Phone factor

Your phone should provide as little distraction as possible. A few systems to help you stop a phone addiction:

• Don't look at your screen immediately after waking up. Use an analog alarm and keep your phone on the other side of the room.

If you’re like most of us, distracting websites and apps can be the death of any productive, focused studying session. You sit down to study and before you can even begin, you get a notification or a headline catches your eye. Seemi...

Create a distraction-free zone where you can go to focus when necessary. Block time off on your calendar where you won’t be disturbed, turn off your email and message notifications (or better yet, disconnect from the internet entirely), and focus on a single important task for an hour or two. Cre...