Study Diary 2/1/24

Hello! This is a personal diary, but I am posting it here to keep myself accountable. You can read my study entries or skip over them, but I want to take responsibility for my learning! I hope you feel inspired too! ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

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I woke up today at 9am. It's even worse than yesterday and I even made all the possible preparations to be ready to wake at 6am! I spent 2 hours off all technology up until 10, read books, played guitar, drank tea -the whole lot- until the time to sleep came and I tossed in bed for 2 hours. Eventually I gave up and watched the new stop motion pokemon series on Netflix and then The Wind Rises on the tv until 1am and I was forced to go back to bed. My torture didn't end there because even in my dreams I couldn't fall asleep, and I often woke up wondering if I was still dreaming or awake. So that's why I was up at 9.  。゜゜(´Ｏ`) ゜゜。

Rant over! My cold is worse today, I have managed to develop a headache. But my exams start on Thursday, 2 days from now, and I'm determined to not let a sickness in the way of these exams. School will be over in 6 months; I can do this!

I started my morning with cough medicine and a cup of tea. Instead of walking in the garden, I stood at the threshold of the door and stared at the rain and the clouds. It was not windy. I didn't feel very hungry, so I decided to rest my mind that's been running on feverish thoughts for the past several hours and played some games instead. BUT I structured it this time. No playing for 2 hours and wondering where the time went. I put strict 30 minute timers for 2 games, and followed the timer closely.

I was meant to study after that, but really I just ended up walking to the local post office to drop things off and then took several naps because of my ill condition. Between these naps, I reviewed some flashcards for tests, but really I can't say I was productive today. At 7pm, I tried to pick things up and get more done. I managed to revise all of my physics flashcards and do some computer science questions. At 8pm, instead of completely relaxing like last night, which didn't work well for my ability to sleep, I decided to study more flashcards which are handwritten this time instead of being on Anki.

I really like flashcards if you can't tell. Tomorrow's my last day of studying before my first exam, hopefully I'll spend it wisely and do well. Also hope my sickness leaves me. Thank you for reading, I hope it inspired you. (ෆ˙ᵕ˙ෆ)♡