Studying Pet Peeves

We all have things that bother us. I usually try to ignore the things that bother me, but sometimes I find it fun to shed some light on the things that annoy me. So here are some of my studying pet peeves.

How to Maintain Physical Health While Studying

Physical health is important to miaintain while studying, since our physical health can often determine how well we perform mentally, especially in regards to our energy levels.

During the summer when it’s sunny and I go outside more and get more exercise, I always end up being more productive. This is because I stay healthier during the summer.

Here are a few ways to maintain your physical health while studying, so that you can have an increase in focus and energy.

How to Maintain Mental Health While Studying

Health is important, but is often neglected in favor of passing the next test or assignment. Being mentally healthy will help you achieve better grades with less stress, so if you have been neglecting your health in favor of grades, you should stop that.

Here are some ways you can maintain your mental health while studying:

How to Find Subjects You Love to Study

Studying can be difficult, especially if you don’t enjoy or have a passion for the subjects that you’re learning.

When I enjoy what I’m studying, I enjoy the act of studying itself, so I do more, learn more, and spend more time working.

My two favorite subjects are writing and art, and I work on them almost every day, without any pressures from others. My own love for those subjects is what fuels me.

If you don’t know which subjects you’ll love to study, here are some ways to find out:

How to Make a Studying Routine

Routines are important to studying, because they increase productivity and efficiency, and decrease stress and distractions.

Here are the 6 steps you should take to make a studying routine for yourself:

9 Reasons Why Keeping a Routine is Important for Studying

Routines are something that I would recommend to anyone. Morning routines, evening routines, studying routines, you name it!

Some people might not like the idea of a routine though. I am a rather organized person, and I’d always been more controlling and strict than the kids around me when I was a young child. As I grew up I became more organized, which has led me to be a person who adores routines and schedules.

If you’re more of a free-form thinker, the idea of a routine may make your stomach churn. That’s okay, because I’m going to give you 9 reasons why keeping a routine is important for studying. If after reading this you’re still not sold on the concept, you don’t have to introduce a routine into your life.

More Bad Study Habits and How to Break Them

We all have bad study habits, myself included. Sometimes we pick them up from colleagues and peers, sometimes from our parents and teachers. No matter the case, and no matter how ingrained your habits are, they can be broken.

Or, more realistically and more easily, replaced with better habits.

It is far easier to replace a bad habit with a good habit, or a better habit, than it is to just remove that bad habit all together.

Generally, habits are formed because they satisfy a specific want or need. While I can’t say which wants or needs your study habits fulfill, I can offer replacement habits and teach you how to successfully replace your bad habits with better ones.

Habits are made up three parts: the cue, the routine, and the reward.

The cue is what triggers that habit. For instance, you may have a bad habit of drinking soft drinks. The cue is your body telling your mind that it feels thirsty.

The routine is the process of doing the habit. Once you recognize that you’re thirsty, you grab a soft drink to satisfy your thirst.

The reward is what you get from repeatedly doing that habit. In the soft drink example, the reward you may experience is pleasure from a sweet tasting drink, or energy boosts from the caffeine and sugar.

Instead of trying to break your habit of drinking soft drinks, replacing it with a better habit, like drinking water or tea will be more effective.

So here are some bad study habits and ways to replace them.

Bad Study Habits & How to Break Them

We all have bad habits, whether we like them or not. We can develop them over time, or sometimes our bad habits are taught to us by peers and teachers.

Fortunately, for every bad habit, there is a good habit that can replace it. So here are 2 common, but bad, study habits, and a few ways to break them- or more accurately, replace them.

Finding Education Outside of Your Home

Education can be found in a lot of places.

As a homeschooled/unschooled student, most of my education takes place inside of my home, however their are a lot of ways that homeschooled and unschooled students can find education outside of their homes.

Even if you aren’t homeschooled or unschooled, there are a wide variety of sources you can go to to learn new things. Here are 5 of them:

The Importance of Failure

Failure is often seen as a negative thing, something that should be avoided at all costs, but in reality, failure is a wonderful and important thing. Here’s why: