Please suggest ways 2 study with concentration?

Question

i am 30 years old. i am in a field where one has to study continuously if one has to get ahead.due to some family problems, i had 2 stop studying for quite some time. now i want to take up my books again.however, i find it extremely dificult to concentrate when i sit down to study.can anyone suggest me how to improve my concentration

Answer 1

MEDITATION IS THE ONLY WAY I THINK

Answer 2

I've recently gone back to grad school nights. It's a lot different than when I was an undergrad and could arrange my life around my studying. Now I have to arrange the studying around work and everything else.

Here are some things that work for me:
1. Exercise beforehand. Do aerobic activity for at least half an hour. Start by letting yourself think about all of the stuff going on in your life, but as you get into it, start to think about what you have to study from a high level, and what your attack plan will be. If you exercise before you study, you will be less restless, and the endorphins will help you associate a positive feeling with studying.
2. Listen to classical music while you study. Headphones can block out background noise. Music with lyrics is distracting. I recommend Bach-- the Art of Fugue, Cello Sonata and Partitas, or the Brandenburg Concertos.
3. If possible, go to a place where it is relatively quiet and other people are studying, like a library, coffee shop, or IHOP. IHOPs are great because someone will actually bring you coffee and they tend to be open late-- best not to bring a lot of books in during a mealtime rush though, or the management may give your pile of books a dirty look. I usually order something, even if I'm going to take it home. It's worth the uninterrupted time.
4. Don't procrastinate. At the very least, as soon as you get an assignment, look it over in detail and estimate how long it will take you. Don't let yourself be surprised by an assignment that was larger than you thought at the last minute. Panicking because of procrastination will blow your concentration.
5. Break it up into small pieces. Again, thinking about how much you have to learn can blow your concentration. Resolve to sit down and spend 20 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour on your studying and just get through as much as you can. If you are returning to studying after a long break, you may find it hard to concentrate for the same long periods of time you did when you were younger (I certainly do). In this case, you will probably want to start with shorter periods of time and work your way up.
6. Focus on what you like about the subject material, why you love the subject, what makes it interesting to you, rather than deadlines, how badly the book is written, and irrelevant problems. If you can stoke your own interest in the subject, it will be easier to concentrate.
7. FLASHCARDS! I am also thirty-something, and I know it sounds a bit silly to use flashcards. However, flashcards work. Use them to record terminology and definitions, potential exam questions and answers, or diagrams and identifications. If you have some time, but are in a situation where you can be easily distracted, use that time to make flashcards. For example, read through your textbook and make flashcards of the terminology and major concepts as you read. Then, later, when you can focus on the questions and answers, go through the flashcards. As you answer the flashcards, divide them into "know" and "don't know" piles. Then go through the "don't know" pile, and divide it again. Keep going through the cards left in your "don't know" pile until you can answer all of the cards in the set. This technique helps you concentrate because (1) it takes advantage of time when your studies may not get your full attention and (2) it focuses each concept down to a single point that you can focus on, relax, and memorize.
8. As we get older, it may seem like memorization and concentration get harder. However, we get a broader perspective, and we are better at prioritizing. Spend a little more time planning your studying than you used to. What will the exam concentrate on? How can you find out? Which concepts will you end up reusing in your career? Spend more time on the concepts that you will be tested on.

I hope that this is helpful. Getting back into studying is a challenge. Try not to let it overwhelm you, and you should be OK.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

thats a good question.. i am nursing student and its really hard for me to concetrate when studying because of the many distractions around my house.

thats why i study in my campus library or neighborhood library. that way i get the silence that i need and i dont have my television, my couch, my bed or my computer with me to distract me.

good luck studying!! hope this helped

Answer 6

Put on music that you've over killed and know every word and part that you just tune it out all together and forget its on then you have it as just background noise then its super easy to concentrate

Answer 7

my suggestion is if at all possible change your environment...like going to a library....I am webmaster of several websites, and I dont get much done when I am at home, because there is always too much going on!

Answer 8

eliminate all electronics and distractions