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Saturday is the final race day of the year for me. I’ll be travelling down tomorrow to break up the journey. This race was supposed to be my first half marathon last year however at the time I was too sick to travel never mind run.
I’ve come a long way in that 12 months, but I also have a long way to go. I’ll be travelling solo without the support of my husband or my race wife and it will be my first race without having one of them by my side. It’s something I find daunting, I’ll have no one to calm my nerves, tell me it’s all going to be ok and laugh with me at finish line when the nausea kicks in. For many people this wouldn’t matter, but for me it does. We all have our difficulties to overcome, and what might seem silly to one person is major to someone else.
Good luck to anyone racing this weekend, or just running in general-go get those miles
Making the perfect study plan
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 ?
Please reblog and like this post if you want more tips like this one!
Today is a “First, let’s consolidate all these half finished to-do lists into one new list” sort of day.