August 29, 2016

2:25 AM - stopped studying... I'll go back soon... Honestly, I'm not sure if I can finish by 8 AM... I really need to learn what I am doing and how to navigate the handbooks available to me during the exam. I refuse to rush through this, at the same time... I refuse to just stop and give up... It is a lot. I am getting through it... :) so I'm happy. I'm gonna go for a walk while I eat a granola bar and remind myself of motivations... Yes, they push me!!!

3:50 AM - started studying
6:00 AM - stopped studying

Damn! I'm going to start skipping stuff to learn because these cases are LONG! Even the case itself is long... I will go back and learn more, because that's just good practice. But to at least get the hang of things of how I will normally be approaching a case, I should focus on that first :)

2 days in a row, my goal has been unsuccessful, damnit!

Success goes to those who try and try again...

My thoughts:

You gotta work hard now, so that tomorrow is a brighter day. And by work hard I mean blood, sweat and tears...

7:14 AM - It's time to make history.

7:31 AM - Let the battle continue! I got back my results for the mock exam for day 2 and 3. While the results were not full competent (obviously because I didn't get to hit all the AOs and was so nervous that they would outright say I failed, I didn't! In fact some sections even said CD ;)) Alas... I'm feeling incredibly passionate about my mission to pass this thing. And I know exactly why. Back to studying now!

8:10 AM - stopped studying. Lied down. Recognized this is exactly when I fall asleep due to my biological rhythm. DENIED. I am fierce!!!!!!! I got up, ate a nature valley bar. And pretty soon, I will be studying some more. Sleep is great for your memory no doubt. But there's a lot I need to study and I can't study while I'm asleep.

Taking a break now...

I think I ended up studying till 9 AM or around there.

I went to sleep around then and woke up at 6 PM :S okay... so I need to go to bed at regular times lol... It's not HOrrrible considering that is 9 hours of sleep... It's just that there's a lot of knowledge to absorb and so little time to absorb it!

I have a new goal!: EFFICIENCY... Being efficient with my time will give me what I want! I.e. the ability to 1) absorb the knowledge I need 2) finish cases on time. I need to be efficient at both absorbing knowledge as well as typing it out into the software used to write exams.... That's pretty much all I had to say... OH... I could barely wake up... I was so insanely tired from trying to stay up past my biological clock's bed time. I'm gonna try to go to sleep normally now. I just have to come to terms with the fact that these days are limited, and I need to be as efficient as I possibly can! I've noticed my new efficiency attitude is working. I'm more hungry for knowledge in certain little time spans and I'm taking in more information where I can. Hopefully I can build more healthy habits... The exam is not too far away so I really have to kick some serious butt. Just gotta brush my teeth and then I'll be ready to start studying again..

Time is now 10 PM

last 24 hours ago I got approximately:  7 hours of work done... I'll aim to get that much done in a row. Just trying to do what I did before. That's it. Nothing super special, super incredibly amazing. Just match what I did yesterday. Bye. ttyl. Oh but if I can beat it, I will lol!