10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less)

The Ultimate Study Music 
Playlist
. As of this writing, it’s got 151 songs of all different genres. I always put 
it on when I need to read or write something (I’m listening to it right now, 
actually).
While you’re at it, you may want to subscribe to 
my YouTube channel
 as well. If 
the content in this book is helpful to you, you’ll find a lot more there. I release 

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new videos every week.
So what if you don’t work well with music at all? Well, you can study in 
absolute silence - or you can try out a couple of other options.
The first alternative is white noise, which I would describe as the sound of static, 
or possibly of a fan blowing. It’s constant, unobtrusive, and a lot of people like it 
better. You can also opt for pink noise or brown noise, both of which emphasize 
lower frequencies than white noise. Pink noise is a good middle ground. Here 
are a few places where you can get good white noise:
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SimplyNoise
- simple; offers white, pink, and brown noise
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White Noise & Co
- gives you a much more customizable spectrum to 
play with
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Celestial White Noise
 - this is a 10-hour YouTube video with a unique, 
“spacey” white noise that I like better than the others
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Space Odyssey
- another 10-hour YouTube video; this one’s a bit more 
subdued.
Lastly, there’s ambient noise. This is basically noise you’d hear in specific 
environments, such as coffee shops, or during events like thunderstorms. I 
actually much prefer ambient noise to both white noise and silence, and have a 
few different resources for it that you can check out:
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Coffeetivity
- coffee shop din (multiple choices)
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RainyMood
 - rain
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SoundSleeping
 - lots of different environmental sounds, and you can mix 
them!
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Ravenclaw Common Room
- this site actually has tons of ambient 
soundscapes, but I just had to highlight this one.
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Bonus: Actually go to a place with ambient noise
Protip: Try mixing some of the ambient sounds with music from the study 
playlist! Personally, I like mixing RainyMood or Coffeetivity with my music.