Hey Guys. I don’t know about you but it was a struggle getting out of bed this morning. After I did and finished my workout, I felt like a serious champ. *Cue Beyonce hair flip.* Surviving a Monday is good for the morale.
Now, on to today’s post. I’ve got Pt. 4 of the Crush Comps series. Since it’s the last installment, I’m going out with a bang by sharing 12 things you should and shouldn’t be doing in the final week before your exams.
Studying for comps or qualifying exams can be very mentally (and yes, even physically) demanding. To do your best you need to be at your best, so you must take care of your health. This means eating foods that serve your body well, moving your body to counteract all of the sedentary time spent reading and writing, resting when needed, and having a strong support system.
As a student preparing for your comprehensive or qualifying exams, consider routines to be a must. I know they don’t sound terribly exciting or sexy, but they’re an important component of any effective exam prep strategy. Without a routine or schedule you’re left to improvise your day as it happens. This is a bad idea because you can inadvertently waste a lot of time trying to decide what you should be doing instead of just “doing.”
It was May 2016 and I had just wrapped up the second year of my PhD program. I met up with a group of friends to commemorate the occasion with a late Sunday morning brunch. We used that time to release the stresses of a particularly challenging semester. One of the ladies would be graduating so we celebrated with her while laughing and talking for hours. On the drive back home I blasted some music thinking about how I would use some new spices I just bought. Summer was in full swing.
Hey Guys!
How was your weekend? Fabulous I hope. It had to be better than mine which involved cleaning the oven, decluttering my closet, throwing away old class notes, and multiple paper cuts. Ouch.
On the bright side my space feels so much lighter. To bad I only get to enjoy it for a week since I’ll be moving out of my apartment next Tuesday.
Happy Monday Guys!
It snowed this weekend. What?! The time for snow was back in January/February. Not mid-March when we’re right on the heels of spring.
This week is a check in. I’ve been working on my dissertation for pretty much every waking hour of the day (which Daylight Savings so inconsiderately stole one of). Things have been crazy busy but I’m making good progress on my dissertation. And thankfully so too, because my defense date is fast approaching. I can’t believe how quickly everything is happening.
To occasionally switch up my scenery (and try out new restaurants), I’d been going to a different cafe once a week to do some work. 
It’s not even a full 2 days into this week and it’s already one for the books. One because Chapel Hill is in the NCAA championship, and two because I defended my dissertation today! Yep! My head is still spinning.