Focused one day Painfully slow and restless the next
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:29 pm
I do mind that my score isn't moving a good direction, but more specifically, my problem is that my practicing and hard work have volatile results. And this post is coming on a very discouraging week of studying.
This is all especially depressing because, from the start, I've been specifically taking the "slow and steady" route in (trying to) nail this test.
What does this mean? That I should take the test and cross my fingers that it's on one of the good weeks?
On one of the good weeks, I can focus and I don't have to try and think so hard when making deductions, for instance. My timing has always been something to work on, but sometimes it feels totally within my control and expectations.
Other times, it doesn't. And it feels as though my brain is literally straining to eke out something that was relatively what I'd have considered more ingrained/"fundamental" knowledge. Like a cog or two went missing. And I end up with more wrong answers and taking more time to do it. It's discouraging.
My study regimen and motivation has pretty much the same. So the instability of the contrast is killing me. What should I make of this?
Has anybody took note of their "burnout" intervals? I was running with the assumption that after 3 hours of studying/day, I didn't need to take it into account.
This is all especially depressing because, from the start, I've been specifically taking the "slow and steady" route in (trying to) nail this test.
What does this mean? That I should take the test and cross my fingers that it's on one of the good weeks?
On one of the good weeks, I can focus and I don't have to try and think so hard when making deductions, for instance. My timing has always been something to work on, but sometimes it feels totally within my control and expectations.
Other times, it doesn't. And it feels as though my brain is literally straining to eke out something that was relatively what I'd have considered more ingrained/"fundamental" knowledge. Like a cog or two went missing. And I end up with more wrong answers and taking more time to do it. It's discouraging.
My study regimen and motivation has pretty much the same. So the instability of the contrast is killing me. What should I make of this?
Has anybody took note of their "burnout" intervals? I was running with the assumption that after 3 hours of studying/day, I didn't need to take it into account.