1. Find your study space.
I found the most amazing hidden table in the library. It's back in the stacks, and my many people walk by it. It's just me and my study materials, so I have no reason not to be productive. I just have to get there early enough to claim it from people who want to displace me.
I've also coveted my walls with summary charts, so my apartment has become more helpful as well.
2. Build a study schedule.
I have the material for each class divided up and scheduled so I review it twice in a week. Add practice tests and multiple choice questions, and there's my whole day.
3. Find a good study partner.
C and I have been studying together. When I'm confused, she gets it, or we can figure it out together. There's someone to keep you accountable.
In the flip side, we prevent each other from studying too hard. Like today. We got out of an exam review, so we had obviously been thinking really hard, so it was time for some Costco hot dogs. Which were magical and made life much happier.
4. Find a good caffeinated drink.
Finals means long days and nights with not a whole lot of sleep. I found an iced coffee recipe that had been life-changing for the two days I've used it.
5. Watch where you're walking.
You don't want to, you know, miss the last couple stairs in your apartment and sprain your ankle. Like I may or may not have done on Monday. It wasn't bad, and I'm thankfully not seriously injured or suffering from a broken ankle. It's just enough to be an inconvenience: no working out for three weeks, I have to go down stairs sideways and one. at. a. time.
6. Find the spider that just crawled across the window sill.
If you don't do it, you won't be able to sleep. I'm currently suffering from this dilemma, trying to weight pros of sleeping in the middle of the bed with a demon bug on the loose against the cons of trying to move my mattress and box spring off it's frame with a sprained ankle. Obviously, this analysis is going well.
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