day 1 of @studywitharmy’s 10 day study challenge: what self care did you practice today?
Today I worked on cleaning off my desk and sorting out my pencil case! I also washed my face really well first thing in the morning and let myself sleep in 2 hours later than usual after I stayed up pretty late last night. Sometimes, one has to compensate!! Hope you loves are having a great day :)
Exams are getting closer and now is the perfect time to create a solid study plan to get motivated and be productive. Here are some tips to help you making your study plan!
You don’t need a fancy planner. You can just use Excel to create it as you like and it will be more than enough!
Make a list of all the topics you have to study and gather similar subjects in the same category. Then, classify them by priority order.
Estimate the amount of time you’ll need to study each topic. Don’t underestimate it : you have to take all the time you need to understand and memorize, otherwise you’ll end up rushing things up and not being productive enough. I remember adding 1 hour more than I thought I would need so I could have plenty of time to go deeper in the subject without stressing myself out.
Know when you’re the most effective and do the hardest tasks in that moment. Keep the lighter subjects for the rest of the day. When I was doing my first med school year I would always study chemistry and physics in the mornings and the rest in the afternoon and evening !
Plan your breaks and meals. If you want to watch an episode from your favorite TV show, plan it. Your free time is important too! Make to create time for daily activities that fulfill you :)
Plan your delay! Set a day in your planner where you just catch up on everything you’re late on so you don’t get super stressed if your study day didn’t go as planned ! I always use my Sundays as « delay days » haha
If you have enough time, try to plan review sessions of the topics you’ve already seen. When I was studying anatomy I would make review sessions one day a week so I could memorize in the best way possible.
Also, plan a day or half a day to test yourself. Do it early enough to re-adjust your study plan if you feel like you have to spend more time reviewing a certain topic!
And you, what are your “planning habits”? Do you use a planner ?
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where do you write? and where do you read? I wanted to introduce you to my desk and if you can’t see it, don’t worry. Same. My overflow tbr ended up working at my desk and I ended up working in bed.
also wanted to point out the far left stack are library books ✨ love love my local library. Do not love how it’s constantly sending me “overdue” notices. The audacity.
it’s been a few years since i last studied comp sci but with all this free time i’ve jumped back into using codeacademy. hoping to get the basics of html and css down!
06.12.2020 // i hope you all had a good week. i felt really exhausted by the end of it, although i feel like i shouldn’t because i have so few subjects this semester. my spanish presentation is going slowly and i don’t like it. but at least my power point is going to look awesome.
Finished the semester with a 3.94 GPA, I’m low-key proud of myself for achieving this in distance education! Some old photos of my desk in my dorm room before all this happened, I really miss being there…
16.04. Rewriting my Histology notes and already hanging behind in the second week of the semester But coffee, plants and the blue sky keep my heart happy
I love setting challenges for myself and i thought about the “100 dop”. But the “100 dop” thing was too much for me because i know i’d never be able to follow it and end up frustrated then i thought “what about 10 days”. So even though 10 days seems like nothing, it’s better than nothing.
