revision

I seem to have lost my list of topics that I was going to write about at some point but fear not, I have come up with a few topics already that weren't on my list. Earlier, I'd considered dedicating this day to birthday posts, but I have nothing left to say really, except that I don't feel any different today and 16 really isn't that great a mile stone. You can buy a lottery ticket but you can't claim any prize money you win and you can legally have sex but if I really wanted I could've done it last year or the year before but I didn't because I didn't want to.

After that brilliant introduction, I bet you're expecting great things. I talked about this a bit in my procrastination post and this will be similar in parts but I think that it is a good topic because a) I'm supposed to be revising now b) I have stuff to say about this topic and c) I thought I had a third point but I didn't. So, revision, it's great, isn't it? I have two exams tomorrow, my first history paper and the easier of the two I have to sit and the chemistry paper 2 which is the harder one.

Surprisingly I have actually managed to do some revision today. This is surprising for 2 reasons: 1) I'm not usually able to work, even on the day before an exam and especially when I've already done quite a bit 2) It's my birthday so for most people they would be busy celebrating and spending time with well-wishing family members to work but nope, not me. I've written 3 short practice essay answers, reminded myself of what a horrible person Hitler was and am about to start chemistry. (I needed a third to round it off nicely.)

I have developed some good study break techniques through this time and I thought I'd share since I don't have any good revision tips. (I just read the textbook and specification and bits just seep into my brain, some subjects I write practice answers and ask teachers for feedback.) The best one by far is frequent toilet breaks. This is a good one because you can't feel bad about going to the toilet since it's a basic human necessity, you can take your time washing your hands to kill a bit more time and if you wanted to, bring a not-revision-related book to read and since it's toilet break time, again you cant feel bad about reading and not working. Also, I just naturally drink a lot of water and even more when I'm bored so I do this a lot.

Another good one is cooking and eating meals and washing up after. Oh, I've just realised that that could be the reason I've started washing up all my dishes and pots and pans lately. This may not work for most people but since I have to make my own meals I can spend time cutting up vegetables for my salad then making the main meal and then eating it and going back downstairs to get dessert then washing everything up. Again, this can all be done slowly to kill time and again you can't (well I don't) feel bad since food is another basic human necessity and I've always been asked to do the dishes but ignored it and now I finally am.

I can't think of another guilt-free procrastination method so I'll leave it there.