Sunday, February 16
Hello, dear reader!
A month or two from now, pretty much all high school-level board exams are held. The exam season is now. The time when 16-year-olds universally start developing dark circles can be a tough one, especially if you’re not experienced with it (I am also not experienced enough on this). But, like it or not, this is wartime, and it’s going to suck (If you care, that is)
Mentors will probably suggest you be super stern, and society expects you to become a question-answering alien trapped in their room. Like seriously, I was out for a jog, and a neighbor asked me if I had exams or not in the most sarcastic, demeaning tone.
I partly agree and apply the taking studies seriously part, but I have found that adding a tad bit of a positive attitude to your work helps you get more done.
“How can I make this 10% more enjoyable?” is the action step that most students miss. Going through chapters that you don’t want to be part of can be soulless, and trust me, it is. But after I learned the 10% enjoyable trick, I got far more results.
Let’s say that you have a question where you need to make a plan in order to make the judiciary of a country more effective. Going about it the regular way, especially if you dislike the content, is harming productivity. To make it 10% more enjoyable, pretend that you are a big government person who actually needs to make a plan. Not only will it feel better, but the answer will be more specific since it was the “big government person” who made the plan and coincidentally loves the judicial system.
So, just because it’s wartime doesn’t mean you succumb to the sarcastic comments and viewpoints of society; it’s not them who is fighting; it’s us, and we decide how to prepare for it.