, reflected off a hallway mirror, can bring real warmth and vitality to a room, which is necessary for making the best study space.

4. Swap music for ambient noise

Some students love listening to music while they review notes. Their minds really can focus—but more than a few would still probably focus better with no music. Songs can put you in a good mood, but if you’re paying more attention to lyrics than the procedures you’re supposed to learn, music is counterproductive—and anyway, not something you’ll hear in a test room.

Instead, try an ambient noise machine or program, or at least switch to classical music. Orchestras can produce the same pleasant effects without taking your mind off the words on a page.

5. Turn off your phone

Don’t put it in your pocket. Don’t turn it over. Turn it off, or at least switch on airplane mode. When you’re studying, your phone can be your biggest distraction. Even just knowing it’s there, and that texts or Instagram likes might be coming through, will affect your focus. Switching it off can be mentally liberating, so unless you’re expecting an important call, do it whenever you sit down to study. If you really want to, placing it in an entirely different room before you start your study session eliminates the temptation of just switching it back on.

6. Keep it positive

Studying has a lot of negative associations, but it shouldn’t. Studying is just another word for learning, and as a healthcare student, you’re learning tasks and medical information you’ll need for your job—or even to save a life. Remember that studying is good, that it’s going to help you, and that the future career ahead of you is exciting.

7. Remember to leave

If you’ve created the best study space, you’re going to love being there; it might even be your favourite part of your apartment. You’ll be tempted to do everything there—watch Netflix and chat with friends—but whenever possible, your study space should just be used for studying. Making it a designated study area will preserve its association with learning. When you leave, and you should, your mind will realize it can take a break, and recharge until the next session.

https://www.ameritech.edu/blog/tips-make-environment-best-study-space/