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Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:44 pm
by withoutapaddle
I've been getting -3 or -2 on almost all of my LR question PT's. I just did a section and got -9 (seven questions in a row wrong).
I've been doing about 5-7 hours a day for the last four weeks.
Should I take a day off? I feel like any time not studying is time wasted at this point with the Feb. LSAT coming up. It has gotten to a point that I feel guilty if I do anything else besides study.
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:44 pm
by RobertGolddust
Of course you should, the fact that you need to make this thread suggests a day off would do you good.
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:09 pm
by bombaysippin
Take a day off.
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:56 pm
by phillywc
Having yourself in a solid mental health space is critical to doing well on the LSAT. Get good sleep. Take frequent breaks and days or even weeks off. I took a full month off 3 months out from the test. I did fine.
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:09 pm
by eddiemen2a
That happened to me! Don't stress. Try taking a day off and get good amounts of sleep, it helped me.
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:26 pm
by Nonconsecutive
Don't undervalue breaks when you need them. It took me a long time to learn that, but once I did it really paid off.
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:46 pm
by holdencaulfield
Take the entire weekend off for realz
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:44 pm
by wealtheow
holdencaulfield wrote:Take the entire weekend off for realz
Seriously. Your bod is trying to tell you something. Rest!
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:53 pm
by thejerseykid
I'm speaking from experience when I say that taking a break is not only important but can actually help you improve your performance.
Do it! Take a day off. You'll be happy you did.
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:56 pm
by db1990
eddiemen2a wrote:That happened to me! Don't stress. Try taking a day off and get good amounts of sleep, it helped me.
Same here. When I was done freaking out, I took the next day off and didn't do anything remoteky related to the LSAT. When I got back to studying, it was like it never happened
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:23 am
by alexrodriguez
Go the gym! Get some exercise in! Eat some healthy food!
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:38 am
by withoutapaddle
I just feel like every hour counts. I want to score a 175+. I took the rest of the day off though, thanks for the advice.
I'm going to take a day off in the middle of the week every week until test day. I haven't felt like that since finals week in college. Reading three lines and thinking what the hell did I just read is not good.
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 4:12 am
by NYU-14
Sleep 8 hours. Watch a movie. Go out to dinner. Calm down.
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:44 pm
by Clyde Frog
What PT did this occur on?
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:27 am
by withoutapaddle
PT 52
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:33 pm
by withoutapaddle
Thanks for the advice
After the break I'm back to getting 87-91% of all sections right
Re: Burned out and freaking out
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:22 pm
by blandusername
The last thing you want to do is burn out right before the test. You want to peak by test day, not before.