Keeping an organized study area may not be the most important thing in the world. We’re pretty sure messy people can learn language just as well as organized ones can. We’re also willing to bet that things go a lot smoother for the latter than the former, though.
What does your study area look like? Do you have notes, books and papers piled on the desk? The messier your study area, the less conducive it will be to study. Why?
- The more mess, the more distractions. If you’re finding yourself constantly disrupted by thoughts during your language lessons, consider that the problem might be your study area. If the bills are piled there, you’re bound to notice and begin thinking of them; so goes for the reports from the office, the book you borrowed from a friend and so on.
- The more mess is around you, the more cluttered you think. It’s tough to think clearly when your environment is filled with clutter. For a more pronounced visual, imagine getting work done in a battlefield after an encounter, as opposed to inside a weather-controlled room with a desk and comfy chair. If you have a messy study area, think of it like a smaller, more contained version of that battlefield.
- The more mess you have, the harder it is to find what you need. If your table’s messy, you can end up wasting time looking for your notebook or a Post-It where you wrote down the exercises you were planning to do for this session. The more organized your study area is, the less likely that will be.
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