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Ok, just to clarify, at the start, this is not to be mean or to target any people 😭It's more so just a reminder to reassess your current situation and to get a clearer perspective on what is going on in your life.

So, a common reason I've noticed in general with people not exercising much and other things is that they don't have enough time. And honestly, I've said that myself many times. But the first question here should be is that if you really do not have any free time to yourself.

So first, you would want to block out your general schedule. Something you can always expect to happen daily. May it be school, work, or any places you have to go to weekly, etc. Don't forget to also block in any commute time you need. Because for some it can take an hour to get home from work, for example. What is also important is to block in time when you just need to get yourself together and get everything in its place once you get back from somewhere. Since that time is also very important. Because I would guess you would get pretty tired of life if there isn't any of that comfort time in place.

Now, what you would want to do is to block out free time for doing absolutely nothing, or just silly relaxing time. Since I believe it's important to feel at least sane that there can be time every day to do absolutely nothing with no worry. So try to at least place 1-2 hours of that time daily. Then try to fit in homework and anything else that is important to do, other than being present somewhere else at the moment.

So now you have your general free time that you can spend. For some, this free time may be a lot; it may be pretty small. But at least from there, you already have a clearer picture of how much free time you really have.

Now onto other questions, how much of this free time are you spending just scrolling on your phone? How much of that time are you using on something mindless when you could be doing something else? You already have a planned space for mindless things, so use that time for that. But in general, try to optimize your time as well as possible without necessarily overexerting yourself.

Maybe it turns out you do have a bunch of free time, which you weren't aware of, that you can use towards your goals more. Maybe you've been wanting to pick up a new hobby, it could be anything really. But I hope this post helps someone at least :)

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So, since I have a Biology final happening tomorrow and I haven't studied much for it, I thought to share a study method which has helped me quite a bit

Who will this probably help out?

Someone who likes writing

Maybe, perhaps you're into teaching concepts

You just want to yap and rant about things

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Anyway, now onto the actual thing:

So basically, I try to, as I create my notes for the final, I always try to make it like I'm writing a story. So instead of having everything as information in a document, I try to make it more narrative-driven. I'll just give you the step-by-step process of how I do it, and then you can tweak it to your taste

First, I create a document where I can type. I've started to use Microsoft Word more for this

Then I try to first cover the things that have generally been talked about. It's like an introductory section that is in most nonfic books

From there I start to write down EVERYTHING I know and can find by my own notes during class, the slides that the teacher has made, notes from other students, etc.

Then after I try to write about the projects that we've worked on and exams that I've done for the class. I go over like the right answers, but I always try to write WHY something is the way it is. If I had answered wrongly then I would explain why I thought something was the way it is

Once you're done covering all of the material in general (Should take about 4 hours? Gives you already a good ass coverage of the whole material) then you want to go over any practice exams

Afterwards in your notes (after you've gone through your own answers), you would want to explain what things you got right and what things you got wrong. And then as a writer, you want to make like a little sidenote of what the reader should be aware of (like any tricky parts of your class)

From there, to pique your interest in the topic, you can do a deep dive on a certain subject. It can be more helpful to research a topic that you struggled to understand, so you can be more ready to answer questions about the topic

But yeah, in general, you'll be writing like a little journal, which is in turn just you teaching yourself the subject you're going to take a final in. Hopefully, this helps someone!

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