How to Decorate a Study Area

It's More Than Good Lighting!

Dan Reveal
By learning how to decorate a study area, you'll be able to face those long study sessions with greater ease and concentration.

Of course, good lighting is crucial to any study area, but this article focuses on those decorative details which will make your study time more efficient because they appeal to your emotions.

Inspirational Items

As a way of focusing on this emotional appeal, you can decorate your study area with all those items that inspire you to be the best possible student.

Plaques and quotations regarding higher achievement might serve this purpose.

But think of the embroidered "Good Luck" ribbon made by your grandmother that you can have in a frame.
Decorating your study area with those personal items which motivate you will make you anticipate your study times with greater success.

Family Portraits

Certainly, loneliness is a factor in any type of long term study session. For this reason, why not decorate your study area with the faces of familiar people?

Effective study time calls for a balance. There are the times when you are actively engaged with words in a book. There are also times when you need to let your mind wander to the faces and places of good memories.

Decorating your study area with family portraits gives you permission to take necessary mental breaks.

Miscellaneous Bulletin Board Items

Miscellaneous items placed on a bulletin board directly in front of you in your study area can serve the same purpose as family portraits.

That is, they offer you necessary mental breaks from the rigors of studying.

On this bulletin board can be study notes and reminders of appointments, for example. Right beside these, however, might be hanging a plastic whistle you've had since elementary school.

What about pins and ribbons that can decorate your study area with color?

Just as a cycle of training lets a weightlifter achieve maximum results, your study time is made more effective by the various assortment of distractions which allow your mind to relax from time to time.

In sum, an effective study area is a combination of many things, from good lighting to those decorative details which make your study area more comfortable.

By learning how to decorate a study area, you'll be able to approach your study sessions with greater ease and concentration.

Source: Personal Experience

Published by Dan Reveal

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  • carol gibson6/18/2011

    Great suggestions, Dan.

  • Jeanne Baney6/7/2011

    Love the hanging whistle!

  • Lori Gunn6/3/2011

    excellent writing

  • Shelly Barclay6/1/2011

    Thanks.

  • Danielle Olivia Tefft5/30/2011

    Great tips, Dan!

  • Mike Powers5/30/2011

    Outstanding! Thanks!

  • Jack Wellman5/28/2011

    I wonder if you are available for hire. Brilliant ideas my friend.

  • Patti Walden5/28/2011

    Great ideas -- do you make house calls?!

  • Delicia Powers5/28/2011

    Very special, i like it!

  • Abby Greenhill5/28/2011

    Great ideas Dan!

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