What do you do everyday to be a better version of yourself?
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the JEE exam (India)
I've spent most of my life in france as my parents worked in the Indian embassy over there (the reason I'm french born). It's just recently that I shifted to India and acquired Indian citizenship and started to know about this exam and india is literally fucking me from all angles in education 💀
not really something you can learn as its all personal, just gotta throw yourself in and try it. I go to counselling 1 time a month and she recommended that I try it.
What I do is normally start by writing about my day, what went well, what went wrong and whats on my mind. I normally go off on tangents where I write about literally anything that comes to me. I write about 2 pages in an A5 sized journal, normally takes me 15-20 mins, but when I first started I would only write a couple things down so its up to you how much you want to do.
The self reflection normally happens during this time where I think about what sort of person I want to be, and how I treat myself / others, and be strict about it and honest about your own mistakes.
Obviously everyone is different, but I think dedicating 30 mins a day to taking care of yourself is very doable and important.
When I was at uni I studied 12 hours a day + 8 hours sleep + 1 hour commute + 1 hour food and shit, but I'd still take the time in the evenings to journal.
Even if its only 5 mins a day, its a good habit to build and you will feel much better about yourself if you do it
During exam periods I get super strict with myself, delete youtube and things from my phone, remove every app that I don't need to use every day from my home screen etc etc. Its not about forcing yourself to do it, as its gonna be hard to stay focused if you don't want to do it.
Just try and manage your workspace in a way that makes it super easy to do work and hard to get distracted. Some thing I did (dont have to do all as I am very strict with myself as I used to be super lazy)
- Cold Turkey Blocker - Blocks websites / apps on your computer so you can't access them at certain times
- Delete apps like discord/social media from everything but my phone, and then put my phone in my bag/ a different room
- Brain.fm - This one is pretty gimmicky but it works for me
- Same routine every day - go to bed at the same time every night and get at least 8 hours sleep in. The longer you sleep the better but anything less than 8 and you aren't at peak performance
- Leave important tabs open/ pages open for yourself the next day
- Write out a plan each morning for everything you want to get done, helps you stay focused and manage your time better
12 hours a day isn't sustainable, Id only do it a month or so before exams, normally I'd study 6-8 hours a day during non exam periods.
yea if youre studying on 4 hours sleep you can study for 4 hours longer than if you slept 8 hours but your brain will not be working to remember things, pretty sure your brain does most of its consolodation during sleep as well. Defo work on getting 8 hours sleep every day and consistent sleep timings and youre golden.
one small but impactful thing I feel like i've improved on this year is not dwelling on the past or bad moments. i dont get embarrassed as much for the small things. if I do badly on a test, I dont beat myself up for it and just start a new day. i feel like it really helped with improving my mental health even if just a little bit. its definitely not something that you can visibly see results or anything, but i just feel calmer these days and in moments when in the past i would probably get really anxious, now I'm getting better and less nervous for things.
basically just channeling the go next mindset everyday does wonders
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