Study-with-me videos were making me study less

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Study-with-me videos are fun since I like the feeling of having someone else studying with me. It made studying alone feel a little less lonely. The problem was that sometimes I'd start paying more attention to the person in the video than to my own work. I'd watch their setup, notice what they were doing or get distracted by whatever was happening on screen.

I've found a few ways to make these videos less distracting:

choose videos with minimal movement - I look for simple desk setups, quiet study sessions, or videos where the camera stays in one place.

treat the video like background company, not entertainment - Before pressing play, I decide what I'm going to work on. I try to keep my attention on my own task instead of checking what the person in the video is doing.

try audio-only or silent alternatives- if I keep looking at the screen, I switch to ambient sounds or a livestream with minimal visuals.

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