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I'm having one of those today. I seem to have them more often now than I did before. I think it might because I want to be able to take the test already and return to some semblance of a normal life right now. How do you deal with days like these. I'm assuming we all have these days.

Yeah I had a similar day today. Been having them a lot more than I should lately. The only prep I did today was 4 RC passages and 25 LR questions with blind review. But I'm really trying to get my shit together and start studying hard with one month to go. It might be because I've already taken the LSAT twice and I've averaged a 174 on my PTs, so I honestly don't know if there is even that much more I could be doing besides spending more time reviewing. I mainly just need to find a way to deal with the test day nerves, which has fucked up my score two times in a row. But I guess that comes with better preparation. Deep down, I know I'm being lazy, so I'm determined to make today my last day of slacking off.

try doing doc review all day
70 hours a week
yup

thegirlwhowaited wrote:try doing doc review all day
70 hours a week
yup

That might be it for me. I run my own small business, so sometimes I am just tired with dealing with a million things at once and want to be a vegetable for a little while. Today I ended having to rip out a kitchen myself because my employee has been pissing me off and I finally told him to take a hike. Then I'm dealing with my wife complaining that she is picking up too much of the slack while I study. I'd pour me a drink and watch some tv, but drinking is not good for studying.

Lying Lawyer wrote:

thegirlwhowaited wrote:try doing doc review all day
70 hours a week
yup

That might be it for me. I run my own small business, so sometimes I am just tired with dealing with a million things at once and want to be a vegetable for a little while. Today I ended having to rip out a kitchen myself because my employee has been pissing me off and I finally told him to take a hike. Then I'm dealing with my wife complaining that she is picking up too much of the slack while I study. I'd pour me a drink and watch some tv, but drinking is not good for studying.

I don't mind it so much for short term, but if I am doing this in a decade..........I am not going to go out alone

also, drinking is the ONLY way I could imagine law school studies
just dark beer not the sause
sober studies?
no.
fuck that shit.
no. just no.

YeezusPiece wrote:It might be because I've already taken the LSAT twice and I've averaged a 174 on my PTs, so I honestly don't know if there is even that much more I could be doing besides spending more time reviewing. I mainly just need to find a way to deal with the test day nerves, which has fucked up my score two times in a row. But I guess that comes with better preparation. Deep down, I know I'm being lazy, so I'm determined to make today my last day of slacking off.

Given this context, I really like your avatar. I also took the test in September and underperformed because I let the moment be bigger than me. Every time I feel that way, though, I'm just going to imagine Reggie Miller taunting me.

I like watching something like this:

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Tyr wrote:I like watching something like this:

+1

Seriously, the biggest thing i learned from original take to retake was to almost embrace these days when they happen. If you had a long day at work/don't feel well and just are not feeling it, DON'T force it--just chill out, get a good night's sleep, and go in early the next day and attack it fresh. Otherwise, the one off night can turn into a week of feeling burnt out.

I went through the exact same thing while studying for Sept LSAT. Pretty sure it's just like senioritis, but remember that these last few weeks are when it counts. Every LR question you do, every RC passage you read, every logic game you do WILL make a difference. And on test day, 10 minutes before the tests are handed out, do you want to regret not studying as hard as you could have, or do you want to feel confident in your ability and know that you worked as hard as possibly could have?
Personally, I went for the latter. With the confidence of knowing that I had tried my hardest and was in best possible shape to do the test, I turned my PT average of 172 into a 176 on test day. In my opinion, it's like 60% skills and 40% mental state that day. Put in that hard work now and you'll be roaring to go on test day.