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Body Double Study Sessions! 📚

LeylaLeyla Community Manager Posts: 149 Helping Hand
edited May 6 in It's Exam Time
What’s that? Deadlines are coming? Exam season has come around again?!

We know that this is a stressful time for a lot of people, whether you’re in school, college, uni, or even have general deadlines at work to stick to. Especially on the back of our recent Saturday thread where we saw people struggling with procrastination, we wanted to offer a space for Body Doubling! This is where you folks can have an hour and a half to try to get some of the work you need to get done at the same time as everyone else in a group chat space, with dedicated time for working and special breaks to share your learning or achievements with the rest of the group.

The idea is to mimic a group study session where everyone else working can help motivate you to get some things done too, only it is done through a chatroom!

We were thinking of running these on Mondays from 3.30pm-5.00pm and Saturdays from 11.00am-12.30pm during the month of May. These would be commencing from Saturday 10th May!

These are open to everyone as long as you have a task to be getting on with, e.g. revision, homework, coursework, emails, applying for jobs etc.

If you look below, there is a plan of how the sessions would look. They are designed to help you power through your work with focused work periods and sandwiched with chat breaks. We'll be using the Pomodoro Technique, which involves alternating focused work intervals with short breaks. This session will be 90 minutes long and will include optional study music, focused work periods, quick breaks for water and stretching, a chat break to share progress and ask questions, and a final wrap-up to celebrate achievements.
Introductions & Session Goals (5 minutes)
Briefly introduce yourself and what you hope to accomplish during the session.
Invite others to share their goals for the session.

Focused Work with Study Music (optional) (25 minutes)
The moderator will share a link to optional study music (feel free to mute it if you prefer silence).
Set a timer for 25 minutes and focus on your revision goals.

Optional Break (water, stretch) (5 minutes)
Take a moment to recharge with some water.

Focused Work (25 minutes)
Repeat the focused work period for another 25 minutes.

Chat Break (10 minutes)
Share your progress and achievements with the group.
Ask questions or offer help to others.

Focused Work (25 minutes)
One last focused work period for 25 minutes.

Wins & Wrap-up (10 minutes)
Celebrate everyone's achievements!
Briefly discuss any key takeaways or next steps for future study sessions.

We really look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible!

Let us know if you think you'll be coming in the poll below!

Body Double Study Sessions! 📚 3 votes

Yes I'd love to come/can come
0%
No, I can't make it
33%
toffuna101 1 vote
Maybe!
66%
RedemptionRose113 2 votes
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Comments

  • Sian321Sian321 Community Manager Posts: 1,205 Wise Owl
    Really looking forward to being able to offer these and support one another!
  • shannon_164shannon_164 Community Connector Posts: 1,727 Extreme Poster
    edited May 1
    i would love this but not really ideal when it’s at 11-12:30 on a monday - literally everyone i know who is in education is in classes during that time lol so as much as it would help me, i won’t be able to join as im in class🙃

    anyways my exam is 12th may and deadlines within next 3 weeks as in northern ireland summer for colleges starts the1st week of june so i’ll be basically finished the year by the time first session is on - last deadline is 9th may.
  • LeylaLeyla Community Manager Posts: 149 Helping Hand
    @shannon_164 Thank you for the feedback! We were under the impression that a lot of people would be on study leave for a lot of May and June, but you guys know best! Does anyone else have any insight into whether their school has study leave or not?
  • Lottie5433Lottie5433 Posts: 784 Part of The Mix Family
    Im not in any form of education anymore, but i know where im from no school or collage has study leave - university is a bit different.
    This is due to people taking advantage of study leave and not actually doing any prep for exams they would just go out an socialise etc
  • Rose113Rose113 Community Connector Posts: 3,331 Boards Guru
    Maybe!
    I won’t be able to do Mondays
    Sometimes when the people most like you don't love you, it is a hurt that can cause the greatest pain, and this pain can lead you to hate everything.
  • shannon_164shannon_164 Community Connector Posts: 1,727 Extreme Poster
    Leyla wrote: »
    @shannon_164 Thank you for the feedback! We were under the impression that a lot of people would be on study leave for a lot of May and June, but you guys know best! Does anyone else have any insight into whether their school has study leave or not?

    i know for northern ireland specifically, it’s only schools really that get study leave - it’s not a thing in colleges or universities! all college courses finish 30th may here too (for schools, they will all finish the last week of june for summer) with the first week of june being used for unit retakes / tidying up eg form signing - typically the official teaching finishes late march for us and we then just have coursework to complete / exams to revise for which then take place in may and june for most, though some courses only have exams in january.

    in all honesty, i don’t know of anybody who’s actually getting study leave this year lol
  • AnonymousToeAnonymousToe Posts: 2,639 Boards Guru
    I didn’t get study leave at school, they stopped doing it
  • LeylaLeyla Community Manager Posts: 149 Helping Hand
    Thank you for the feedback, seems it doesn't happen like it once did, it's really useful to know! I think the latest we could do on a Monday would be 3.30-5.00, would that be better for any of you folks?
  • RedemptionRedemption Posts: 3,972 Community Veteran
    Maybe!
    Leyla wrote: »
    Thank you for the feedback, seems it doesn't happen like it once did, it's really useful to know! I think the latest we could do on a Monday would be 3.30-5.00, would that be better for any of you folks?

    Yh it sounds better for me
  • Sian321Sian321 Community Manager Posts: 1,205 Wise Owl
    That sounds like a really significant change that schools are stopping study leave now! Thanks for sharing your feedback!
  • Rose113Rose113 Community Connector Posts: 3,331 Boards Guru
    Maybe!
    Don’t finish college till 5
    Sometimes when the people most like you don't love you, it is a hurt that can cause the greatest pain, and this pain can lead you to hate everything.
  • LeylaLeyla Community Manager Posts: 149 Helping Hand
    Alrighty gang, now during the month of May the Body Doubling Sessions will be on Mondays 3.30pm-5pm and then Saturdays 11.00am-12.30pm!
  • shannon_164shannon_164 Community Connector Posts: 1,727 Extreme Poster
    Leyla wrote: »
    Alrighty gang, now during the month of May the Body Doubling Sessions will be on Mondays 3.30pm-5pm and then Saturdays 11.00am-12.30pm!

    as much as i’d love to join, i won’t be able to join on mondays due to classes & most saturdays due to work aw:(
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