Just make sure to follow a set routine and wake up at roughly the same time every day.

2. If you find yourself turning to laziness try changing your clothes and get a bit more dressed up. You don't have to wear anything restricting, just changing into something different from what you're used to wearing normally when you're chilling at home can make a huge difference in your productivity throughout the day.

3. Keep yourself motivated. Write down your main goals on a sticky note and keep it near you while you work. If you feel distracted take a short break and walk around for a bit. Maybe look at motivating pinterest boards or watch a motivating youtube video but don't get too carried away with that because it can turn into an endless break. There, I warned you.

4. Speaking of endless breaks, this is exactly why you need to set a timer. While you work and even when you take a break. A day that lacks structure is basically set up to fail. Taking a break without a proper time limit can easily be turned into you watching a series in bed and a timer can definitely keep you from getting to that point.

7. Before working, bring out all the tools you know you will need during your study session. Lay out your stationery and if you can't work without a cup of tea / coffee then by all means make one so that when you start working you don't interrupt your workflow. You wouldn't walk out in the middle of a lecture randomly to get a sandwich and then walk back in, would you?

8. Narrow down your tools to as little as possible. I used to work on my tablet, phone and laptop sometimes all at once and needless to say, it was too distracting to me. So now, I started working only using my laptop; I transferred all the necessary files to my laptop and I downloaded all the apps I used on my tablet or phone onto my laptop so when I need to work, I use only one device and keep the rest on silent to minimise distractions.

12. I don't know about you but just watching a lecture on my laptop and not being able to interact properly and participate as I used to, makes it feel like I'm not getting what I actually need out of the lecture but making sure I write down any questions that may come up in my head while watching lectures to later send them in an email to my lecturer makes things so much better and clearer.

13. As I just mentioned, communication is key. If you feel stressed out or if you're struggling with a certain subject, it's best to communicate it with your professor/ teacher or lecturer. It doesn't have to be in person, you can always send them an email and it almost always helps. I was recently struggling to download a large file that a professor sent so I sent them an email requesting the file split into smaller bits I can download. and they actually got back to me with smaller files so it does work sometimes.

14. Working or studying from home can get quite lonely, so making a study group with your friends and aligning your work to theirs or setting up a common study schedule can help tremendously and can motivate you to study. It also holds you accountable and you feel the need to finish studying earlier to catch up with your friends.