{"id":7008,"date":"2019-03-19T11:12:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T15:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=7008"},"modified":"2019-03-19T16:01:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T20:01:33","slug":"how-can-i-focus-better-when-i-sit-down-to-do-hw-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/03\/19\/how-can-i-focus-better-when-i-sit-down-to-do-hw-study\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I focus better when I sit down to do HW\/study?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aw031919-8.jpg\" alt=\"How can I focus better when I sit down to do HW\/study?\" class=\"wp-image-6993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aw031919-8.jpg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aw031919-8-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>How can I focus better when I sit down to do HW\/study?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone&#8217;s most effective approach is a little different, so there&#8217;s a lot of advice available. The Wall suggests running a few simple experiments. 1) Some people need absolute quiet to focus, others like some background hum. Try doing the opposite of what you usually do for a bit and see if it&#8217;s better. 2) Some people cram immediately before exams, others space it out in smaller chunks thorugh the semester. Most people have done the first; try the second if you haven&#8217;t. 3) Take care of your body and mind. It&#8217;s really hard to focus if you&#8217;re hungry, or falling asleep, or stressed out. You can also talk to my friends at the Connors Family Learning Center down one floor&#8211;they can get you set up with an academic coach to give you more detailed advice. http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-connors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone&#8217;s most effective approach is a little different, so there&#8217;s a lot of advice available. The Wall suggests running a few simple experiments. 1) Some people need absolute quiet to focus, others like some background hum. Try doing the opposite of what you usually do for a bit and see if it&#8217;s better. 2) Some &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/03\/19\/how-can-i-focus-better-when-i-sit-down-to-do-hw-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How can I focus better when I sit down to do HW\/study?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[516,352],"class_list":["post-7008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","tag-focus","tag-homework"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7048,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7008\/revisions\/7048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}