Top tips for students during lockdown

Avoid distractions

Many if not all students are guilty of procrastinating every now and then. Now that we’re going to be in lockdown for almost two months it’s going to be even harder to focus on our school work with the temptations of things such as social media, TV and computer games. One tip that I would advise from previous experiences is to place your phone and preferably your computer away from your study space. Then once you’ve worked for a set amount of time you can use your phone as a reward.

Try to keep in touch with your friends during lockdown

In my opinion I believe that it’s very important for you to regularly keep in contact with your friends during lockdown. Not only will this prevent you from getting bored but it will also be beneficial to your mental health. There are many ways in which you can keep in contact with your friends despite being in lockdown for instance you could play games with friends online or you could FaceTime them.

Find and organise your study space

Now that it’s likely that we’re going to have daily online classes for the next two months it’s important that you try to find yourself a clean and quiet space to study. Where you study depends on your situation so for example if you have younger siblings who are likely to be noisy then you may want to work in your room however if you know that you’re likely to get distracted by your bedroom then you might want to work somewhere where there are few distractions. It’s important that you find a study space to allow you to work in peace and work to your fullest potential.

Make a daily timetable

Being at home for a long period of time makes it easy to slip into a situation where work and leisure becomes blurred. Because there’s no change of environment, school bell, bus home or any of the other things that signify a change of activity, work can spill into leisure time and leisure can leak into times when you should be studying. To prevent this problem make yourself a timetable which incorporates sufficient time for you to study, exercise and most importantly take breaks. In these break times I would encourage you to not always spend it on devices but use it to pursue other activities for example reading a book.