# data[].attributes.body
One tip I would like to follow is to go back and illustrate my notes. This forces me to study, while also having a somewhat fun aspect that will make it more enjoyable.

# data[].attributes.body
Another thing to stay organized that I would like to attempt is a bullet journal. It is similar to a planner, just more decorative and personal. It can also be more personal, with journal entries, packing lists, habit trackers, etc.

# data[].attributes.body
To the right is one of the songs that we are learning in orchestra at the moment for our competition. This is how it should sound and this is how well I would like to be able to perform the piece.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Don Quixote Suite - 1. Overture - G.P. Telemann

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Registrazione del concerto tenutosi presso la Chiesa di S. Giacomo di Polcenigo - PN 1 settembre 2007

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Are you a student looking to build good study habits? Is your daily routine not as effective as it could be?

Maybe it's time to follow a new study schedule that will help you better retain material, manage your time and even help you improve your concentration and focus.

Here are 11 habits you can use to enhance your learning style, develop a good study routine and start achieving your educational goals. ​
(Side note: ​If ​you're studying something related to your career or business, then join over 1 million others and start your day with the latest news from Wall St. to Silicon Valley. This newsletter is a 5-minute read that's informative, witty and FREE!

As you can see, visual learners learn best when pictures, images, and spatial understanding is used.

Auditory learners prefer using music, sounds or both.

Kinesthetic learners prefer a more physical style of learning through using the body, sense of touch and hands.

Logical learners desire to use reasoning, logic and systems.

Verbal learners will prefer using words in writing and speech.

Social learners will prefer to learn with other people or in groups.

Solitary learners are able to learn best alone.

)
It's important to know that there are many different styles of learning and each person will retain information better in different ways. Check out this link to see what we mean.

Once you have figured out which style of learning works best for you, it will help you determine how to study, where to study, when to study and other important factors like what study aids you should use and be aware of, and knowing what things may distract you while you are trying to study.

If your goal is too big to achieve, then you might be setting yourself up for failure and this will also not help motivate you to study and accomplish your goals.

When do you usually study and for how long?

Do you find that it is effective?

Are you happy with your grades?

What subjects do you need to focus on or are having difficulty with?

What grades do you need to have in order to pass?

What are your personal commitments and priorities?

Once you know your learning style, do a self-assessment of your current study habits and your current grades.

Here are some questions to ask yourself that will help you create realistic goals and come up with a a plan for good study habits.

After answering and reflecting on these questions, you'll be able to see what areas you need to put a little more focus on.

Maybe you are not spending enough time doing the right amount of work necessary each day or perhaps you choose to study late at night when you're not as alert and energetic.

If you have noticed your grades are slipping in certain courses then perhaps you need to hire a tutor to help you with those subjects.

If you are finding yourself short on study time and are more focused on your personal commitments, then maybe you may need to give up some social activities and devote more time to focus on your studying.
(Sidenote: You should also consider setting aside time to work on your "Super-Learning Skills." This course can show you how to do this.)

Use the SMART method when setting up goals: set Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound goals. [Find out everything about the SMART goal setting system HERE.]

If cramming all of your study time into a few long days isn't working for you then it's time to try something new (and way less stressful). Make time for studying every single day, with or without exams coming up.

Remember that consistency is key and once you start getting into good study habits, it will become a routine and that you will be able to maintain throughout the school year.

Check your schedule for the week or month, and consider your personal commitments: chores, must-attend activities and appointments. By looking at your calendar, and setting up your priorities, you will be able to schedule your study sessions for the month. All you need to do now is to stay committed to your new study schedule.

When placing your study sections on your calendar, choose blocks of time during the day when you are at your peak performance. Some people work best in the mornings, and others, at night. If you're unsure when you work best, try studying at different times of the day to see which suits you and your body clock best.

Once you have found which block of time works best for you and scheduled it in, be aware that you can always add in additional time to study by waking up an extra hour early to review your notes, or if you work better at nights, go to bed an extra hour later.

Make sure you build flexibility into your schedule. Your calendar and schedule will change because of unforeseen events. Be ready to plan around some things that come your way and still make time to study.

Here are some great ways to structure your study routine. It works best when you are mixing some of the different leaning styles as mentioned above.

Try starting with watching or attending your lectures, and then doing an additional 1-3 hours of personal study (with breaks) to reflect and review notes on those lectures. This way, you are using your auditory and visual learning styles as well as repetition, which will help you remember what you learned more clearly.

Start with the difficult topics and subjects first, so that you are not going to put them off until a later date. If these subjects are really difficult for you, then shorter study sessions will work better.

Schedule study sessions in 2, 30-minute to 1-hour blocks and be sure to take short 5- to 10-minute breaks in between. When you take breaks, you allow your mind to rest, revitalize and be ready for more learning.

Establish a study zone. Some people like quiet places, others will need a little bit of background noise. Which one do you prefer? If there is too much going on at your house then maybe it's time to think about going to the library or a coffee bar and using headphones.

Make sure you have the necessary items with you when you study. You'll need a desk that's big enough to spread your books, laptop, paper and supplies.

Using the best study lighting is also important for everyone when studying. If you want to preserve your eyesight and maximize your time and energy, then choose lighting that will not cause eyestrain or fatigue so you can keep your study session effective at any time of the day.

Don't be afraid to establish rules when you're in your study zone. Let people living with you know that when your door is closed, it means you do not want to be disturbed. Try not to respond to phone calls or texts, this will break your concentration and you will lose focus.

It's best to find not just one place to study, but at least 2 or 3. This way, you will have a backup plan in case your main study area can't be used. A change of environment is said to improve concentration and creativity so even if you don't need to change places, it wouldn't be a bad idea.

While you establish rules for others, you also need to establish rules for yourself. Get rid of all distractions. Don't choose a place where you will be tempted to watch TV, check in with your smartphone, or study in a high traffic area where people will be coming and going.

Choose to study offline as much as possible. There are way too many distractions that are only a click away. If you need to check something, write it down and check it after your study session is over.

One way to make prioritizing your tasks simple is to organize your study notes by using colors or labels. Whether you use an online notebook or a binder, developing your own color-coding system will help you (and your thoughts) get organized.

You can use colors to color-code your subjects, projects and even teachers. You can also use different colored pens, highlighters, sticky notes, folders and labels.

Colors and labels will also help you later when you when you need to review your notes, the colorful sections will help those notes stand out and be unique and memorable.

Before and after your study sessions, you should always skim your notes from the recent lesson or topic you studied before starting on a new one. Reviewing your notes once before going to bed will also help to cement new knowledge into your brain.

If you couple reviewing your notes with a good nights sleep, then you will significantly improve your ability to retain more information.

Do you find yourself struggling with taking good notes? It's important that you develop your note-taking skills so that, when you review them, they are beneficial and will help you study and remember important information.

Remember that you don't need to take notes of everything! Only write down what is important; if the teacher keeps repeating something or has written something down then, you should take note of this.

Your note-taking style might also depend on your learning style like we mentioned above. Perhaps you might need to draw little diagrams in your notes if you are more of a visual learner.

If you are an auditory learner, you might learn better if you audio-record the class discussions and lectures and then listen to them over again to help you study. The definition of a good study routine is, after all, one that works with your specific quirks and personality.

Another fun way to remember things is to use mnemonics for better memory recall. For any type of list, steps, stages or parts you can use mnemonic devices to help you retain information. Mnemonic types include: music, name, expression, rhyme, spelling and more.

If you are using a laptop for note-taking in class, then make sure you are still able to focus and pay attention. Laptops and phones can bring down your grade. Don't believe us? Check out this link. ( source)

You don't want to get used to surfing the web or using your smartphone while learning in class, if you are on the internet, texting, or checking your email in the presence of a teacher, then you will probably do the same when you're studying.

If you are a social learner then you should consider joining a study group. Study groups can help you remember class material better. You can ask questions to clarify difficult points, and hear questions that others have that may be beneficial for you to know the answer to.

In order to find a study group that will work for your needs; find people as dedicated as you are. You don't want to study with a group that isn't devoted and willing to work hard.

You should also keep your study group numbers to a decent size; you shouldn't need more than 6 people in your group.

Exchange contact details and decide together on a place and what type of study schedule will work best for the group.

One of the best benefits of joining a study group is that you will be able to ask, discuss, debate, and quiz each other on the topics at hand. You could even keep your study group online if traveling to one spot won't work well for everyone.

Studying when you're sleepy is ineffective. If your body is telling you that you're tired, then have a nap or go to bed early.

A good night's sleep will help you understand and remember information better. It is also much less stressful to take an exam or attend a class when you feel well rested and alert.

If you're finding that you are getting stressed out or tired, reflect back on your study schedule and priorities.

Make sure that you have dedicated time for rest and de-stressing. You can't be a study machine 24/7 and taking some time away from learning is a great way to relax your mind.

Good study habits require you to be fresh and sharp. A good night's sleep is far more effective than a night cramming for a test could ever be.

Make sure you track your grades along with your study hours and lesson notes to see if your new studying techniques are helping.
(​Finally, If you'd like to start your morning on the "right foot" then join over 1 million others and start your day with the latest news from Wall St. to Silicon Valley. This newsletter is a 5-minute read that's informative, witty and FREE!)
If you find that it is not helpful, then it's time to re-prioritize your schedule to fit in more time for studying and re-examine your goals for success.

Remember that throughout school, work and life, you will always need to be learning something.

When you have set up the proper studying techniques and note-taking skills, you are giving yourself one of the greatest gifts possible, the ability to learn.

Then share the below image on your favorite social media website (like Pinterest)!

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
11 Good Study Habits for Students (How to Build a Daily Routine)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Are you a student looking to build good study habits? Is your daily routine not as effective as it could be?Maybe it's time to follow a new study schedule that will help you better retain material, manage your time and even help you improve your concentration and focus.Here are 11 habits you can use to enhance your learning style, develop a good study routine and start achieving your educational goals.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Sustaining motivation can be tough under the best of circumstances. So how can you stay motivated when your to-do list runs to four pages, you just got another rejection letter, your adult child announced his plans to move back home, the car and washing machine went on the fritz at the same time and you can't find time in the day to work on your own personal projects?

We know those pop-psych directives to put a photo of you at your most fit on the fridge or write yourself a check for $1 million and tape it to your computer monitor or plaster your mirrors with affirmations, like "I attract my perfect soul mate."

Motivation is not magic. It does not come in a bottle. There is no little blue pill for it. But it's something you can tap into by design then harness. Every inspirational author, speaker and life coach has his own tips (and DVDs and seminars), but over my decades of observing super-successful, high-achieving people, I've come up with a list of seven things that are fundamental to sustaining motivation, whether you're trying to finish a 10,000-piece jigsaw puzzle or climb Kilimanjaro.

( MORE: 6 Steps to Making Lasting Change)
Seven Steps to Staying Motivated
1. Set a goal and visualize it down to the most minute detail. See it, feel it, hear the sounds that accompany the end result (wind rushing through your hair, applause). Elite athletes visualize their performance ahead of time - right down to the smell of the sweat dripping down their face as they cross the finish line.

2. Make a list of the reasons you want to accomplish the goal. In our busy, distracting world, it's easy to get blown off course. This is why you need to ground yourself in your goal. For extra "success insurance," write your list with a pen. Studies show that when we write by hand and connect the letters manually, we engage the brain more actively in the process. Because typing is an automatic function that involves merely selecting letters, there's less of a mental connection.

3. Break the goal down into smaller pieces and set intermediary targets - and rewards. I've called this "chunking" long before there was a Wikipedia to explain that there are eight variations of the concept. To me it's the best non-pharmaceutical antidote to ADHD. Tony Robbins, arguably the foremost motivational speaker and personal development coach, says: "A major source of stress in our lives comes from the feeling that we have an impossible number of things to do. If you take on a project and try to do the whole thing all at once, you're going to be overwhelmed."

Enter chunking. My system involves chipping away at a project. Break it down into the smallest realistic steps and only do one at a time. Neuroscience tells us that each small success triggers the brain's reward center, releasing feel-good chemical dopamine. This helps focus our concentration and inspires us to take another similar step. Try this with your bête noire, whether organizing your papers and bills or setting out to find a new job.

( MORE: In a Rut? 4 Ways to Get Unstuck)

4. Have a strategy, but be prepared to change course. Let Thomas Edison inspire you in this department: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up." "The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

5. Get the help you need. It doesn't necessarily take a village, but even if you could theoretically accomplish your objective alone, there's inherent value in sharing your plan. It's why people get married in front of witnesses. Announcing your intentions sends a strong message to the world and, more important, to your unconscious mind, which can sometimes sabotage our best efforts. Also, we often overestimate our abilities. The flip side is being highly selective about whom you tell and ask for help. It's akin to the builder's rule to always get "the right tool for the right job."

6. Pre-determine how you will deal with flagging motivation. This is not defeatist thinking. On the contrary! It's (almost) inevitable that at some point along the way, whether because of temporary setbacks or sheer exhaustion, you will need a little boost. When that happens, I think of what others have endured to reach their targets and to quash even the beginning of a pity party, I invoke the most hard-core endurance models I can think of: friends fighting serious diseases and Holocaust survivors.

Winston Churchill is particularly inspirational on this front. After London endured 57 consecutive bombings by the Germans during World War II (the Blitzkrieg), he was invited to address a group of students. In that speech, he uttered his immortal line "Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, give up."

7. Continually check in with your reasons for carrying on. Despite his all-too-human flaws, Steve Jobs embodied this brilliantly. He once told an interviewer: "I think most people that are able to make a sustained contribution over time - rather than just a peak - are very internally driven. You have to be. Because, in the ebb and tide of people's opinions and of fads, there are going to be times when you are criticized, and criticism's very difficult. And so when you're criticized, you learn to pull back a little and listen to your own drummer. And to some extent, that isolates you from the praise, if you eventually get it, too. The praise becomes a little less important to you and the criticism becomes a little less important to you, in the same measure. And you become more internally driven."
See the Big Picture
There's also a more meta, "Why are we here?" way to think about motivation. The great Jewish Rabbi Hillel (alive around the time of Jesus), famously said, "If not you, then who? If not now, when?" If you truly let those words sink in, it's hard to be slacker.

But perhaps my favorite "put it all in perspective" commentary comes from the Dalai Lama. When asked what surprised him most about humanity, he answered, "Man." Why?

"Because," said His Holiness, "he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never to die, and then dies having never really lived."

So what keeps you motivated? We'd love to hear from you.
Suzanne Gerber is the editor of the Living & Learning channel for Next Avenue. Follow Suzanne on Twitter @gerbersuzanne. Like this article? Sign up for Next Avenue's weekly newsletter to get more fascinating articles and blogs about work, finance and lifestyle issues geared to a 50+ audience. More from Next Avenue:

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
How To Stay Motivated And Accomplish Anything

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Sustaining motivation can be tough under the best of circumstances. So how can you stay motivated when your to-do list runs to four pages, you just got another rejection letter, your adult child announced his plans to move back home, the car and washing machine went on the fritz at the same time and you can't find time in the day to work on your own personal projects?

# data[].attributes.body
One thing I would really like to do the next quarter, and throughout the rest of my years in school is become better organized. I want to better organize my room, my notes, and my priorities. I also plan on improving on the violin. I already have made first chair, but I want to sound better. I need to play more notes in tune and learn to play harder pieces. I want to sound better so that I know I am contributing my part to the orchestra as a whole, especially during our competition. I also need to practice more and plan on doing that. I plan on organizing my time in a better way so that I can have a time for everything: socializing, homework, working out, family time, etc. I want to spend more time with my dad and family in general. Over the next nine weeks, I want to improve my grades and my relationships. I want to live more in the moment and focus less on technology because you never really know how long you have left with someone. Genuinely, I want to continue improving because I know there is no limit to it; you can always get better.

# data[].attributes.body
This year has already been challenging enough and I ask that we let me improve before making it more challenging. (That was sort of a joke) To make it more challenging would really just be to keep presenting work and assignments to continuously have to do. (please do not I am still working on getting my habits back on track)

# data[].attributes.body
Doing this assignment and also having thought about this whole situation before has made me realize I need to come up with some really good strategies to tackle challenges. These strategies will include the public studying sessions, as well as group study sessions. I also plan on practicing leaving my phone alone and away from me when I am doing work because it has proven to be one of my greatest enemies when it comes to completing work.

# data[].attributes.body
I definitely know I am not the best at many things, from playing the violin to completing assignments. Knowing this also allows me to accept help from others. I know I can learn a lot from my parents, who faced similar problems during their school careers. I can also learn from my teachers who have tips and are willing to help me through things. I can also learn from my friends who are motivated and keep on top of their work.Their study habits can become my study habits quickly.

# data[].attributes.body
To me, it is important to get feedback from others. A lot of times, especially last quarter, it is not what I want to hear, but it is what I need to hear. The truth can hurt but also be so beneficial to know. Listening to my friends and teachers (especially you, Mrs. Bird) has helped me slowly get back on track and not cut myself anymore slack. Having a great support system that constantly gives honest feedback, including praise, is super important. Plus, hearing one of your best friends say "Lindsey, you need to get your head out of your butt and do your work or else you're going to fail out of school. Wouldn't that disappoint your mom, dad, and your dog?" (it would disappoint my dog because I want to be a veterinarian) is a real motivator.

# data[].attributes.body
The past nine weeks I did not put in as much effort as I should have or could have. Often, I put in the bare minimum to get an assignment done and no more. Due to this, I was rarely proud of any of my work during the first nine weeks.

# data[].attributes.body
There were so many times throughout the quarter where I just felt stuck. Looking back on all of those times and knowing what I have done wrong has made me realize there is never just one way to do something. There are often many ways, which leads to thinking outside of the box and doing things out of your comfort zone. For me, this means potentially going somewhere public to study or do school work. Similar to the idea of telling someone a goal so that you will definitely achieve it, working in public would motivate me to actually do my work. Sitting in a Starbucks with my laptop/books open in front of at least a dozen other people would motivate me not to stare blankly at my phone for hours on end, because I definitely would not want all of those people to see me do that.

# data[].attributes.body
The past nine weeks my biggest failure was staying motivated. I often faced nights where I felt overwhelmed by work and instead of trying to tackle assignments one at a time, I often just chose not to do them. The zeroes began to add up, as did my stress levels. From this mistake, though, I realized how I could prevent this problem from occurring throughout the rest of the school year.